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

Title
Principal Haldane
Artists
Hill, David Octavius (Scottish, 1802-1870)Adamson, Robert (Scottish, 1821-1848)
Publication
Camera Work XXXVII
Date
1890 plate (1843-1847 negative, 1912 print)
Process
Photogravure
Atelier
T. & R. Annan & Sons
Image Size
21.5 x 15.8 cm

Reproduced / Exhibited

Greenough, Sarah, and William C. Agee. Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries ; [catalog of an Exhibition Held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.c., 28 January – 22 April 2001]. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2000. fig. 9.

Schwarz, Heinrich. David Octavius Hill, Master of Photography: With 80 Reproductions Made from Original Photos and Printed in Germany. London: G.G. Harrap, 1932. pl. 36