Salt print

Description

Salt print depicting masons working on The Scott Monument, from a calotype negative by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, 1843

Museum reference

T.1977.4.6

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Salt print

Production information

Hill, David Octavius, 1802 - 1870
Adamson, Robert, 1821 - 1848
Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1843

Associations

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771 - 1832
Kemp, George Meikle, 1795 - 1844
Previous owner: Royal Scottish Academy
Depicted: Scott Monument, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

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