Officer of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders Reading to the Troops, Edinburgh Castle, David Octavius Hill, April 9, 1846

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Officer of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders Reading to the Troops, Edinburgh Castle, April 9, 1846, Salted paper print from paper negative, x cm (5 11/16 x 7 9/16 in. ), Photographs, David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802–1870 Edinburgh, Scotland), Robert Adamson (British, St. Andrews, Scotland 1821–1848 St. Andrews, Scotland), On occasion Hill and Adamson ventured into full-blown genre, costuming and staging literary scenes reminiscent of popular tableaux vivants, but in other cases such as this, the artists found authentically engaging subjects in contemporary life

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Size: 4954px × 3755px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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