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The Hill and Adamson albums: photographs by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, 1843-48


257 Portraits in set

Three albums containing some of the earliest photographs ever taken and the best examples of Hill and Adamson's work. The prints were selected from their collection of 1,500 negatives and arranged in three albums by Hill, on Adamson's untimely death, aged 26, in 1848.

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Robert Adamson, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(181)

Robert Adamson

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(181)

Sir William Allan, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(35)

Sir William Allan

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(35)

Sir William Allan, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(55)

Sir William Allan

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(55)

Sir Wyndham Carmichael Anstruther, 7th Bt, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(43)

Sir Wyndham Carmichael Anstruther, 7th Bt

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(43)

James Aytoun, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(36)

James Aytoun

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(36)

Jeanie Wilson, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(207)

Jeanie Wilson

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(207)

James Ballantyne, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(82)

James Ballantyne

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(82)

James Ballantyne, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(95)

James Ballantyne

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(95)

Edinburgh Ale, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(141)

Edinburgh Ale

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(141)

A Discussion, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(143)

A Discussion

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(143)

Sleeping Child (Miss Bell), by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(170)

Sleeping Child (Miss Bell)

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(170)

Isabella Morrison Bell (née Adamson), by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(119)

Isabella Morrison Bell (née Adamson)

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(119)

George William Bell, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(70)

George William Bell

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(70)

Thomas Blizard Bell, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(64)

Thomas Blizard Bell

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(64)

Free Church Committee, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(104)

Free Church Committee

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(104)

Sir David Brewster, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(10)

Sir David Brewster

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843
NPG P6(10)

James Brewster, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(54)

James Brewster

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(54)

Robert Bryson, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(38)

Robert Bryson

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(38)

Robert Bryson, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(80)

Robert Bryson

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(80)

Jabez Bunting, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(47)

Jabez Bunting

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(47)

Jabez Bunting, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(46)

Jabez Bunting

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(46)

James Glencairn Burns, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(50)

James Glencairn Burns

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(50)

William Hamilton Burns, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(86)

William Hamilton Burns

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(86)

Patrick Byrne ('Irish Harper'), by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(146)

Patrick Byrne ('Irish Harper')

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(146)

Patrick Byrne ('Irish Harper'), by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(150)

Patrick Byrne ('Irish Harper')

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(150)

Patrick Byrne, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(152)

Patrick Byrne

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(152)

Abraham Capadose, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(26)

Abraham Capadose

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(26)

Thomas Chalmers, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(6)

Thomas Chalmers

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(6)

Thomas Chalmers, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(5)

Thomas Chalmers

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(5)

George Combe, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(87)

George Combe

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843
NPG P6(87)

George Cook, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(13)

George Cook

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(13)

David Maitland Makgill Crichton, by David Octavius Hill, and  Robert Adamson - NPG P6(81)

David Maitland Makgill Crichton

by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(81)