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David Octavius Hill - The Scott Monument under Construction

David Octavius Hill - The Scott Monument under Construction

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843..Accession no. PGP HA 424 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.10 x 14.90 cm .Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 424 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photo... More

B.C.A. 1911 No.s 53 to 55 on plan

B.C.A. 1911 No.s 53 to 55 on plan

Creator: Alexander R. Hogg for Belfast Corporation..Date: 11th February 1915..Description: B.C.A. 1911 No.s 53 to 55 on plan. Streets in photo: May Street, Market Street. Premises in photo: Hugh B. Lavery The ... More

Arrested Alfred Thompson, Mugshot photograph, England

Arrested Alfred Thompson, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Alfred Thompson .Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on; 31st August 1902.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-5-Alfred Thompson..These images are a selection from an ... More

Italian Street Musicians - Victorian era public domain image

Italian Street Musicians - Victorian era public domain image

From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith:.. Then there is something irresistible in the bright glitter of his eyes, in. his cheerful gait, and his fascinating manners; While English... More

This train is now ready to depart

This train is now ready to depart

Description: "Photograph of railway guard giving the signal to the engine driver." Photograph by RL Sirus...Date: 1884..Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/369/256 ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/dis... More

Margaret Stewart - Queen of Natchez Mardi Gras.

Margaret Stewart - Queen of Natchez Mardi Gras.

Collection: Stewart Photograph Collection.Call number: PI/1992.0006.System ID: 102148..Link to the catalog ( ) ..Margaret Stewart - Queen of Natchez Mardi Gras...Please see our profile page ( http://www.flickr... More

A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sara R. Hine.  Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 7. 14 years of age. 1 year in service. Visits houses of prostitution. Guides soldiers to segregated district. Smokes. Still at school and works from 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. Investigator, Edward F. Brown.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Miss Anita Phipps, 11/24/23 - Public domain dedication image

Miss Anita Phipps, 11/24/23 - Public domain dedication image

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

R101 and cows - An old photo of a large blimp flying over a field

R101 and cows - An old photo of a large blimp flying over a field

Description: British R101 airship at mooring tower. The vessel was 237 metres long...Date: c.1929..Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 5/919 ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?C... More

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport i...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif.

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., p...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas

Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn.

Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair

Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fa...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods from the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill.

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods fro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn.

School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a fest...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Inner City, August 1973 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Inner City, August 1973 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogr...

Original Caption: Inner City, August 1973..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-7488..Photographer: Swanson, Dick...Subjects:.Environmental protection.Natural resources.Philadelphia (Philadelphia ... More

Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office

Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...

Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[High school route boys. Adolescents. Some in back row have been newsboys for seven, eight and nine years.]  Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

[High school route boys. Adolescents. Some in back row have been newsb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The John Frank Keith Collection is held by the Library Company of Philadelphia, a non-profit research library

The John Frank Keith Collection is held by the Library Company of Phil...

Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer...ca. 1910-1940..1 photographic print : gelatin silver; 14 x 9 cm. (5.5 x 3.5 in.)..Image provided for reference purposes. Please visit our rights and reproductions w... More

Early photographs of railroads of Texas and its southern border.
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go home, Lowell, Massachusetts.

Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A person carrying a can of Karo syrup at Berg's Supermarket, circa 1950

A person carrying a can of Karo syrup at Berg's Supermarket, circa 195...

Original Collection: Gifford Photographic Collection..Item Number: P 218 SG 6 Series 1 ...You can find this image by searching for the item number by clicking here ( http://oregondigital.org/digcol ) . ..Want m... More

Scala dei Giganti, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Carlo Naya photograph

Scala dei Giganti, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Carlo Naya photograph

Carlo Naya..1860s..Accession no. PGP R 762 .Medium Albumen .Size 35.2 x 26.8 cm .Credit Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985 . PGP R 762 ) .

Charity, Illuminated medieval manuscript in National Library of Netherlands

Charity, Illuminated medieval manuscript in National Library of Nether...

Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

L'allégorie est assez claire, pour se passer de comentaire

L'allégorie est assez claire, pour se passer de comentaire

Print shows the god Mercury/Hermes hung on a gibbet with a ribbon labeled "caisse d'escompte" and his hands bound with a ribbon labeled "traite de comerce"; from his feet hangs a sheet stating "Droits desportat... More

Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789

Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789

Print shows, in a rural setting, a man from the working class or third estate, handing a bag of money to a member of the clergy, who refuses with his right hand, but reaches behind his back with his left hand t... More

Charity - Print, Library of Congress collection

Charity - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: American Chromo Co.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Proportion of Negroes in the total population of the United States / / Done by Atlanta University.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Maps show percentages of African Americans in the United States between 1800 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of ... More

David Octavius Hill - Mrs Barbara (Johnstone) Flucker

David Octavius Hill - Mrs Barbara (Johnstone) Flucker

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..Accession no. PGP HA 308 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.80 x 15.70 cm .Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 308 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photographe... More

Isabella Burns, Mrs John Begg, 1771 - 1858. Youngest sister of Robert Burns

Isabella Burns, Mrs John Begg, 1771 - 1858. Youngest sister of Robert ...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1846..Accession no. PGP HA 277 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.80 x 13.80 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 277 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More

St Andrews 1842 Scotland

St Andrews 1842 Scotland

John Adamson, Robert Adamson..1842..Accession no. PGP HA 546 .Medium Calotype print .Size 8.40 x 10.00 cm .Credit Presented by Mrs Elizabeth Uldall 1998 . PGP HA 546 ) .

David Octavius Hill - Hugh Miller, 1802 - 1856. Geologist and author

David Octavius Hill - Hugh Miller, 1802 - 1856. Geologist and author

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843..Accession no. PGP HA 281 .Medium Calotype print .Size 15.60 x 11.10 cm (framed: 59.05 x 43.81 x 2.54 cm) .Credit Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950 . PGP HA 281 ) . D... More

Rev. Thomas Chalmers, 1780 - 1847. Preacher and social reformer (shown preaching)

Rev. Thomas Chalmers, 1780 - 1847. Preacher and social reformer (shown...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843..Accession no. PGP HA 552 .Medium Calotype print .Size 15.00 x 11.00 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 552 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and phot... More

David Octavius Hill - David Octavius Hill with his daughter, Charlotte

David Octavius Hill - David Octavius Hill with his daughter, Charlotte

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..Probably 1843..Accession no. PGP EPS 90 .Medium Calotype print .Size 16.60 x 12.60 cm .Credit Edinburgh Photographic Society Collection, gifted 1987 . PGP EPS 90 ) . David ... More

David Octavius Hill - Mr Laing or Laine

David Octavius Hill - Mr Laing or Laine

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843..Accession no. PGP HA 558 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.60 x 14.30 cm .Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 558 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photo... More

David Octavius Hill - Samuel Aitken. Bookseller and friend of Thomas Carlyle

David Octavius Hill - Samuel Aitken. Bookseller and friend of Thomas C...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1843..Accession no. PGP HA 25 .Medium Later calotype .Size 11.00 x 15.20 cm .Credit Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950 . PGP HA 25 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scott... More

David Octavius Hill - George Combe, 1788 - 1858. Phrenologist

David Octavius Hill - George Combe, 1788 - 1858. Phrenologist

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1843..Accession no. PGP HA 626 .Medium Carbon print .Size 20.50 x 15.40 cm .Credit Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950 . PGP HA 626 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scott... More

Captain David Campbell, Allan Robertson, Tom Morris, Bob Andrews, Sir Hugh Playfair and Watty Alexander. 'St Andrews Golfers'

Captain David Campbell, Allan Robertson, Tom Morris, Bob Andrews, Sir ...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 4749 .Medium Carbon print .Size 13.70 x 20.20 cm .Credit Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950. PGP HA 5414 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Sco... More

David Octavius Hill - James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Inventor of the steam hammer

David Octavius Hill - James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Inventor of the stea...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1844..Accession no. PGP HA 541 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.90 x 15.20 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 541 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter an... More

David Octavius Hill - Mohun Lal, aged 28 in 1844

David Octavius Hill - Mohun Lal, aged 28 in 1844

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..October 1844..Accession no. PGP HA 1260 .Medium Calotype negative and salted paper print .Size 21.40 x 15.60 cm .Credit Bequest of Andrew Elliot 1950 . PGP HA 1260 ) . Davi... More

John Sobieski Stolberg-Stuart, 1797 - 1872. Alias John Hay or John Hay Allan

John Sobieski Stolberg-Stuart, 1797 - 1872. Alias John Hay or John Hay...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1844..Accession no. PGP HA 2172.Medium Calotype print.Size 19.80 x 14.60 cm.Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 2172 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and ... More

David Octavius Hill - Willie Liston, Newhaven. Fisherman

David Octavius Hill - Willie Liston, Newhaven. Fisherman

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1844..Accession no. PGP EPS 73 .Medium Calotype negative .Size 20.80 x 15.70 cm .Credit Presented by the Edinburgh Photographic Society 1987. PGP EPS 73 ) . David Oct... More

David Octavius Hill - Thomas Duncan, 1807 - 1845. Artist

David Octavius Hill - Thomas Duncan, 1807 - 1845. Artist

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1844..Accession no. PGP HA 795 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.60 x 14.50 cm .Credit Bequeathed by James Brownlee Hunter, 1928. PGP HA 795 ) . David Octavius Hill was... More

The Rev Thomas Chalmers and his Family at Merchiston Castle School

The Rev Thomas Chalmers and his Family at Merchiston Castle School

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1844..Accession no. PGP HA 266 .Medium Calotype .Size 22.10 x 30.10 cm .Credit Purchased 1975 . PGP HA 266 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photographer. ... More

David Octavius Hill - Charles William Peach, 1800 - 1886. Coastguard; naturalist and geologist

David Octavius Hill - Charles William Peach, 1800 - 1886. Coastguard; ...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1844..Accession no. PGP HA 1761 .Medium Carbon print .Size 20.10 x 14.90 cm .Credit Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950 . PGP HA 1761 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish ... More

Anne Chalmers Hanna, 1813 - 1891. Daughter of Rev. Dr Thomas Chalmers; wife of Rev. William Hanna

Anne Chalmers Hanna, 1813 - 1891. Daughter of Rev. Dr Thomas Chalmers;...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1844..Accession no. PGP HA 528 .Medium Calotype print .Size 15.00 x 20.60 cm .Credit Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950 . PGP HA 528 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish ... More

David Octavius Hill and Professor James Miller. Known as 'The Morning After "He greatly daring dined"'

David Octavius Hill and Professor James Miller. Known as 'The Morning ...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1845..Accession no. PGP HA 2254 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.80 x 14.60 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 2254 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter ... More

David Octavius Hill - 'A Newhaven Pilot'

David Octavius Hill - 'A Newhaven Pilot'

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1916 (original negative around 1845)..Accession no. PGP HA 330 .Medium Carbon print .Size 20.80 x 15.70 cm .Credit Transferred from the National Gallery Library 1980s ..For ... More

David Octavius Hill - Patrick Byrne, about 1794 - 1863. Irish Harpist

David Octavius Hill - Patrick Byrne, about 1794 - 1863. Irish Harpist

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..Probably 1845..Accession no. PGP HA 457 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.30 x 16.40 cm .Credit Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950 . PGP HA 457 ) . David Octavius Hill was a ... More

David Octavius Hill - Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake, 1809 - 1893. Writer

David Octavius Hill - Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake, 1809 - 1893. Wr...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1845..Accession no. PGP HA 286 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.60 x 14.70 cm .Credit Presented by Andrew Elliot 1950. PGP HA 286 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottis... More

David Octavius Hill - Sir John Steell, 1804 - 1891. Sculptor

David Octavius Hill - Sir John Steell, 1804 - 1891. Sculptor

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1845..Accession no. PGP HA 381 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.00 x 14.50 cm .Credit Bequeathed by James Brownlee Hunter 1928. PGP HA 381 ) . David Octavius Hill was ... More

