
Portrait of James Nasmyth
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1879
- Medium
- Carbon print
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.3 × 15.3 cm (8 × 6 1/16 in.); Paper: 29.3 × 22.8 cm (11 9/16 × 9 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- David Octavius Hill
Artist
Photography
David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter, photographer and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photography in Scotland.
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Camera Work: Number 37, January 1912
1912 · photogravure
The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846
1846 · Salted paper print
Scots Guards at Edinburgh Castle
1846 · salted paper print from calotype negative
St. Andrews Castle, from the Southeast
1846 · salted paper print from calotype negative
Newhaven Fishwives, Jeanie Wilson and Annie Linton
1845 · salted paper print from calotype negative
Dumbarton Presbytery
1845 · Salted paper print
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- David Octavius Hill
- Year
- 1879
- Medium
- Carbon print
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.3 × 15.3 cm (8 × 6 1/16 in.); Paper: 29.3 × 22.8 cm (11 9/16 × 9 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1879-462827
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified

