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Call Number:

PH-01850

Collection Name:

Robert Adamson Photography Collection

Creator:

Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)

No. of Items:

13 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1842-1845

Description:

The Robert Adamson collection consists of 13 loose salted-paper prints by the Scottish photographer, Robert Adamson, between 1842 and circa 1845. Among the collection are several images which were made at Colinton, St. Andrews, and Bonaly, the estate of Lord Cockburn. These photographic prints were made prior to Adamson's association with David Octavius Hill, in circa 1842. Of particular interest are two images of mechanical models made by Adamson which illustrate the type of work in which he was involved prior to photography. Other subjects represented include Cardinal Beaton's Castle and Blackfriar's Chapel at St. Andrews, a group portrait of Lord Cockburn and his family, and D. O. Hill and John Henning in a landscape setting.

Accession No(s):

964:0061:0001-0013

Location(s):

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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	St. Andrew’s Cathedral, East Gable and St. Rule’s Tower
Date	1842
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	8.7 x 9.9 cm; 3 2/5 x 3 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0001

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	St. Andrew’s Cathedral, East Gable and St. Rule’s Tower
Date	1842
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	8.7 x 10.5 cm; 3 2/5 x 4 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0002

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	[Part of Ruined Church at St. Andrews]
Date	1842
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	9.6 x 9.9 cm; 3 4/5 x 3 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0003

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	[Part of Ruined Church at St. Andrews]
Date	1842
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	9.5 x 10 cm; 3 7/10 x 3 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0004

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	[House, Possibly Robert Adamson's in St. Andrews]
Date	1842
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	8.8 x 12 cm; 3 1/2 x 4 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0005

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	[Model of a Pump]
Date	1842
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	10.2 x 8.3 cm; 4 x 3 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0006

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	[Model of an Elevating Machine with Donkey]
Date	1842?
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	13.7 x 18.2 cm; 5 2/5 x 7 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0007

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	[Grounds at Bonaly]
Date	1842
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	13.1 x 17 cm; 5 1/5 x 6 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0008

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	The Castle
Date	1842?
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	13.2 x 15.3 cm; 5 1/5 x 6 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0009

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	A Field at Bonaly with D. O. Hill and John Henning
Date	1845?
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	20 x 15.3 cm; 7 9/10 x 6 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0010

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	The Castle
Date	1843?
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	16.5 x 21.2 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0011

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	Fence and Trees in Colinton Wood
Date	1843-1845
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	20.2 x 15 cm; 8 x 5 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0012

Artist/Maker	Adamson, Robert (1821 - 1848)
Title	Group at Bonaly Towers
Date	1843
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	15.1 x 20.3 cm; 5 9/10 x 8 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0061:0013

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See Also:

Hill & Adamson (964:0062:0001-0089 ; 964:0063:0001-0020)

Views in Perthshire (f DA 880 P4 H5 HRC-P)

Lake Price album (964:0581:0024) f TR 655.11 P853 HRC-P

David Octavius Hill Collection (964:0062:0090-0092)

Camera Work, no. 11 (1905)

Calotypes by D. O. Hill and R. Adamson (f TR 680 E44 HRC-P)

100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill. R.S.A. and R. Adamson (a.k.a. Stanfield album, 100 Calotype Sketches) (f TR 395 H553 HRC-P)

The Land of Burns... vol. 1-2 (PR 4334 W6 1840 HRC-P)