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Rev. Dr George Muirhead, Rev. Dr William Cunningham, Rev. Dr James Begg, John Hamilton and Rev. Dr Thomas Guthrie

Photograph
1843-1847 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Hill & Adamson (photographers)
Adamson, Robert (photographer)
Hill, David Octavius (photographer)
Place of origin
Scotland (photographed)
Edinburgh (photographed)

Photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, 'Group portrait of John Hamilton, Muirhead of [?], Dr Cunningham, Dr Begg and Dr Guthbrie [possibly]', Rev. Dr George Muirhead, Rev. Dr William Cunningham, Rev. Dr James Begg, John Hamilton and Rev. Dr Thomas Guthrie, salted paper print from calotype negative, 1843-1847, presented to the RPS collection by Miss Boog in 1931

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Scotland
Object type
Photograph
TitleRev. Dr George Muirhead, Rev. Dr William Cunningham, Rev. Dr James Begg, John Hamilton and Rev. Dr Thomas Guthrie (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Salt paper print from calotype negative
Salted Paper
Salted Paper Processes
Photography
Calotype
Brief description
Photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, 'Group portrait of John Hamilton, Muirhead of [?], Dr Cunningham, Dr Begg and Dr Guthbrie [possibly]', Rev. Dr George Muirhead, Rev. Dr William Cunningham, Rev. Dr James Begg, John Hamilton and Rev. Dr Thomas Guthrie, salted paper print from calotype negative, 1843-1847, presented to the RPS collection by Miss Boog in 1931
Dimensions
  • Image width: 108mm
  • Image height: 90mm
Style
Mid 19th Century
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Bibliographic reference
Stevenson, Sara. 'David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson: Catalogue of their Calotypes Taken Between 1843 and 1847 in the Collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery', (Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 1981). ISBN 0903148374
Other numbers
  • PGP HA 5075 - Scottish National Portrait Gallery negative number
  • pg. 169 (GROUP 206) - National Galleries of Scotland, Hill & Adamson 1981 Catalogue, page and classification
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1834-2018

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Record createdMay 9, 2018
Record URL
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