Old Photograph David Octavius Hill Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of David Octavius Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. David was born in 1802 in Perth. His father, a bookseller and publisher, helped to re-establish Perth Academy and David was educated there as were his brothers. He became a Scottish painter and arts activist, and formed Hill and Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photography in Scotland. He died on the 17th of May 1870.

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