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

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Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

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

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Identifier: Coll-10/6/110
Scope and Contents

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)
Scope and Contents

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
Scope and Contents

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

[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

Cathedral and part of the City of Glasgow, c 1914, 1837

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Identifier: Coll-1167/C1/10/5
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A reproduction of an engraving showing the Glasgow Cathedral and part of the city, from the Craigh Park. Note Royal Infirmary founded 1792. Drawn by D.O. Hill. Engraved on steel by T. Clark. Published by Thomas Ireland, Junr., 57 South Bridge Street, 1837. Removed from a book.

Dates: c 1914; 1837
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scenes of Scotland: art works / Glasgow and environs