Calotype

Description

Salt print depicting the west side of Durham Cathedral, from a calotype negative by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, with a Thomas Davidson large-format camera, 1844

Museum reference

T.1977.4.2

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Calotype

Production information

Hill, David Octavius, 1802 - 1870
Adamson, Robert, 1821 - 1848

Date

1844

Associations

Davidson, Thomas, 1798 - 1878
Previous owner: The Royal Scottish Academy
Durham Cathedral, Durham, England, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Photography: A Victorian Sensation (19 Jun 2015 - 22 Nov 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland