#31DaysOfGraves Day 24: Unique animal. This delightful Skye terrier is hidden on the back of the grave of Scottish landscape painter Horatio McCulloch RSA (1805-1867), & was carved by David Watson Stephenson (1842-1904). (McCulloch portrait by Hill & Adamson.) #Edinburgh #SkyeTerrier #HillAndAdamson
Hall, a Newhaven Fishwife, was photographed by pioneering photographers David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson c.1843-47. We have an ongoing project to mark her burial place more appropriately. #Edinburgh #PhotoHistory #HillAndAdamson #NewhavenFishwives #Newhaven #31daysofgraves 2/2
#31daysofgraves Day 12 notable women. A famous face in an unmarked grave. Portraits of Elizabeth Johnston(e) Hall (1822-1901) hang in every major photographic collection in the world, but she is buried in a common grave in Warriston. #Edinburgh #PhotoHistory #HillAndAdamson #NewhavenFishwives 1/2
Greyfriars, Edinburgh
Here’s another work by Hill—Newhaven fishwives, shot in the 1840s with Adamson using early calotype photography. Same eye that captured the Dennistoun tomb where I stood. Past meets present in every frame. 📸 #HillAndAdamson #Photography #Greyfriars
Seduced by 19th century photography? Watch this lovely 'Ode to Hill and Adamson' https://vimeo.com/54931030 #hillandadamson
