Hill, David-Octavius

Prints by David Octavius Hill span both sides of his career, Scottish landscape illustration and early photography. Hill (18...

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Prints by David Octavius Hill span both sides of his career, Scottish landscape illustration and early photography. Hill (1802–1870) trained as a painter and lithographer and is best remembered for his photographic partnership with Robert Adamson. The landscapes include Dunkeld, Killiecrankie and Barskimming, while portrait reproductions published in 1935, including Lord Elcho and a French infantryman, reproduce nineteenth-century originals.

Prints by David Octavius Hill span both sides of his career, Scottish landscape illustration and early photography. Hill (1802–1870) trained as a painter and lithographer and is best remembered for his photographic partnership with Robert Adamson. The landscapes include Dunkeld, Killiecrankie and Barskimming, while portrait reproductions published in 1935, including Lord Elcho and a French infantryman, reproduce nineteenth-century originals.

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