An impression from the opposite negative

Description

Positive of a photogenic image of a letter from Sir Isaac Newton to Dr Edmond Halley (1724/25), by Dr John Adamson, c. 1840, included in Dr John Adamson's photograph album

Museum reference

T.1942.1.1.5

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Calotype

Production information

Adamson, John, Dr, 1809 - 1870, Maker
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1840s

Associations

Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642 - 1726/7
Halley, Edmond, 1656 - 1742
Brewster, David, Sir, 1781 - 1868

Exhibitions

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

References

Morrison-Low, A.D and Bruce, D (2018) 'Photography and the Doctor: John Adamson of St Andrews' Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland