WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture

Artists›David Octavius Hill

David Octavius Hill

David Octavius Hill

1802

WA-00116769

Photography

Representation

None documented

21

Institutional Exhibitions

14

Works in Collection

15

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

60%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

View all exhibitions →

No image

Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984–1985

No image

Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

No image

Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

Photography for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

No image

Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

No image

Photography as Printmaking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

No image

Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

No image

Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

No image

30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

No image

Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.85.13
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

About

Why this artist matters now

David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter, photographer and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photography in Scotland.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

—

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

6 in graph

Canonical record

Artworks (14)

Camera Work: Number 37, January 1912

Camera Work: Number 37, January 1912

1912 · photogravure

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of James Nasmyth

Portrait of James Nasmyth

1879 · Carbon print

Image: 20.3 × 15.3 cm (8 × 6 1/16 in.); Paper: 29.3 × 22.8 cm (11 9/16 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St. Andrews Castle, from the Southeast

St. Andrews Castle, from the Southeast

1846 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 19.9 x 18.7 cm (7 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846

1846 · Salted paper print

Image/paper: 27.5 × 37.1 cm (10 7/8 × 14 5/8 in.); Mount: 38.9 × 50.8 cm (15 3/8 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scots Guards at Edinburgh Castle

Scots Guards at Edinburgh Castle

1846 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 14 x 19.5 cm (5 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Newhaven Fishwives, Jeanie Wilson and Annie Linton

Newhaven Fishwives, Jeanie Wilson and Annie Linton

1845 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 29.5 x 14.4 cm (11 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dumbarton Presbytery

Dumbarton Presbytery

1845 · Salted paper print

Image/paper: 14.1 × 19.2 cm (5 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Hinged matte: 19.2 × 28.2 cm (7 9/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Master Miller

1844 · Salted paper print

Image/paper: 20.4 × 15.4 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Mount: 37.3 × 26.7 cm (14 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. Anna Brownell Jameson

Mrs. Anna Brownell Jameson

1844 · Salted paper print

Image: 21 × 15.5 cm (8 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Paper: 21.8 × 16.2 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/16 in.); Mount: 35 × 28 cm (13 13/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Elizabeth Rigby, later Lady Eastlake (1809-1893)

Elizabeth Rigby, later Lady Eastlake (1809-1893)

1844 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 21.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

1843 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 19.7 x 14.6 cm (7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dr. Chalmers

1843 · Carbon print

Image: 15.8 × 11.5 cm (6 1/4 × 4 9/16 in.); Paper: 18.6 × 13.2 cm (7 3/8 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Two Men (John Henning and Alexander Handyside Ritchie)

Portrait of Two Men (John Henning and Alexander Handyside Ritchie)

1840 · Carbon print

Image: 21.1 × 15.7 cm (8 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Paper: 22.2 × 16.4 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unknown Woman

1839 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 20.3 x 14.5 cm (8 x 5 11/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

View all 14 artworks →

Artwork sources (2)

14 published of 14 catalogued · 14 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Newhaven Fishwives, Jeanie Wilson and Annie Linton
1845 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
St. Andrews Castle, from the Southeast
1846 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Elizabeth Rigby, later Lady Eastlake (1809-1893)
1844 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Scots Guards at Edinburgh Castle
1846 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Camera Work: Number 37, January 1912
1912 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Unknown Woman
1839 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
James Nasmyth (1808-1890)
1843 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy