The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill
David Octavius Hill (1802–70) was a pioneer photographer, painter, and lithographer. In 1843, he entered into partnership with the young photographer Robert Adamson, and in the next four years they produced an extraordinary body of original and inventive work. This book analyzes the photographic partnership, explains its remarkable success, and places it in the context of Hill’s life and times.


Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill
David Octavius Hill (1802–70) was a pioneer photographer, painter, and lithographer. In 1843, he entered into partnership with the young photographer Robert Adamson, and in the next four years they produced an extraordinary body of original and inventive work. This book analyzes the photographic partnership, explains its remarkable success, and places it in the context of Hill’s life and times.


Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill

The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill

by Sara Stevenson
The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill

The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill

by Sara Stevenson

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Overview

David Octavius Hill (1802–70) was a pioneer photographer, painter, and lithographer. In 1843, he entered into partnership with the young photographer Robert Adamson, and in the next four years they produced an extraordinary body of original and inventive work. This book analyzes the photographic partnership, explains its remarkable success, and places it in the context of Hill’s life and times.


Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780300095340
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 07/11/2002
Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 9.25(w) x 10.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sara Stevenson is chief curator of the Scottish National Photography collection at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.
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