Artist: John Adamson (1810 - 1870)
Nationality: British
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
Primarily a well-established medical doctor, John Adamson was curator of the St. Andrews Literary and Philosophical Society Museum in Scotland from 1838 to 1870. While serving in this position, he came into contact with Sir David Brewster who first told him of the invention of photography. Brewster, principal of the St. Andrews colleges, had learned about the break through from his friend, William Henry Fox Talbot. Interested by the concept, Adamson began learning and practicing the medium, producing mainly portraits and country scenes of his hometown.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Miss Thomson of St. Andrews
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John Henning as "Edie Ochiltree"
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Rev. Dr. John Macdonald
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James Linton
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Newhaven Fishermen
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Sydney Adamson Leslie's Weekly - Out Today Lithograph 1900
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Rev. Dr. Thomas Guthrie
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Reverends & John Hamilton
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D. O. Hill
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Rev. Dr. Abraham Capadose
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Artist: David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson Title: The Reverend Robert Young Date: about 1845
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Penrhyn Stanley Adamson Stanlaws Collier's Weekly. The War Color lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Ayr Presbytery
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Miss Elizabeth Rigby
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David Octavius Hill Professor George Moir, Advocate Salt print from Calotype negative circa 1843 - 1847
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Rev. Dr. James McCosh
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Rev. Peter Jones
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Thomas Chalmers, D. D.
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Hill and Adamson, Scottish, 19th century Inclusive of David Octavius Hill, Scottish, 1802-1870 Inclusive of
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[Newhaven Fishwives], ca. 1845 David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802-1870); Robert Adamson (British, 1821-1848)Depicted: Newhaven, ScotlandSalted
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Hill and Adamson, Scottish, 19th century Inclusive of David Octavius Hill, Scottish, 1802-1870 Inclusive of
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David Octavius Hill Group in Greyfriars Churchyard Salt print circa 1845
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Sir David Brewster
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The Letter
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Rev. Dr. John Reid Omond
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Free Church Committee
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Reverend Jaffray and Dhanjiobai Nauroji
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Arbroath Presbytery Group
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John Steuart Curry - John Brown 1938 Lithograph Arkansas Arts Center American
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John Singleton Copley - John Greene c. 1769 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. John Greene 1769 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Wollaston - John Stevens c. 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Gray 1766 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Vanderlyn - John Sudam 1829-1830 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Durand - Mrs. John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Johnston - John Peck c. 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Durand - John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Smibert - Mrs. John Pitts 1735 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Hoppner - John Granville 1790-95 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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John Frazee - John Marshall 1834-35 marble Boston Athenaeum American
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John Sartain Portrait of John A. Sutter mezzotint 1850
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Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr. 1790 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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John Sartain John Calvin 19th century
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John Singleton Copley - Portrait of John Scollay 1764 black and white chal Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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John R. Johnston - Mrs. John R. Johnston before 1857 salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John B. Neagle William Helmuth (or John Henry Helmuth) oil on canvas 1834
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John Singleton Copley - The Honorable John Erving c. 1774 oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art American
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Portrait of a Man, Said to Be John Durham, ca. 1790 John Barry (British, active
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Artist: artist unknown Title: Tapestry Fragment of Virgin and St. John Date: about 1520 -
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John Wesley Jarvis - Commodore John Rodgers c. 1814 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Colonel John Montresor c. 1771 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Dixon An Incantation Mezzotint 1773
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John Smibert John Nelson oil on canvas 1732
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John Smith Sir John Percival Bart Mezzotint 1704
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John Smith John Duke of Marlborough Mezzotint 1705
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John Hall King John, Act IV, Scene I 18th century
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John Trumbull - John Trumbull 1793 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John R. Johnston - John R. Johnston with Painting late 1850's salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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H.B. (John Doyle) John Wilkes 18th - 19th century
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John Kay John Campbell of Blythewood Etching 1784
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Wilson The Elephant and the Bookseller, opposite page 45 in the book, Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), Vol. 1 Engraving 1793
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W. Grainger The Baboon and the Poultry, opposite page 17 in the book, Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), vol. 2 Engraving 1793
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John Smith John Lambert the Elder, (after same) mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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John Neagle - The Reverend John Albert Ryan 1825-1829 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Faber the Younger St. John, Apostle and Evangelist mezzotint 1754
