The Interior of the Abbey, Holyrood. Photographer: Diamond, Hugh Welch
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards wall memorials in the ruined abbey. Technical note: 'Taken by the calotype process, August, 1854, weather dull and cloudy; exposure six minutes. Lens by Ross; focal length twelve inches; diameter two and a half inches; diaphragm five-eighths...
2. Grayfriars, Edinburgh. Edmonstone's Tomb [Dennistoun Monument]. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Portrait Photography Arched top. Mounted on titlepage. View of the tomb, with a man and two young women (David Octavius Hill and his nieces the misses Watson) posed in front. [Stevenson (1981), 'Edinburgh 48.']
Edmonstone's Tomb [Dennistoun Monument], Grayfriars, Edinburgh. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Group of four figures posed in front of the monument: David Octavius Hill stands on the left, his nieces the Misses Watson are seated on the ledge in front of the monument, and an unknown man stands on the right. [Stevenson (1981), 'Edinburgh 47,' known a...
Monument to Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View across Prince's Street towards the Scott Monument, with Edinburgh Castle on the skyline beyond. The monument is here seen completed, although the statue has not yet been placed. A group of four youths stands in the foreground. Possibly taken on 2 May ...
The Martyr's Tomb, etc., Grayfriars — Edinburgh. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of the Martyr's Memorial and the McCulloch Monument, with a couple (possibly David Octavius Hill and Miss Watson) in conversation in the foreground. She is seated with her back to the camera, he leans over her addressing her. [Stevenson (1981), 'Edin...
File, 7 pages. Handwritten, draft and notes concerning Ancient Monument Axim. Condition: Slight insect damage, mishandling catalyzed by moisture staining part of the document. It uses Latin script with Nzima phonetic characters.