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National Galleries of Scotland
 
Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road
Edinburgh, Scotland EH4 3DS
UK

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Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown man [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85779
Hill & Adamson, 1845 (ca), David Octavius Hill and Professor James Miller. Known as 'The Morning After "He greatly daring dined"', Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45318
John Adamson, n.d., Professor Alexander wearing a bunch of fuchsias in his buttonhole, Albumen print, gold-toned, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85883
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Three unknown women [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85771
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman and man [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85769
John Forbes White, n.d., Trees by the water and a boat, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85948
Hill & Adamson, 1845 (?), Patrick Byrne, about 1794 - 1863. Irish Harpist, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/63888
Clarence H. White, 1909, Alvin Landon Coburn and his Mother, Photogravure, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56785
George Washington Wilson, n.d., A Bank of Ferns, at Inversnaid, Loch Lomond, Carte de visite, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85965
Hugh Owen, 1847 (ca), North Porch, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108104
Archibald Burns, n.d., 'Allan Ramsay's Shop, High Street Edinburgh', Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85873
J. Craig Annan, n.d., 'A Snake Charmer, Tangier', Photogravure, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85887
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85773
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown man and woman [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85781
Hill & Adamson, 1843, The Scott Monument under Construction, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45308
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [a], Salt print, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85804
Hugh Owen, n.d., Interior, Tintern Abbey, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108105
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Mr Finlay, deerstalker in the employ of Campbell of Islay [c], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85849
Hill & Adamson, 1844, James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Inventor of the steam hammer, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6816
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman and baby [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85765
John Muir Wood, 1847, The Citadel of Namur, from a Bridge over the Sambre, Calotype negative and uranium or cuprotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56767
John Muir Wood, 1847, The Citadel of Namur, from a Bridge over the Sambre, Calotype negative and uranium or cuprotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56768
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Large group of Newhaven fishermen [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85854
Leslie Hamilton Wilson, 1926, The Tiger. H.H. Guests and beaters, Platinum print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7398
Thomas Annan, 1868-1871, Close, No. 46 Saltmarket, from Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, Albumen print, from wet collodion negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56744
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, David Octavius Hill, 1802 - 1870. Artist and pioneer photographer (detail), Salted paper print, detail, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/118979
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Painting by Sir William Allan. ' ? Circassians sold in Constantinople slave market' [Art], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85795
Chick Chalmers, 1978, Sheep Being Brought from their Grazing on the Island of Copinsay for Sale in Kirkwall, Silver gelatin print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7684
Hill & Adamson, 1843, Sir David Brewster, 1781 - 1868. Natural philosopher, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56766
Roger Fenton, 1855, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, 1792 - 1863. Field-Marshal, Salt print, from collodion negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56742
Lewis Carroll, 1864 (ca), Mary J. MacDonald dreaming of her father [George MacDonald] and brother Ronald, Albumen print, composite, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56756
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Painting of the Las Meninas by Velasquez [Art 9], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85843
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Sculpted bust of an unknown man [Art 19], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85844
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Captain David Campbell, Allan Robertson, Tom Morris, Bob Andrews, Sir Hugh Playfair and Watty Alexander. 'St Andrews Golfers' [Group 62], Calotype negative (?), National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85847
John Forbes White, 1857, Holyrood Abbey, West Doorway, Carbon print ?, from waxed paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85958
William Donaldson Clark, n.d., White Horse Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85902
Richard Billingham, 1995, Untitled [Father and Dog], Fuji longlife colour photographic print mounted on aluminium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6828
John Forbes White, n.d., Cottage, grandmama, aunt R and porch, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85955
Thomas Gainsborough, 1775-1777, The Honourable Mrs Graham (1757 - 1792), Oil painting, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/63721
Evelyn George Carey, 1888, 6 April (taken) 2007 (print), The Forth Bridge. Inchgarvie Main Pier, Method of Erection, Materials: Digital inkjet print, from negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85899
John Forbes White, n.d., View of a house, garden and two women in front of the house, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85943
Shepherd & Robertson, 1862-1868, Chohan Rajpoots, Delhi, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56774
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, The ruins of Greyfriars' Church [Edinburgh 40], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85746
Peter Welling, 1850 (ca), Two girls, Daguerreotype, hand-tinted, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56769
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847 (taken, later print), Willliamson. Huntsman to the Duke of Buccleuch [a], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85838
Samuel Bourne, 1866, Mussucks for Crossing the Beas Below Bajoura, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7662
Commercial Press Ltd., n.d., The Great Wall, Photograph, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/102302
Helen Chadwick, 1991, Self-Portrait, [Meat Lamps], Photographic transparency, glass, aluminium frame and electric lights, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7683
