John Henning; Alexander Handyside Ritchie; David Octavius Hill
1 portrait of David Octavius Hill
John Henning; Alexander Handyside Ritchie; David Octavius Hill
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, circa 1845
8 in. x 6 in. (202 mm x 153 mm)
Given by Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Edinburgh: UK, 1970
Photographs Collection
NPG x18781
Sittersback to top
- John Henning (1771-1851), Sculptor. Sitter in 19 portraits, Artist or producer of 7 portraits. Identify
- David Octavius Hill (1802-1870), Landscape and portrait painter; pioneer photographer. Sitter associated with 22 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 382 portraits. Identify
- Alexander Handyside Ritchie (1804-1870), Sculptor. Sitter in 5 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait. Identify
Artistsback to top
- Robert Adamson (1821-1848), Pioneer photographer. Artist or producer associated with 382 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
- David Octavius Hill (1802-1870), Landscape and portrait painter; pioneer photographer. Artist or producer associated with 382 portraits, Sitter associated with 22 portraits. Identify
This portraitback to top
Using the calotype process, the Edinburgh partnership of Hill and Adamson produced some of the earliest photographic portraits. Hill is shown in this photograph with two sculptor friends, Henning and Ritchie.
Events of 1845back to top
Current affairs
Cardinal Newman converts to Roman Catholicism. A leader of the Oxford movement , growing in influence since the 1820s, Newman had raised doubts about the authority of the Anglican church.Ralph Etwall, MP for Andover, demands an inquiry into the administration of the Andover workhouse, which leads to the abolition of the Poor Law Commission, and resolution of Parliament to improve workhouse conditions.
Art and science
The American poet, short story writer, critic and leader of the American Romantic movement, Edgar Allan Poe, publishes his narrative poem 'The Raven'. The poem is a supernatural tale of a mysterious talking raven's visit to a distraught lover, who descends into madness, and explores themes of self-torture and obsession.The reconstruction of Trafalgar Square, by architects John Nash and Sir Charles Barry, is completed.
International
Sir John Franklin's expedition in search of the North-West passage, the sea route linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Franklin took two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, and a crew of 129 men made up Royal Navy officers. The crew never returned. Search parties sent out years later discovered the ships had got stuck in frozen waters, and that all the men had died.Comments back to top
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