David Octavius Hill
(David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson: Reverend Thomas Scott of Peel)
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson Scotland, 1802–1870); (Scotland, 1821–1848)
Reverend Thomas Scott of Peel. c. 1846
Salted paper print from calotype paper negative
8 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. image size
Henry Art Gallery, Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen and The Boeing Company, 97.246
In 1843 Hill and Adamson launched a photography studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. Partners for more than four years, the two men produced over three thousand calotype prints. Talbot’s patent for the calotype process did not pertain in Scotland, so Hill and Adamson were able to freely adopt calotypy as their medium of choice.