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Sir William Allan Hill, David Octavious (Scottish, 1802-1870)Adamson, Robert (Scottish, 1821-1848)

Title
Sir William Allan
Artists
Hill, David Octavious (Scottish, 1802-1870)Adamson, Robert (Scottish, 1821-1848)
Publication
Scottish Art and National Encouragement
Date
1846 plate (1843-1847 negative)
Process
Lithograph (from photograph)
Atelier
Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor
Image Size
16 x 10.5 cm

Engraving after calotype negative by Hill and Adamson.

Reproduced / Exhibited

Stevenson, Sara. The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. no. 2 (calotype, alt)

Monro, George. Scottish Art and National Encouragement: Containing a View of Interesting Controversies, and Transactions During the Last Twenty-Seven Years, Relative to Art in Scotland. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1846. Engraved by D O Hill, frontis of Sir William Allan from a calotype.

National Galleries Scotland Lithograph: accession number: PGP HA 5398 Original Calotype: accession number: PGP HA 32