James Ballantyne, Dr George Bell and David Octavius Hill

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

Photographs by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, group portrait of James Ballantyne, Dr George Bell and David Octavius Hill, sometimes titled Edinburgh Ale, 2 leaves in one mount, salted paper prints from calotype negatives, 1843-1847

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Categories	Photographs Portraits Scotland
Object type	Photograph
Titles	James Ballantyne, Dr George Bell and David Octavius Hill (assigned by artist) Edinburgh Ale (alternative title)
Materials and techniques	Salt paper print from calotype negative Salted Paper Salted Paper Processes Photography Calotype
Brief description	Photographs by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, group portrait of James Ballantyne, Dr George Bell and David Octavius Hill, sometimes titled Edinburgh Ale, 2 leaves in one mount, salted paper prints from calotype negatives, 1843-1847
Dimensions	Mount width: 405mm Mount height: 508mm
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 number	- National Galleries of Scotland, Hill & Adamson 1981 Catalogue, page and classification
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.1849:2-2018

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Record created	May 11, 2018
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1439357/james-ballantyne-dr-george-bell-photograph-adamson-robert/

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