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

Group of monuments in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, c 1914

Item

Identifier: Coll-1167/B/9/3

Scope and Contents

Original calotype. A group of monuments including the Paton and Chalmers monuments with Heriots 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.

Dates: c 1914

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Covenanters and Whigs

Harvey, George and Hill, David Octavius, c 1843-1847

Piece

Identifier: Coll-1073/4/9

Scope and Contents

Portrait of George Harvey and David Octavius Hill. Caption: "Sir George Harvey. P.R.S.A. and D.O. Hill. R.S.A."

Dates: c 1843-1847

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits IV. Hewitson-Maitland

Henning, John, Hill, H.O., and Ritchie, Alexander Handyside, c 1843-1847

Item

Identifier: Coll-1073/7/17

Scope and Contents

Group photograph of John Henning, D.O. Hill and Alexander Handyside Ritchie. Caption: "John Henning (1771-1851), Thomas Duncan, R.S.A. (1807-1845), A. Handyside Ritchie R.S.A., and D.O. Hill, R.S.A. (1802-1870)".

Dates: c 1843-1847

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

Hill and Adamson Calotypes

Collection — Hill and Adamson

Identifier: Coll-1073

Scope and Contents This collection comprises four albums compiled by Andrew Elliot senior, a nephew of D. O. Hill, around 1916-1920. They include both priginal calotype prints by D. O. Hill dating from the 1840s, and copy prints (mostly carbon prints) from the early 20th century. There are also four boxes containing pages of the albums removed for an exhibition, and two additional boxes of original calotypes.The photographs depict mostly (but not only) ministers present at the Disruption of 1843,...

Dates: 1840s (date of calotypes); 1916-1920 (date of albums' compilation)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Hill, David Octavius, c 1906

Item

Identifier: Coll-1073/7/19

Scope and Contents

Portrait of David Octavius Hill. Caption: "David Octavius Hill R.S.A. 1802-1870." From an exhibition caption: "David Octavius Hill 1802-1870 Photogravure by Alvin Langdon Coburn From original calotype negative, c. 1906".

Dates: c 1906