Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Piece
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
Newspaper clipping entitled "Sun-Drawing", handwritten text entitled "A negative 'Calotype' by D. G. Hill R.S.A + R. Adamson About 1845", and newspaper clipping about "D. O. Hill", undated
Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/1/91
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping entitled "Sun-Drawing", a text handwritten on an envelope entitled "A negative 'Calotype' by D. G. Hill R.S.A + R. Adamson About 1845", and, inside said envelope, a newspaper cutting with an article of "D. O. Hill - Famous Calotypes". Both about the early history of photography, in particular daguerreotypes and calotypes. Undated.
Dates:
undated