St Andrews, North Street, Fishergate, Women and Children Baiting the Line

St Andrews, North Street, Fishergate, Women and Children Baiting the L...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1845..Accession no. PGP HA 299 .Medium Calotype print .Size 14.00 x 19.30 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 299 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter an... More

David Octavius Hill - Finlay, deerstalker in the employ of Campbell of Islay

David Octavius Hill - Finlay, deerstalker in the employ of Campbell of...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1845..Accession no. PGP HA 530 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.50 x 14.50 cm .Credit Purchased . PGP HA 530 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photogr... More

David Octavius Hill - The Scott Monument

David Octavius Hill - The Scott Monument

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1845..Accession no. PGP HA 434 .Medium Calotype print .Size Arched top: 15.80 x 20.60 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 434 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottis... More

David Octavius Hill - Mrs Elizabeth (Johnstone) Hall, Newhaven fishwife

David Octavius Hill - Mrs Elizabeth (Johnstone) Hall, Newhaven fishwif...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1846..Accession no. PGP HA 301 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.40 x 14.80 cm .Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 301 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter an... More

David Octavius Hill - Ivy-covered tree at Colinton. 'The Fairy Tree'

David Octavius Hill - Ivy-covered tree at Colinton. 'The Fairy Tree'

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1846..Accession no. PGP HA 426 .Medium Calotype print .Size 22.50 x 16.60 cm .Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 428 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter an... More

Charlotte Lockhart, later Mrs Hope. Grand-daughter of Sir Walter Scott

Charlotte Lockhart, later Mrs Hope. Grand-daughter of Sir Walter Scott

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..about 1846..Accession no. PGP HA 523 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.80 x 14.80 cm .Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 523 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and... More

David Octavius Hill - 92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle

David Octavius Hill - 92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..April 1846..Accession no. PGP HA 347 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.00 x 14.10 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 347 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter an... More

David Octavius Hill - Leith docks with the ship 'Cockburn' tied up

David Octavius Hill - Leith docks with the ship 'Cockburn' tied up

Robert Adamson, Michael and Barbara Gray, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1846 (print made 1991)..Accession no. PGP HA 366 .Medium Modern calotype print .Size 18.20 x 24.00 cm .Credit Commissioned 1991. PGP HA 366 ... More

David Octavius Hill - Mrs Anne (Palgrave) Rigby, 1777 - 1872

David Octavius Hill - Mrs Anne (Palgrave) Rigby, 1777 - 1872

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1846..Accession no. PGP HA 279 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.40 x 15.30 cm .Credit Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950. PGP HA 279 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Sco... More

David Octavius Hill - Sandy (or James) Linton, his boat and bairns

David Octavius Hill - Sandy (or James) Linton, his boat and bairns

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1846..Accession no. PGP HA 770 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.50 x 14.20 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 770 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More

Sir George Harvey, 1806 - 1876. Genre and landscape painter; President of the Royal Scottish Academy

Sir George Harvey, 1806 - 1876. Genre and landscape painter; President...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 555 .Medium Calotype print .Size 14.40 x 19.70 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 555 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More

David Octavius Hill - George Troup and William Gibson

David Octavius Hill - George Troup and William Gibson

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 423 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.70 x 14.50 cm .Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 423 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter an... More

David Octavius Hill - Sophia Finlay and Harriet Farnie

David Octavius Hill - Sophia Finlay and Harriet Farnie

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 4846 .Medium Albumen print .Size 19.80 x 13.60 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 4846 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter ... More

David Octavius Hill - Newhaven boy ('King Fisher' or 'His Faither's Breeks')

David Octavius Hill - Newhaven boy ('King Fisher' or 'His Faither's Br...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 303 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.50 x 14.20 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 303 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More

Edinburgh Ale: James Ballantine, Dr George Bell and David Octavius Hill

Edinburgh Ale: James Ballantine, Dr George Bell and David Octavius Hil...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 435 .Medium Calotype print .Size 13.00 x 19.40 cm .Credit Provenance unknown. PGP HA 435 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter an... More

David Octavius Hill - Unknown men (Newhaven)

David Octavius Hill - Unknown men (Newhaven)

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 306 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.80 x 15.70 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 306 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More

James Drummond, 1816 - 1877. History painter; curator of the National Gallery of Scotland

James Drummond, 1816 - 1877. History painter; curator of the National ...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 375 .Medium Calotype print .Size 21.00 x 15.30 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 375 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More

Unknown officer and three mounted soldiers of the Leith Fort Artillery

Unknown officer and three mounted soldiers of the Leith Fort Artillery

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 422 .Medium Calotype print .Size 14.00 x 19.00 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 422 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More

Willie Liston, 'Redding [cleaning or preparing] the line'; Newhaven fisherman

Willie Liston, 'Redding [cleaning or preparing] the line'; Newhaven fi...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 300 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.80 x 15.70 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 300 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More

David Octavius Hill - Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay and John Liston

David Octavius Hill - Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay and John Li...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 302 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.80 x 15.70 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 302 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter a... More

Lady Mary Hamilton (Campbell) Ruthven, 1789 - 1885. Wife of James, Lord Ruthven

Lady Mary Hamilton (Campbell) Ruthven, 1789 - 1885. Wife of James, Lor...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1847..Accession no. PGP HA 2196.Medium Calotype print.Size 20.10 x 15.40 cm.Credit Purchased from the estate of Sophia Finlay (Charles Finlay's Trust), 1937. PGP HA 2196 ) .... More

Two Newhaven fishwives, perhaps Mrs Elizabeth (Johnstone) Hall on the right

Two Newhaven fishwives, perhaps Mrs Elizabeth (Johnstone) Hall on the ...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..1843 - 1847..Accession no. PGP HA 328 .Medium Calotype print .Size 29.90 x 22.80 cm .Credit Purchased from Howard Ricketts 1975, who purchased the Royal Scottish Academy alb... More

[Thomas George Pratt, half-length portrait, slightly to left]

[Thomas George Pratt, half-length portrait, slightly to left]

Senator from Maryland. Scratched on back of plate: 141; Gov. Pratt; Sen. Pratt, Md. Hallmark: Rinhart 21. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library ... More

Shōjiki o mamoru mono wa tenjin kore o sutezu

Shōjiki o mamoru mono wa tenjin kore o sutezu

Japanese print shows a woman seated at a table offering a morsel of food to a young woman; both wear western style clothing. Signature: unidentified. Designed and revised by Toshichika: seals are different. An... More

Figures at the Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III, Istanbul 1850s

Figures at the Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III, Istanbul 1850s

Felice Beato, James Robertson..1850s..Accession no. PGP 183.Medium Albumen print.Size 30.30 x 26.30 cm.Credit Purchased 1989. PGP 183 ) .

James Valentine - Tolbooth and Canongate, Edinburgh

James Valentine - Tolbooth and Canongate, Edinburgh

James Valentine..Accession no. PGP R 644 .Medium Albumen print .Size 28.9 x 19.1 cm (paper: 31.9 x 22.4 cm) .Credit Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985. PGP R 644 ) .

A faut esperer q'eu se jeu la finira bentot

A faut esperer q'eu se jeu la finira bentot

Print shows the nobility and the clergy, representing the estates general, riding on the back of a man representing the working class, or third estate; the man is bent under their weight and supports himself by... More

Shōjō no jinshinshi kunshi mo oyobasaru tokoro ari

Shōjō no jinshinshi kunshi mo oyobasaru tokoro ari

Japanese print shows a woman offering assistance to a destitute man lying on straw; both wear western style clothing. Designed and revised by Toshichika: seals are different. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso... More

Edinburgh from the Castle Scotland

Edinburgh from the Castle Scotland

James Ross and John Thompson..About 1850..Accession no. PGP R 201 .Medium Albumen print .Size 17 x 24.6 cm .Credit Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985. PGP R 201 ) .

