Hill & Adamson1844, 28 September
St. Olave's Parish Church and the Ruins of St Mary's Abbey, York,
Calotype negative
6 1/4 x 8 3/8 ins
Archive FarmsAnnotated 'COS' in pencil (recto); annotated in pencil on verso "York" and "Sept 28-44". Taken in the autumn of 1844 at the annual meeting in York of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Talbot, himself a member of the BAAS, gave Hill & Adamson special permission to photograph in England without a license.
For the correspondence between David Octavius Hill and Henry Fox Talbot
The Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Document number: 5079 David Octavius Hill to William Henry For Talbot (21 Sept 1844) - Permission requested
The letter from William Henry Fox Talbot to David Octavius Hill granting permission has not been located
Document number: 5088, David Octavius Hil to William Henry For Talbot (30 Sept 1844) - Thanks for the permission
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