DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL AND ROBERT ADAMSON

The General Assembly, Edinburgh, under construction, 1844; Gateway, Linlithgow Castle, circa 1844; York Minster with members of The British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1844

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DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL AND ROBERT ADAMSON
The General Assembly, Edinburgh, under construction, 1844; Gateway, Linlithgow Castle, circa 1844; York Minster with members of The British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1844
Three large format calotypes, 15¾ x 12¼ in., 12¼ x 15.1/8 in. and 12.3/8 x 15.3/8 in., the first with watermark J Whatman, the second with watermark J Whatman 1843 and the third with J Whatman Turkey Mill 1844. (3)

Provenance

Clarkson Stanfield, thence by descent.

Literature

Stevenson, ibid., p. 189, no. 6 (illus.); Stevenson & Ward, Printed Light, p. 167, pl. 190

Lot Essay

The view of the gateway at Linlithgow Palace includes a guard in uniform and two seated female 'ghosts' in front of the gate. The study on the steps at York Minster shows thirteen men. The picture was made in September or October 1844, when the men were attending the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

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