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Hill & Adamson
Scottish (active 1843-1848)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Greyfriar's Churchyard, the Martyr's Monument & the McCulloch Monument

ca. 1844
salted paper print
20.6 x 14.8 cm.
Gift of Alvin Langdon Coburn
GEH NEG: 29025
67:0083:0004

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Bruce, David. --Sun Pictures: The Hill-Adamson Calotypes.-- England, London: Studio Vista, 1973. p. 111.//
National Portrait Gallery. --The Hill/Adamson Albums: A Selection of Victorian Prints.-- London: Times Newspapers, 1973. pl. 56.//
Ovenden, Graham (ed.). --Hill & Adamson Photographs.-- England, London: Academy Editions, 1973. p. 63.//
Ford, Colin. --An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson.-- New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. p. 235.//
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, Scotland: National Galleries of Scotland, 1981. pg. 192.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 109.//
This image was part of GEH's 2000 submission to AMICO (Art Museum Image Consortium).//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection (reinstallation)", US, NY, Rochester September 18, 1993 - June 5, 1994.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the George Eastman House Collection", Japan, Tokyo November 18, 1995 - January ??, 1996.//

NOTES: Catalogued 2/86, JL, updated 7/90, MMC.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, monument / Martyr's Monument
architecture, monument / McCulloch Monument
people, in graveyard

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