Hill and Adamson Calotypes
Collection — Container: Hill and Adamson
Identifier: Coll-1073
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Scope and Contents
Photographs of local characters and famous figures of the era, as well as landscape and urban scenes.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1840s
Creator
Biographical / Historical
In the mid-1840s, the Scottish painter-photographer team of Hill and Adamson produced the first substantial body of self-consciously artistic work using the newly invented medium of photography, one which ranks among the highest achievements of photographic portraiture. A substantial quantity of their work is held by the University Library. During their four year collaboration, which only ended with the death of Adamson, they produced around 3,000 images, around 700 of which are available in this collection.
Extent
700 photographs (6 albums, 2 boxes, 2 folders)
- Title
- Hill and Adamson Calotypes, 1840s
- Description rules
- Isad(G)2
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk