Hill & Adamson:
An Inventory of 100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill. R.S.A. and R. Adamson (Stanfield Album) in the Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
| Creator: | Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870and Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 | |
| Title: | 100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill. R.S.A. and R. Adamson (Stanfield Album) | |
| Dates: | 1843-1845 (ca.). | |
| Extent: | 109 items | |
| Abstract: | Album produced by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson and either given or sold to Clarkson Stanfield in 1845. | |
| Call Number: | Photography Collection PH-841 | |
| Language: | English |
| Access: | Light sensitive materials, must be viewed under low-level lighting; special care in handling required due to condition of binding. |
Administrative Information
| Acquisition: | Purchase, Gernsheim Collection, 1964 |
| Repository: |
Scope and Contents
| Album produced by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson and either given or sold to Clarkson Stanfield in 1845. Book boards covered with maroon leather embossed with an identical pattern on both the front and back. Leather on spine embossed: "I00 / CALOTYPE / SKETCHES.", "D. O. HILL, RSA. / and / R.ADAMSON.", "EDINBURGH I845.". End sheets are marbleized paper. Most pages still have interleaving sheets. While the title of the album suggests there are 100 images contained, the album actually contains 109 salted paper prints most with inscriptions provided by either Hill or Adamson. The images are of prominent men and women of the day, friends and acquaintances of Hill and Adamson, and scenes of Edinburgh, Newhaven, and St. Andrews, and Scottish architecture and art. The nine additional images can explained in several ways. First, six images cover/originally covered other images. It appears that Hill and Adamson did not like their original choice of several images, and later mounted different images over the originals. In most cases, the covered image is very similar to another image in the album (compare 964:0048:0044, a covered image, with 964:0048:0045). Second, the first two images in the book appear on the half-title and title page, and therefore may not have been counted as part of the "100" referred to in the title page. And, a third explanation may be that the cover for the album was printed before Hill and Adamson's selection of images to be included. 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 Hill & Adamsom Collection (964:0062:0001-0089; 964:0063:0001-0020), the Robert Adamson Collection (964:0061:0001-0013), the David Octavius Hill Collection (964:0062:0090-0092), Camera Work, no. 11 (1905), and Calotypes by D. O. Hill and R. Adamson (f TR 680 E44 HRC-P). | ||
Index Terms
Subjects |
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| Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 | ||
| Allan, William, Sir, 1782-1850 | ||
| Breadalbane, John Campbell, Marquis of, 1796-1862 | ||
| Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 | ||
| Burns, William Chalmers, 1815-1868 | ||
| Duncan, Thomas, 1807-1845 | ||
| Drummond, James, 1816-1877 | ||
| Eastlake, Elizabeth, 1809-1893 | ||
| Etty, William, 1787-1849 | ||
| Fleming, John, 1785-1857 | ||
| Gilfillan, George, 1813-1878 | ||
| Gray, Andrew, 1805-1861 | ||
| Harden, John, 1772-1847 | ||
| Harvey, George, 1806-1876 | ||
| Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 | ||
| Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 | ||
| Keith, Alexander, 1791-1880 | ||
| Kemp, George Meikle, 1795-1844 | ||
| Linton, Annie | ||
| MacLeay, Kenneth, 1802-1878 | ||
| Miller, James, 1812-1864 | ||
| Nasmyth, James, 1808-1890 | ||
| Robertson, Patrick Robertson, Lord, 1794-1855 | ||
| Wood, James Julius | ||
| Welsh, David, 1793-1845 | ||
| Wilson, John, 1785-1854 | ||
| Wood, James Julius | ||
Subjects |
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| Architecture--Pictorial works | ||
| Fishers--Pictorial works | ||
| Monuments--Pictorial works | ||
| Tombs--Pictorial works | ||
Places |
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| Edinburgh (Scotland) | ||
| Leith (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
| Newhaven (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
Document Types |
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| Portraits | ||
| Salted paper prints | ||