Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer)

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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.

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,...

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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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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.

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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'.

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...

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Group portrait of reporters and journalists from the 'Witness' newspaper. Six men, identitied as Robert Adamson, Andrew Cameron, J.R. Fyfe, John Johnstone, John MacDonald, and William Robertson. Pencil caption: "Witness Reporters".