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Robert Adamson

Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars

Description

Maker

Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821-1848)
David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802-1870)

Title

Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars

Year

between 1843-47

Medium

Salt print from paper negative

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Salt print from paper negative

Materials

calotype

Supports

paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 11.9 x 15.9 cm (4 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

75.030

Type

Photographs

Exhibition History

Early Exposures

19th-Century Photography from the Collection

Mar 13, 2015 – Jul 19, 2015

Label copy

Just a few years after the calotype (paper negative) was introduced, Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill made these sophisticated examples. They used the characteristically soft texture created by the calotype process to capture the fleeting nature of human life, a recurring theme in their work.

Capturing the Light

150 Years of Photography

Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821-1848)
David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802-1870)

Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars, between 1843-47

Salt print from paper negative

Image/sheet: 11.9 x 15.9 cm (4 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches)

Mary B. Jackson Fund 75.030

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