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John Covert - John Covert's Father In His Pharmacy c. 1906 oil on cavnas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Gilbert Stuart - John Jay 1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Alice Neel - John 1980 lithograph on paper The Art Gallery University of Maryland
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John Stuart Curry John Brown Lithograph 1939
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William Strang John Bunyan, frontispiece portrait and first plate in the book The Pilgrim*s Progress by John Bunyan (London: John C. Nimmo, 1895) etching 1885
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John Neagle - Amy Taylor Dickson (Mrs. John Dickson) c. 1835 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Carter Portrait of John Carter at Work, frontispiece in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
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Young John the Baptist; History Scene
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John Faber the Younger Portrait of John Taylor Mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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John James Audubon Douglass' Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848) Watercolor, ink, graphite, and glaze on wove paper circa 1843
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Artist: John Smith and after Gottfned Kneller Title: John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave Date: 17th
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John Chester Buttre Portrait of John B. Webber engraving 19th - 20th century
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John Cochran John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent 19th century
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John Smith Portrait of John Egerton, Earl of Bridgwater Mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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John Cage Variations III 1992
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John Cage Plate arrangement cards for Dereau 1982
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William St. John Harper (sculpture) engraving 1889
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John Wootton The Old Hen and the Cock, plate for Fable XX on page 76 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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John Wootton The Owl and the Elephant, plate for Fable XLI on page 155 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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John Wootton The Lyon and the Cub, plate for Fable XIX on page 73 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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John Trumbull Philip Church oil on canvas 1784
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John White Alexander - Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander 1902 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Piero della Francesca - St. John the Evangelist 1454-69 tempera on panel The Frick Collection Italian
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Julia Margaret Cameron - Sir John Herschel 1867 albumen print from w Cleveland Museum of Art British
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Paolo Veneziano - St. John the Baptist c. 1350 tempera on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Paolo Veneziano - St. John the Baptist c. 1350 tempera on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Elaine de Kooning - John Ashbery 1975 oil on board Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Francesco d'Ubertino Verdi - St. John in the Wilderness c. 1535 oil on panel Utah Museum of Fine Arts Italian
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Benjamin Trott - John Jordan c. 1830 watercolor on ivory Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Juseppe de Ribera - St. John the Baptist c. 1624 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art Spanish
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - John Musters 1777-1780 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Robert Campin - John the Baptist early 1410's oil and tempera on p Cleveland Museum of Art Netherlandish
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Charles Willson Peale - John Nicholson 1790 Oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Gilbert Stuart - John Randolph 1804-1805 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Joseph Wright - Mrs. John Ashton c. 1769-1771 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (11)
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Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Facing the Light: The Photography of Hill and Adamson
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery houses the main collection of Hill and Adamson's work, as part of the Scottish National Photography ...
J. Paul Getty Museum: Light in the Darkness: The Photographs of Hill and Adamson
Hill, a painter, and Adamson, an engineer, initially teamed up to prepare photographic studies for Hill’s large historical painting commemorating the formation of the Free Church of Sc...
NSA Gallery: Three Short Exhibitons to be Displayed
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One continent, many facets
The fourth De Beers Shining Lights Awards Collection Last year De Beers commenced the fourth De Beers Shining Light Awards, and entrants were asked to draw inspiration from the rich symboli...
Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington: Art At The Millenium: Part II
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Scottish National Portrait Gallery: The Art of Documentary
The enthusiasm for documentary photography - the study of people and societies - continues to be important in Scottish practice. This exhibition focuses on groups of photographs by a number of photographers, working in an...
Scottish National Portrait Gallery: The Fine Art of Photography
Among the twentieth-century work on show will be photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, Bill Brant, Roger Fenton, Eve Arnold and Annie Leibovitz. ...
National Portrait Gallery: The Beautiful and the Damned: The Creation of Identity in 19th Century Photography
Highlights of the exhibition include rarely seen surveillance images of suffragettes issued to art galleries to help them identify possible vandals, an intriguing series of portraits of murderers and their victims, fascinating...
Milwaukee Art Museum: Industrial Strength Design: How Brooks Stevens Shaped Your World
The exhibition is an appealing blend of the nostalgic, the familiar and the futuristic and provides a compelling retrospective of the evolution of American popular and material culture from the 1930s to the 70s. The exhibition presents four time ...
Strand on Volta: Meat and You: Works by Graham Caldwell, Frank Day, Stephen E. Lewis and William Newman
Graham Caldwell’s work captures perfectly the mystery of being in a natural history museum for the first time. Using glass, he transforms organic forms – objects that are lightweight, gentle, and organic – into objects that are heavyweight, massiv...
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography: Processes, Preservation, and Conservation
The exhibition is made possible by the Henry Nias Foundation, Inc. Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explained, From its in...
Dahesh Museum of Art: First Seen: Photographs of the World's Peoples (1840-1880)
From the moment an image could be fixed on paper, photographers and adventurers sought to capture and record both the familiar and exotic aspects of their world. Although landscape, antiquities, architecture and objects of all description came b...

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