The House of Death [William Leighton Leitch]. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883), dressed as one of the monks of Kennaquhair from Sir Walter Scott's 'The Abbot', standing in the doorway of a house. [Stevenson (1981), 'Men, Leitch (b).']
Master James Miller. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of the boy, in full Scottish dress, posed martially with his right hand resting on his hip and and his left on a helmet, staring intently off to the right, one of several similar studies. Stevenson (2002), p. 36, writes that the helmet w...
Dr. Lane in an Indian dress. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of Dr Edward William or John Lane, in Indian dress and holding a jezail. [Stevenson (1981), 'Men, Lane, A.']
The Monks of Kennaquhair. W. B. Johnstone, W. L. Leitch, David Scott. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group of the three painters, William Borthwick Johnstone (1804-1868), William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883) and David Scott (1806-1849), dressed as monks and acting out a tableau from Walter Scott's 'The Abbot.' The negative of this photograph is held in Glasgow Univer...
Master James Miller. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of James (Jimmy) Miller, standing in Scottish dress and looking directly towards the camera, a helmet (also seen in print 45) standing on the chair behind him. [Stevenson (1981), 'Men, Miller (d).']
Study — Circassian Armour [or] Affghans. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of two men, dressed in chain mail. Other copies of this image also supply the alternative titles. The dress bears no resemblance to Afghan costume. The University of Glasgow copy of this print (HA0369) identifies the sitters as Edward Wi...