Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer)
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
[New General Assembly Hall], 2 July 1846
piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/65
Scope and Contents
[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'.
Dates:
2 July 1846
[Scott Monument], c.1845
piece
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
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