The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill

The publication of this volume coincides with a bicentenary exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland. (Temporary)

A study of David Octavius Hill (1802-70), pioneer photographer, painter and lithographer. It analyzes his photographic partnership with Robert Adamson, offering an understanding of its remarkable success, and explains the purpose and intelligence of this work in the context of Hill's life.David Octavius Hill (1802–70) was a pioneer photographer, painter, and lithographer. In 1843, he entered into partnership with the young photographer Robert Adamson, and in the next four years they produced an extraordinary body of original and inventive work. This book analyzes the photographic partnership, explains its remarkable success, and places it in the context of Hill’s life and times.

Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art