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Robert Adamson

Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars, between 1843-47

Description

Maker

  • Robert Adamson, 1821-1848, Scottish
  • David Octavius Hill, 1802-1870, Scottish

Title

Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars

Year

between 1843-47

Medium

Salt print from paper negative

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • calotype

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 11.9 x 15.9 cm (4 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

75.030

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 7

Alchemy
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Early Exposures

March 13 - July 19, 2015

Just a few years after the calotype (paper negative) was introduced, Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill made these sophisticated examples. They used the characteristically soft texture created by the calotype process to capture the fleeting nature of human life, a recurring theme in their work.

Capturing the Light

September 22 - November 12, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars with the accession number of 75.030. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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