Hill & Adamson:
An Inventory of Their Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
| Creator: | Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 and Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 | |
| Title: | Hill & Adamson Collection | |
| Dates: | 1843-1910 (ca.) | |
| Extent: | 109 items | |
| Abstract: | The Hill & Adamson Collection is comprised of 1 calotype (paper negative) and 37 loose salted paper prints made by Hill & Adamson, 47 carbon prints made by T. & R. Annan from Hill & Adamson negatives, 1 carbon print made by Thomas Annan of his portrait of Hill, 1 carbon print made by J. Inglis from a Hill & Adamson print, 20 photogravures and 1 bromide print made by J. Craig Annan from Hill & Adamson negatives, and 1 lithograph by J. Smyth. | |
| Call Number: | Photography Collection PH-2 | |
| Language: | English |
| Access: | Light sensitive materials, must be viewed under low-level lighting. |
Administrative Information
| Acquisition: | Purchase, Gernsheim Collection, 1964 |
| Repository: |
Scope and Contents
| The Hill & Adamson Collection is comprised of 1 calotype (paper negative) and 37 loose salted paper prints made by Hill & Adamson), 47 carbon prints made by T. & R. Annan from Hill & Adamson negatives, 1 carbon print made by Thomas Annan of his portrait of Hill, 1 carbon print made by J. Inglis from a Hill & Adamson print, 20 photogravures and 1 bromide print made by J. Craig Annan from Hill & Adamson negatives, and 1 lithograph by J. Smyth. Depicted are the life and landscape of eastern Scotland, including fishermen and women of Newhaven, scenes of Edinburgh, particularly around Greyfriars' and Calton Hill, and scenes of St. Andrews. The collection also contains portraits of prominent men and women of the day, and friends and acquaintances of Hill and Adamson. For more information regarding this collection, please refer to the Visual Materials Database (available on-site). | ||
Related Material
| The Ransom Center also holds additional work by Hill & Adamson in the Robert Adamson Collection (964:0061:0001-0013), the David Octavius Hill Collection (964:0062:0090-0092), Camera Work, no. 11 (1905), Calotypes by D. O. Hill and R. Adamson (f TR 680 E44 HRC-P), and 100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill. R.S.A. and R. Adamson (a.k.a. Stanfield album, 100 Calotype Sketches) (f TR 395 H553 HRC-P). | ||
Index Terms
Organizations |
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| T. & R. Annan and Sons. | ||
Subjects |
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| Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848. | ||
| Allan, William, Sir, 1782-1850. | ||
| Annan, J. Craig (James Craig), 1864-1946. | ||
| Annan, Thomas, d. 1887. | ||
| Bunting, Jabez, 1779-1858. | ||
| Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847. | ||
| Cockburn, Henry Cockburn, Lord, 1779-1854. | ||
| Combe, George, 1788-1858. | ||
| Duncan, Thomas, 1807-1845. | ||
| Eastlake, Elizabeth, 1809-1893. | ||
| Fishers--Pictorial works. | ||
| Fraser, Alexander Campbell, 1819-1914. | ||
| Gall, James, 1784?-1874. | ||
| Gibson, John, 1790-1866. | ||
| Grant, Francis, Sir, 1803-1878. | ||
| Harcourt, Edward William, 1825-1891. | ||
| Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870. | ||
| Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860. | ||
| Kemp, George Meikle, 1795-1844. | ||
| Leitch, William Leighton, 1804-1883. | ||
| Macculloch, Horatio, 1805-1867. | ||
| McCandlish, Margaret. | ||
| Monro, Alexander, 1773-1859. | ||
| Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856. | ||
| Murray, John, 1778-1843. | ||
| Nasmyth, James, 1808-1890. | ||
| Rintoul, Robert Stephen, 1787-1858. | ||
Places |
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| Edinburgh (Scotland). | ||
| Linlithgow (Scotland). | ||
| Newhaven (Edinburgh, Scotland). | ||
| University of St. Andrews. | ||
Document Types |
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| Calotypes (negatives). | ||
| Carbon prints. | ||
| Gelatin silver prints. | ||
| Lithographs. | ||
| Photogravures (prints). | ||
| Portraits. | ||
| Salted paper prints. | ||