Lord Robertson
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession Number
37.98.2.31
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Lord Robertson** *David Octavius Hill Robert Adamson (Hill and Adamson), 3–47* Salted paper print from paper, Metropolitan Museum of Art into the dawn of photography with this evocative portrait of *Lord Robertson*, created by the visionary Scottish duo David Octavius Hill and Adamson between 184 and 1847. Credited jointly as Hill and Adamson these pioneers mastered the calotype process—using salted paper prints from paper negatives, invented by William Henry Fox. Unlike the sharp daguerreotypes of the era, calotypes offered a painterly softness with subtle tones and textures, allowi...
About the Artist
David Octavius Hill|Robert Adamson|Hill and Adamson · 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 ...