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Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer)

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Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:

Allanton, Lanarkshire, the Seat of Sir Henry Steuart, Bart, 1836

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Identifier: Coll-10/6/110
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Allanton, Lanarkshire, the Seat of Sir Henry Steuart, Bart. Line engraving. 1836. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Forrest, William, 1805-1889, Engraver; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., vol. XXI, Periodical Criticism, vol. V (1836), frontispiece.

Dates: 1836
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 6. Stirling, Lanark (Glasgow), Renfrew, Dunbarton

Ayr from Brown Carrick Hill, 1840

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/28(ii)
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Ayr from Brown Carrick Hill. Line engraving. 1840. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Miller, William, 1796-1882, Engraver; Blackie & Son, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by Blackie & Son Glasgow.

Published in: J. Wilson and R. Chambers, The Land of Burns (1840), vol. I.

Note: Pencil annotation: 'Newark Castle in foreground'.

Dates: 1840
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

[Ayr, Market Cross], 1840

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/31(ii)
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[Ayr, Market Cross]. Line engraving. 1840. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Miller, William, 1796-1882, Engraver; Blackie & Son, Publisher.

Published in: J. Wilson and R. Chambers, The Land of Burns (1840), vol. I.

Note: This state before letters.

Dates: 1840
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

Ayr. The Twa Brigs, 1840

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/33(ii)
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Ayr. The Twa Brigs. Line engraving. 1840. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Higham, Thomas, 1796-1844, Engraver; Blackie & Son, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by Blackie & Son Glasgow.

Published in: J. Wilson and R. Chambers, The Land of Burns (1840), vol. I.

Dates: 1840
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

Ballantyne, James, Bell, George and Hill, D.O., c 1918

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Identifier: Coll-1073/7/2
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Group portrait of James Ballantyne, George Bell and D.O. Hill. Caption: "James Ballantyne, George Bell and D.O. Hill." From an exhibition caption: "James Ballantyne, Dr George Bell and D.O. Hill Calotype known as 'Edinburgh Ale' Carbon print made by Andrew Elliot From original calotype negative, C. 1918".

Dates: c 1918
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Loose Photographs

Bell, George; Fraser, Peter; Hill, D.O., c 1843-1847

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Identifier: Coll-1073/1/29
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Photograph of George Bell, Peter Fraser, and D.O. Hill. Caption: "George Bell, Peter Fraser, and D.O. Hill".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits I. Aiken-Candlish

[Bonallie (Pentlands)], June 1847

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/81
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[Bonallie (Pentlands)]. Pencil. June 1847. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Photographer.

Note: Pencil annotation: 'Bonallie (Pentlands) Seat of Lord Cockburn. Copied from a calotype taken by D.O. Hill June 1847'.

Dates: June 1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Booklet entitled The Professional Photographer, and a newspaper clipping from The Scottish Field entitled "A Characteristic Portrait of Sir Walter Scott", February and April 1918

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Identifier: Coll-1073/6/96
Scope and Contents Booklet entitled The Professional Photographer, February 1918, published by Kodak Limited, Kingsway London, containing an article about David Octavius Hill and reproductions of his portraits. Pasted next to it is a newspaper clipping from The Scottish Field entitled "A Characteristic Portrait of Sir Walter Scott", dated April 1918, starting: "Mr Andrew Elliot, bookseller and publisher, Edinburgh, has just...
Dates: February and April 1918
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits VI. Saphir-End.

[Bush aboon Traquair], 1837

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Identifier: Coll-10/3/14(i)
Scope and Contents

[Bush aboon Traquair]. Line engraving. 1837. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Wilson, Daniel, Sir, 1816-1892, Engraver.

Published in: Hogg, Tales and Sketches by the Ettrick Shepherd, vol. V (1837),.

Note: This state before letters. Pencil inscription: 'Bush aboon Traquair'.

Dates: 1837
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

Cannobie, 1846

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/193
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Cannobie. Lithograph. 1846. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Maclure, Andrew, Lithographer; Kennedy, William P., Publisher; Maclure, Macdonald and Macgregor, Printer.

Publisher statement: Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, Lith. 6 Leicester Sq London.

Published in: Illustrations of the Principles of Toleration in Scotland (1846).

Note: With tipped-in slip: 'Canonbie. County of Dumfries'.

Dates: 1846
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries