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

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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'.

Scope and Contents Craig Crook Castle, near Edinburgh. The seat of Lord Jeffrey. Taken from Lady Keith's grounds, Ravelston. Line engraving. 1835. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Miller, William, 1796-1882, Engraver; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher; Whittaker & Co., Publisher.Publisher statement: Edinburgh. Published … by Robert Cadell: & Whittaker & Co., London.Published in: The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., vol. XVII (1835), title page...

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Original calotype. A group of monuments including the Paton and Chalmers monuments with Heriot’s Hospital in the background but with no figures. The memorial is to Elizabeth Paton, wife of Johannes Cuningham ab Enterkin [sic], (Dumfriesshire), who died 10 February 1676. Many descendants are commemorated on this memorial.

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[New General Assembly Hall]. Calotype. 2 July 1846. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Photographer; Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848, Photographer.

Note: Pencil annotation: 'D. O. Hill. 2 July 1846'.

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[Scott Monument]. Calotype. c.1845. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Photographer; Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848, Photographer.

Note: Pencil annotation at bottom left: 'D.O.H'.

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Large photograph after David Octavius Hill. The First General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, signing the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission, at Tanfield, Edinburgh, 23 May 1843.

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The Pier of Leith. Line engraving. 1834. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Miller, William, 1796-1882, Engraver; James Cochrane and Co., Publisher.

Published in: Allan Cunningham, Landscape Illustrations to the First Complete and Uniform Edition of the Life and Works of Robert Burns (1835).

Scope and Contents Two middle age fishwives, one seated and one standing, are wearing elaborate bonnets and striped skirts in traditional costume. The background scene shows a loch with a bridge and hills in the distance, probably set up in a photographer's studio. No attribution but possibly HIll and Adamson who were known to have created prints depicting Newhaven as a model community bound by tradition, honest labour and mutual support. Alternatively, Alexander Adam Inglis, who is also known to have...

Scope and Contents Reproduction photograph showing view from the castle of the Esplanade, the Lawnmarket, St John’s Tolbooth Church, St Giles etc. c1848. The Church St Columba’s by the Castle on extreme right still under construction (1860). Note also that the upper two floors of the Outlook Tower had not been built yet. Inscribed on back of card in pencil, “Photo D. O. Hill, before the construction of tenements to R. and Ramsay Garden (1894-98).” Printed on back: “Francis Caird Inglis, etc. etc., Portrait...