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Unknown Woman
Hill, David Octavius, Calotype
Unknown Woman
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Item no
20709
Title
Unknown Woman
Description
A photograph of a woman who is facing away from the camera. The woman stands with her back to the viewer in Victorian dress. She is dressed in a long patterned skirt with a dark shawl around her shoulders. She is standing next to the base of a large stone monument with Celtic designs.
Artist / maker
Hill, David Octavius
Size
21.0 x 15.2 cm
Type
Calotype
Location
City Art Centre
Accession number
CAC1977/1/16
David Octavius Hill was born in 1802 in Perth. The Scottish painter and arts activist collaborated with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photography in Scotland. After Robert Adamson's death in 1848, Hill returned to painting. His later work normally consisted of landscapes painted in a confident style.
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