James Gordon, William Hanna D.D. and 'Mr. Cowan'
David Octavius Hill
1843/47
Medium
Calotype negative
Dimensions
Image/paper: 15.9 × 11.6 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Mount: 29 × 39.2 cm (11 7/16 × 15 7/16 in.)
Classification
calotype negative
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
38956
About the Artist
David Octavius Hill · 1802–1870
David Octavius Hill (1802–1870) was a Scottish painter, photographer, and arts administrator whose pioneering photography partnership with Robert Adamson from 1843 to 1847 transformed the medium into an art form. Born in Perth and trained in Edinburgh, Hill established himself as a landscape painter and became secretary of the Royal Scottish Academy, a position he held for nearly forty years. His ...