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Oyster dredging boat sailing [Newhaven ?], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85852
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [c], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85807
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Portuguese peasant girl, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121452
Hill & Adamson, 1846, 92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6814
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Major Crauford (or Crawford), Captain St George and Captain Borthingham of the Leith Fort Artillery [Military], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85740
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Mrs Barbara (Johnstone) Flucker and two unknown women looking at fish [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85767
J. Craig Annan, n.d., Glasgow University, Photogravure, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85888
Archibald Burns, 1858 (ca), Album cover for Photographic Views of Edinburgh, Album cover, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85881
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Newhaven fisherman [Newhaven 5], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85760
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Stagonolepsis robertsoni, found in 1844 [Fossil], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85845
John Kirk, 1880s (ca), Unknown wooden huts under trees, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/97988
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1850, Figures at the Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III, Istanbul 1850s, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6824
John Forbes White, n.d., Cottage by a river, a man and a woman crossing a wooden bridge, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85951
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Willie Liston, 'Redding [cleaning or preparing] the line'; Newhaven fisherman, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45322
James Valentine, n.d., Edinburgh Castle, from the Grassmarket, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85938
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Arran: Cyclopean Walls and Castles from Top of Goatfell, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85975
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847 (taken, later print), Unidentified woman [Unknown woman 14], Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85831
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Mohum Lal, aged 28 in 1844 [a], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85816
Thomas Annan, 1860 (ca), 'Ben Lomond from Aberfoyle', Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85918
Peter Cattrell, 1997, Maize Cutting, No Man's Land, Serre, Somme, France, Silver gelatin print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7682
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Portuguese peasants, Minho, four women and a youth, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121440
George Washington Wilson, 1863, Queen Victoria on 'Fyvie' with John Brown at Balmoral, Carte de visite, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7397
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, St Andrews, North Street [St Andrews 37], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85794
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Mrs Garston. Nee Miss Mackenzie [a], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85832
Edward John Burra, 1930, Collage, Collage, gouache, pen and ink and pencil on paper, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7677
James Graham, 1855 (ca), Pompeii, Calotype, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56772
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Group of Carved Indian figures [Art 23], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85825
William Donaldson Clark, 1858 (ca), The National Gallery and Royal Institution (Royal Scottish Academy), Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85904
James Valentine, n.d., Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85940
Lai Afong, 1869, The Bankers‘ Glen, Yuen-foo River, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6819
Hugh Owen, n.d., Thornbury Castle, South Gloucestershire, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108108
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Edinburgh Castle seen from the site of the Sir Walter Scott Monument, with group of unknown people in foreground [Edinburgh], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85742
John Forbes White, n.d., House with porch and trees, three women sitting on the grass by a tree, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85953
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Willliamson. Huntsman to the Duke of Buccleuch [a], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85837
Alfred G. Buckham, 1920 (ca), Uplands. Snowstorm Passing, Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/86565
John Swannell, 1980, Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 - 1989). Photographer, Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56802
James Valentine, n.d., Snow Scene, Photograph, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85936
John Kirk, 1880s (ca), Hippopotamus trap. River Shire, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/98001
John Kirk, 1880s (ca), Portuguese Fort. Tette, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/98000
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85770
Roger Mayne, 1958, Children playing on a lorry, Glasgow, Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56792
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, William Leighton Leitch, 1804 - 1883. Water-colour painter [m], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85818
Eugene Clutterbuck Impey, 1860s (early), Portrait of Thakoor Lukdeer Singh, a Rajpoot chieftain of Ulwur, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56752
J. Craig Annan, 1902, The Etching Printer - William Strang, 1859 - 1921, Photogravure, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56783
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Glasgow Cathedral - Looking W, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85978
Pow Kee, 1887, Hankow (now Hankou), Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/91647
Calum Colvin, 1998, Venus Anadyomene (after Titian), Cibachrome, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56807
John Kirk, 1880s (ca), Rapids. River Shire, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/97989
Archibald Burns, n.d., Canongate Tolbooth, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85878
Pow Kee, 1880s, Hankow (now Hankou), Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/91653
John Kirk, 1858-1863, African dwellings with a baobab tree in the background, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56751
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Horatio McCulloch, 1805 - 1867. Landscape painter [a], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85819
Hill & Adamson, 1843 (ca), Samuel Aitken. Bookseller and friend of Thomas Carlyle, Calotype print, medium, later, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45317
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, 92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle [Military 3], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85860
