David Octavius Hill at the gate of Rock House, Edinburgh
1843-1847
Artist, Scottish, 1802 - 1870
Artist, Scottish, 1821 - 1848

Artwork overview
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Medium
salted paper print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 19.6 x 13.8 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
framed: 50.8 x 43.2 cm (20 x 17 in.) -
Accession
2007.29.27
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
D.O. Hill; gift to Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1852; de-accessioned, 1977; Howard and Jane Ricketts, London; NGA purchase, 2007.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2007
Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2007 - 2008, no. 8.
2015
In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: D.O. Hill; upper right in graphite: H/1/12; stamped lower right: RA
Wikidata ID
Q64146029