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Call Number:

PH-01851

Collection Name:

David Octavius Hill Photography Collection

Creator:

Hill, David Octavius (1802 - 1870)

No. of Items:

3 items

Span Dates:

circa 1840s-circa 1881

Description:

The collection consists of two oil paintings of Scottish landscapes by David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802-1870), and one carbon print reproduction by T. & R. Annan, of Hill’s painting The First General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1866?. Item-level information follows.

964:0062:0090 -- [Scottish landscape], 1840s-1850s?. Oil on canvas, 29.4 x 44.7 cm (visible image); 46.6 x 62 cm (frame);
964:0062:0091 -- [Scottish landscape with River Tay and distant mountains], 1852. Oil on canvas, 85.1 x 125.7 cm (visible image); 120.7 x 160.7 cm (frame);
964:0062:0092 -- The First General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, circa 1879-1881. Carbon print, matted and framed, 34.1 x 81.1 cm (image); 68.7 x 105 cm (frame).

Accession No(s):

964:0062:0090-0092

Location(s):

Special permission required framed painting (964:0062:0090)
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Flat File ("The First General Assembly of the Church of Scotland" associated materials)
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48 hours advance notice required Screen Storage (964:0062:0091)
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48 hours advance notice required Screen Storage (964:0062:0092)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Hill, David Octavius (1802 - 1870)
Title	[Scottish Landscape]
Date	1840s-1850s?
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	frame: 46.6 x 62 cm; 18 3/10 x 24 2/5 in; image: 29.4 x 44.7 cm; 11 3/5 x 17 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0062:0090

Artist/Maker	Hill, David Octavius (1802 - 1870)
Title	Scottish Landscape with River Tay and Distant Mountains
Date	1852
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	frame: 120.7 x 160.7 cm; 47 1/2 x 63 3/10 in; image: 85.1 x 125.7 cm; 33 1/2 x 49 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0062:0091

Artist/Maker	Annan, Thomas (1829 - 1887); Hill, David Octavius (1802 - 1870); Swan, Joseph Wilson, 1828-1914 (1828-10-31 - 1914)
Title	The First General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland - Signing the Act of Separation and the Deed of Demission at Tanfield, Edinburgh, May 1843
Date	1866
Medium	Carbon print
Dimensions	frame: 68.7 x 105 cm; 27 x 41 3/10 in; image: 34.1 x 81.1 cm; 13 2/5 x 31 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0062:0092

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See Also:

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

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

Robert Adamson Photography Collection: Work by Hill's partner, Robert Adamson, can be found in the Robert Adamson Photography Collection (PH-01850).

Lake Price Album: One photograph (964:0581:0024) by Hill and Robert Adamson can be found in the Lake Price Album (PH-00934).

Hill & Adamson Photography Collection: Work done in conjunction with Robert Adamson can be found in the Hill & Adamson Photography Collection (PH-00002).

100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill. R.S.A. and R. Adamson: Work done in conjunction with Robert Adamson can be found in the album, entitled 100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill. R.S.A. and R. Adamson (a.k.a. Stanfield album, 100 Calotype Sketches) (PH-00841).

Camera Work: Work done in conjunction with Robert Adamson can be found in Camera Work, no. 11 (1905) (PH-01858).