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

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Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

The Pier of Leith, 1834

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/39(i)
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1834
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

The river Tay from the Western Part of Kinnoull Cliff, 1821

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Identifier: Coll-10/4/16
Scope and Contents

The river Tay from the Western Part of Kinnoull Cliff. 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 Stt. 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

Thomas Chalmers, D.D. and LL.D., Principal and Primarius Professor of Theology, New College, Edinburgh, etc., etc, 1848

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/220
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Thomas Chalmers, D.D. and LL.D., Principal and Primarius Professor of Theology, New College, Edinburgh, etc., etc. Mezzotint. 1848. Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870, Photographer; Bell, Robert Charles, 1806-1872, Engraver; Johnstone, John, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by John Johnstone, London and Edinburgh 1848.

Note: From a Calotype by D. O. Hill Esq. 1845; with facsimile autograph.

Dates: 1848
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Two Newhaven fishwives, c 1914

 Item — Box Box F: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/16/6
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...
Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Railways and industrial developments

View from the castle of the Esplanade, the Lawnmarket, St John’s Tolbooth Church, St Giles etc. c. 1848, c 1914

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Identifier: Coll-1167/B/5/10
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...
Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Castles and Abbeys

Wanlockhead, 1846

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/186
Scope and Contents

Wanlockhead. 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: 'Wanlockhead. County of Dumfries'.

Dates: 1846
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries