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032-003215480 Material Type Photographs

101. C.128.k.10(103)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(103)
Title:
The Gowan. 'As if a fly had tickled slumber.' Cymb. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Arched top. Study of two girls (Margaret and Mary McCandlish), lying in each other's arms in a garden, Mary asleep, with Margaret in the act of tickling her neck with a daisy. [Stevenson (1981), 'Group 168.']
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1847
Extent:
1 item

102. C.128.k.10(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(4)
Title:
Free Church Committee. Marquis of Breadalbane, Sir David Brewster, Revd. Dr. Welsh, A. [sic, for James] Hamilton Esq. of Ninnewar and Mr. Sheriff Monteith [Alexander Earle Monteith]. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Marquis of Breadalbane, Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), Rev Dr David Welsh (1793-1845), James Hamilton (1799-1851) and Alexander Earle Monteith (1793-1861), seated around a table. A considerably faded print, mounted on the continuation of the co...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1845
Extent:
1 item

103. C.128.k.10(93)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(93)
Title:
The Letter, Newhaven. 'Frae Jamie at the Sea.' Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Tableau group of three women, one seated reading a letter, her mother looking over her shoulder and another young woman standing to the right. Identified in Stevenson (1981) as Marion Finlay, Mrs Margaret (Dryburgh) Lyall and Mrs Grace (Finlay) Ramsay. [Stevenson (1...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1847
Extent:
1 item

104. C.128.k.10(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(34)
Title:
Group of Artists. Henning, Ritchie and D. O. Hill R.S.A. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of John Henning (1771-1851), David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) and Alexander Handyside Ritchie (1804-1870), posed in the act of examining a cast or model of a piece of sculpture. Henning, the oldest of the group, is seated holding the piece, while the ot...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1847
Extent:
1 item

105. C.128.k.10(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(54)
Title:
The Monks of Kennaquhair. W. B. Johnstone, W. L. Leitch, David Scott. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1847
Extent:
1 item

106. C.128.k.10(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(12)
Title:
Revd. Dr. Chalmers and his grandson. A study at Merchiston. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Rev Dr Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), seated on a wooden bench of rustic design, his grandson Thomas Chalmers Hanna standing between his legs. Stevenson (1981) writes that this photograph was taken in 1844 in the garden of Merchiston Castle, sou...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
1 item

107. C.128.k.10(II)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(II)
Title:
The family at Burnside, Fife. Dr John Adamson of St Andrews (on the left) was one of the earliest improvers of the Calotype Processes of Mr Fox Talbot. His brother the late Robt. Adamson (on the left [sic, for right]) was an accomplished operator so early as 1843. He conducted the chemical and manipulative operations, in producing the pictures in this volume. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Arched top. Group portrait of the Adamson family: Dr John Adamson (181-1870) on the left, unknown woman (perhaps Mrs Alexander Adamson), Alexander Adamson, Miss Melville Adamson and Robert Adamson (1821-1848). [Stevenson (1981), 'Group 5,' from which the above iden...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1847
Extent:
1 item

108. C.128.k.10(I)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(I)
Title:
'In their defence God he them defended.' I. Champions of the Free Church Drs. Cunningham, Begg and Guthrie and John Hamilton Esq. Advocate. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image, mounted on page beneath pasted down label reading 'Calotypes.' The sitters in the portrait are Rev Dr William Cunningham (1805-1861), Dr James Begg (1808-1883), Rev Dr Thomas Guthrie (1802-1873) and John Hamilton (1795-1847). [Stevenson (1981), 'Group 80...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1847
Extent:
1 item

109. C.128.k.10(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(49)
Title:
Edinburgh Ale. James Ballantyne, Dr. George Bell and D. O. Hill R.S.A. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait group of the the three men at drink, James Ballantyne (1808-1877) and George Bell (d. 1889) seated at a table, with David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) standing behind and to the right. [Stevenson (1981), 'Group 27.']
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1847
Extent:
1 item