David Octavius Hill - Captain Robert Barclay-Allardyce, 1779 - 1854. Celebrated pedestrian

David Octavius Hill - Captain Robert Barclay-Allardyce, 1779 - 1854. C...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..Accession no. PGP HA 50 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.50 x 14.70 cm .Credit Purchased from Howard Ricketts 1975, who purchased the Royal Scottish Academy albums . PGP HA 5... More

Staffa near Fingal's Cave (seated figure who might be John Muir Wood)

Staffa near Fingal's Cave (seated figure who might be John Muir Wood)

John Muir Wood..about 1850..Accession no. PGP W 70.Medium Salt paper print from a calotype negative.Size 17.10 x 19.30 cm.Credit Presented by the Muir Wood family 1985. PGP W 70 ) .

Piper and Drummer of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, Edinburgh Castle

Piper and Drummer of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, Edinburgh Castle

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..April 1846..Accession no. PGP HA 346 .Medium Calotype print .Size 20.80 x 15.70 cm .Credit Provenance unknown . PGP HA 346 ) . David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter an... More

Providence Hospital, under the charge of the Sisters of Charity, is now open for the reception and treatment of invalids, and persons suffering from the effects of accidents. It is located on Capitol Hill, opposite the Carroll mansion, in the hi

Providence Hospital, under the charge of the Sisters of Charity, is no...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 210, Folder 15.

Carlo Ponti - Evangelist Windows of a House at the Ponte del Forner, San Cassano, Venice

Carlo Ponti - Evangelist Windows of a House at the Ponte del Forner, S...

Carlo Ponti..1850s..Accession no. PGP R 164 .Medium Albumen print .Size 25.20 x 34.90 cm .Credit Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985. PGP R 164 ) .

People driving "wool teams" in Australia

People driving "wool teams" in Australia

Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Competent men not only shear the sheep but class and bale and fleeces. The wool is then taken to the railroad for transporting to the wool store.". .Original Co... More

Carlo Ponti - Palazzo Contarini della Scala or Dal Bovolo

Carlo Ponti - Palazzo Contarini della Scala or Dal Bovolo

Carlo Ponti..1850s ?..Accession no. PGP R 196.Medium Albumen print, probably gold-toned.Size 35.5 x 25.7 cm.Credit Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985. PGP R 196 ) .

Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Amiens

Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Amiens

Henri le Secq..about 1852..Accession no. PGP 237.24.Medium Salt print from waxed paper negative.Size 35.10 x 25.50 cm.Credit Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund 1999. PGP 237.24 ) .

Monument in Glasgow Necropolis to John Henry Alexander, d. 1851, sculpted by Alexander Handyside Ritchie

Monument in Glasgow Necropolis to John Henry Alexander, d. 1851, sculp...

John Muir Wood..about 1852..Accession no. PGP W 64 .Medium Albumenised salt paper print from a calotype negative .Size 18.80 x 23.10 cm .Credit Sir Alan Muir Wood Collection, presented 1985 . PGP W 64 ) .

[Stephen Whitney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, facing front, wearing figured waistcoat]

[Stephen Whitney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, f...

Scratched on face of plate: 32. Scratched on back of plate: EPD July 4, 1855. Corners trimmed. Alternative identification: E.P. Dean. Identified by Owen Blevins 8/2014 based on engraving made from daguerreotype... More

Jas. R. Whitney, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Jas. R. Whitney, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jas. R. Whitney, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Jas. R. Whitney, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

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Reverend Henry Whitney Bellows, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Reverend Henry Whitney Bellows, Glass negative photograph, American Ci...

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Joseph Lister, 1st Lord Lister, 1827 – 1912

Joseph Lister, 1st Lord Lister, 1827 – 1912

James Good Tunny..about 1855..Accession no. PGP 64.4 .Medium Albumen print .Size 16.20 x 12.00 cm .Credit Purchased 1931 . PGP 64.4 ) .

Jas. R. Whitney, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Jas. R. Whitney, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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