University of Texas at Austin

Photography Collections Database

Record Detail

Call Number:

PH-01851

Collection Name:

David Octavius Hill Photography Collection

Creator:

Hill, David Octavius (1802 - 1870)

No. of Items:

3 items

Span Dates:

circa 1840s-circa 1881

Description:

The collection consists of two oil paintings of Scottish landscapes by David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802-1870), and one carbon print reproduction by T. & R. Annan, of Hill’s painting The First General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1866?. Item-level information follows.

964:0062:0090 -- [Scottish landscape], 1840s-1850s?. Oil on canvas, 29.4 x 44.7 cm (visible image); 46.6 x 62 cm (frame);
964:0062:0091 -- [Scottish landscape with River Tay and distant mountains], 1852. Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 125.7 cm (visible image); 120.7 x 160.7 cm (frame);
964:0062:0092 -- The First General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, circa 1879-1881. Carbon print, matted and framed, 34.1 x 81.1 cm (image); 68.7 x 105 cm (frame).

Access Restrictions:

Advance notice is required to access 964:0062:0091-0092. To make an appointment, please contact Reading and Viewing Room staff.

Location(s):

Hill, D.O., Box (964:0062:0090)
Click here to request this item from the reading room

48 hours advance notice required Screen Storage (964:0062:0091)
Click here to request this item from the reading room

48 hours advance notice required Screen Storage (964:0062:0092)
Click here to request this item from the reading room

Item(s):
Artist/Maker Hill, David Octavius (1802 - 1870)
Title [Scottish Landscape]
Date 1840s-1850s?
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions frame: 46.6 x 62 cm ; 18 3/10 x 24 2/5 in ; image: 29.4 x 44.7 cm ; 11 3/5 x 17 3/5 in
Accession Number 964:0062:0090
Artist/Maker Hill, David Octavius (1802 - 1870)
Title Scottish Landscape with River Tay and Distant Mountains
Date 1852
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions frame: 120.7 x 160.7 cm ; 47 1/2 x 63 3/10 in ; image: 85.1 x 125.7 cm ; 33 1/2 x 49 1/2 in
Accession Number 964:0062:0091
Artist/Maker Annan, James Craig (1864 - 1946); Annan, Thomas (1829 - 1887); Gernsheim, Alison, 1911-1969 (1911 - 1969-03-27); Gernsheim, Helmut, 1913-1995 (1913-03-01 - 1995-07-20); Hill, David Octavius (1802 - 1870); Swan, Joseph Wilson, 1828-1914 (1828-10-31 - 1914)
Title The First General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland - Signing the Act of Separation and the Deed of Demission at Tanfield, Edinburgh, May 1843
Date 1866
Medium Carbon print
Dimensions frame: 68.7 x 105 cm ; 27 x 41 3/10 in ; image: 34.1 x 81.1 cm ; 13 2/5 x 31 9/10 in
Accession Number 964:0062:0092

See Also:

The Land of Burns... vol. 1-2 (PR 4334 W6 1840 HRC-P)

Views in Perthshire (f DA 880 P4 H5 HRC-P)

Robert Adamson Photography Collection: Work by Hill's partner, Robert Adamson, can be found in the Robert Adamson Photography Collection (PH-01850).

Lake Price Album: One photograph (964:0581:0024) by Hill and Robert Adamson can be found in the Lake Price Album (PH-00934).

Hill & Adamson Photography Collection: Work done in conjunction with Robert Adamson can be found in the Hill & Adamson Photography Collection (PH-00002).

100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill. R.S.A. and R. Adamson: Work done in conjunction with Robert Adamson can be found in the album, entitled 100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill. R.S.A. and R. Adamson (a.k.a. Stanfield album, 100 Calotype Sketches) (PH-00841).

Camera Work: Work done in conjunction with Robert Adamson can be found in Camera Work, no. 11 (1905) (PH-01858).


Start New Search