Hill & Adamson
Scottish (active 1843-1848)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Finlay Children
PUBLISHED TITLE: At the Minnow Pool

ca. 1845
salted paper print
19.8 x 15.1 cm.
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 11076
81:2396:0014

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13836:26
NON-GEH NUMBER: 109

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Schwarz, Heinrich. --David Octavius Hill: Master of Photography.-- England, London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1932. pl. 41.//
Scottish Arts Council. --David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson.-- Edinburgh: Scottish Arts Council, 1970. pl. 27.//
Bruce, David. --Sun Pictures: The Hill-Adamson Calotypes.-- England, London: Studio Vista, 1973. p. 219.//
National Portrait Gallery. --The Hill/Adamson Albums: A Selection of Victorian Prints.-- London: Times Newspapers, 1973. pl. 64.//
Ovenden, Graham (ed.). --Hill & Adamson Photographs.-- England, London: Academy Editions, 1973. p. 31.//
Ford, Colin. --An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson.-- New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. p. 238.//
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. p. 219.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 108.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "D.O. Hill and Robert Adamson: Masters of the Calotype", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, February 6 - June 6, 1993.//

INSCRIPTION: mount recto-(in pencil) "Finlay chidren" "109"

NOTES: Catalogued 6/90, MMC. Arthur, John Hope, and Sophia Finlay. Calotype is also known as "At the Minnow Pool".

SUBJECTS:
portrait, ident / Finlay, John Hope
portrait, ident / Finlay, Sophia
sport, fishing