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

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Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook No.147, 15 June 1846 - July 1846

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/147
Content warning: This Notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s return to the UK after his second travel to America (Notebooks 121- 145), and so covers American and UK topics, whilst he is based on London, before travelling to Kinnordy - via Edinburgh, Granton and Craig Crook Castle. Note on pg. 70 indexed as 'Ld Cockburn, Hill's daguerrotype' indicates they visited Bonaly, where the Lyell were photographed. This notebook has a hard light brown cover with red on the spine and in triangles on the corners....
Dates: 15 June 1846 - July 1846
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Ochtertyre, 1821

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Identifier: Coll-10/4/47
Scope and Contents

Ochtertyre. Lithograph. 1821. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist, Lithographer; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, Printer; Hill, Thomas, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Pub. By Thos. Hill, George Strt. Perth.

Published in: D. O. Hill, Sketches of Scenery in Perthshire (1821).

Dates: 1821
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 4. Perth, Forfar, Dundee

Palace and Town of Hamilton and Junction of the Avon and Clyde. From the Roman Camp near Dalzell, undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/6/83
Scope and Contents

Palace and Town of Hamilton and Junction of the Avon and Clyde. From the Roman Camp near Dalzell. Lithograph. Undated. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885, Artist; Day, William, 1797-1845, Printer; Hill, Thomas, & Son, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by Thos. Hill & Son 53 South Bridge Edinburgh; Printed by W. Day, 59 Gt. Queen St. London.

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

[Perth], 1843

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Identifier: Coll-10/4/6
Scope and Contents

[Perth]. Line engraving. 1843. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Smith, William Raymond (Engraver), Engraver; Adam and Charles Black (Firm), Publisher.

Published in: Thomas Dick Lauder, Memorial of the Royal Progress in Scotland (1843).

Note: State before letters. Pencil annotation, below right: 'W R Smith'.

Dates: 1843
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 4. Perth, Forfar, Dundee

Sanquhar, with Crighton Peel, 1840

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/182
Scope and Contents

Sanquhar, with Crighton Peel. Line engraving. 1840. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Sands, Robert, 1782-1855, Engraver; Blackie & Son, Publisher.

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

Note: Titled in pencil.

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

[Scott Monument], c.1845

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Identifier: Coll-10/3/64
Scope and Contents

[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'.

Dates: c.1845
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

Shanter Farm and Bay, Carrick, 1840

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/56(ii)
Scope and Contents

Shanter Farm and Bay, Carrick. Line engraving. 1840. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Richardson, William, 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

Taymouth Castle, Breadalbane, 1834

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Identifier: Coll-10/4/110(i)
Scope and Contents

Taymouth Castle, Breadalbane. Line engraving. 1834. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Brandard, Robert, 1805-1862, Engraver; James Cochrane and Co., Publisher; Hodgson, Boys & Graves, Publisher.

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

Dates: 1834
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 4. Perth, Forfar, Dundee

The Battle-ground of Killiecranky, 1829

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Identifier: Coll-10/4/123(i)
Scope and Contents

The Battle-ground of Killiecranky. Line engraving. 1829. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Artist; Miller, William, 1796-1882, Engraver; Archibald Constable & Co., Publisher; Hurst, Chance and Co., Publisher.

Published in: Robert Chambers, Rebellions in Scotland 1689 … 1715. Constable's Miscellany, vol. XLII (1829).

Dates: 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 4. Perth, Forfar, Dundee

The first General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, 23 May 1843., c 1914

 Item — Box Box E: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/14/1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Mound Series