Talk:Robert Adamson (photographer)

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A fact from Robert Adamson (photographer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 August 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that John Adamson produced the first calotype portrait in Scotland and instructed both his younger brother Robert and Thomas Rodger in this photographic process?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Adamson (physician), Robert Adamson (photographer), Thomas Rodger.

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Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I've recently added 10 new photos by Adamson (4 in collaboration with David Octavius Hill) from Google Art Project, below. Feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 03:30, 6 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

By Robert Adamson edit

Free Church Committee (1843)
Nelson Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh. (1843)
St. Salvator's College Chapel from the Southeast. (1842)

Attributed to Robert Adamson edit

Inverleith Grounds. (1843)
St. Andrews Castle from the East. (1843-44)
The Royal High School, Edinburgh (1843)

With David Octavius Hill edit

Patrick Byrne, about 1794 - 1863. Irish Harpist (1845)
Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [b] (1845)
The Scott Monument, Edinburgh (1845)
Willie Liston, 'Redding [cleaning or preparing] the line'; Newhaven fisherman (1845)

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