Hill & Adamson, 1845, Patrick Byrne, c 1797 - 1863. Irish Harpist [c], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85858
Hill & Adamson, 1845 (ca), Finlay, deerstalker in the employ of Campbell of Islay, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45305
John Forbes White, n.d., House with trees on the front, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85945
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, The Royal High School [Edinburgh 34], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85744
Alfred G. Buckham, 1920 (ca), Morning Over the Moorfoots, Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/86566
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Greyfriars' Churchyard, the Dennistoun Monument with David Octavius Hill and his nieces the Misses Watson [Edinburgh 48], Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/113298
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Picnic at Bonaly [Group 71 ?], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85793
William Strang (artist, 1859-1921), n.d., Portrait of James Craig Annan (1864-1946), Chalk and watercolor on paper, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/118729
Erskine Nicol (Scottish, 1825-1904), 1892, George Skene Keith, 1819 - 1910. Physician, Watercolour and gouache on paper, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/86551
Archibald Burns, n.d., White Horse Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85880
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake, 1809 - 1893. Writer [j], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85834
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Mr and Mrs Fairbairn and two fishwives [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85750
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Two girls Binding Wood, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56748
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Miss Susan Watson, Calotype print, hand-coloured in watercolour, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85828
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Jeannie Wilson and unknown woman [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85768
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake, 1809 - 1893. Writer [p], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85835
John Forbes White, n.d., River and woodland, two church spires in the distance, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85949
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Mr Lane [called John Lane, Dr Lane and Edward William Lane] [a], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85815
Hill & Adamson, 1844 (ca), Willie Liston, Newhaven. Fisherman, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45321
Hill & Adamson, 1844, Charles William Peach, 1800 - 1886. Coastguard; naturalist and geologist, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45319
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Portuguese woman 'The Mantilla of Portugal', Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121453
Titian, 1520 (ca), Venus Rising from the Sea ('Venus Anadyomene'), Oil on canvas, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56808
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [b], Salt print, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85805
Archibald Burns, 1869, The Castle and Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85875
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown group [Newhaven 40], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85757
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Captain St George and Major Crawford of the Leith Fort Artillery [Military 8], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85741
George Washington Wilson, n.d., The Stranded Collier, Stereocard, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85980
Fred Bremner, 1870s, Buddhist tope. [Shayambunath], Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56777
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown man and two women [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85754
Eugene Clutterbuck Impey, 1860s (early), Rajpoots playing the game of Pucheesee, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56754
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Group of men and eight boys reading? singing?, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121448
Ashworth, 1850s (taken, later print), David Octavius Hill and the Ashworth Ladies, Platinum print, from glass negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/113299
Hill & Adamson, 1845 (ca), St Andrews, North Street, Fishergate, Women and Children Baiting the Line, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45313
John Forbes White, n.d., View of a house, garden and two women in front of the house, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85954
Hugh Owen, n.d., Corn Exchange, Bristol, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108112
Hugh Owen, n.d., High Street, Bristol, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108114
Pow Kee, 1887, Hankow (now Hankou), Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/91655
James Valentine, n.d., Portrait of H.R.H. Prince Arthur, Carte de visite, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85931
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [c], Salt print, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85808
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown women [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85776
James Valentine, n.d., Tay Bridge From The South, Photograph, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85935
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85759
Antoine Claudet, 1851, Sir Charles Augustus Murray, 1806 - 1895, Daguerreotype, hand-tinted, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7687
John Adamson, n.d., Unknown man with moustache, profile, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85886
Hugh Owen, n.d., Unknown building with man on steps, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108109
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Greyfriars' Churchyard, the Dennistoun monument with David Octavius Hill and his nieces the Misses Watson [Edinburgh 48], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85841
John Muir Wood, 1850 (ca), A Woodland Study, Uranium print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56770
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Lady Isabella (Norman) Grant. Wife of Sir Francis Gran, Carbon print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85833
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [d], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85809
Platt D. Babbitt, 1855, Tourists Viewing Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, Daguerreotype, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6821
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Whitehorse Close, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85973
Hugh Owen, n.d., Exeter Town Hall, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108103
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Two unknown women [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85753
Archibald Burns, n.d., 'Timber Fronted House, Cowgate', Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85871
   

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