id: 157730 accession number: 1995.199.11 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.199.11 updated: 2024-04-05 11:03:11.447000 Camera Work: Number 11, July 1905, 1905. A. Horsley Hinton (British, 1863–1908), David Octavius Hill (British, 1802–1870), and Robert Adamson (British, 1821–1848). Photogravure; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum Appropriation 1995.199.11 title: Camera Work: Number 11, July 1905 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1905 creation date earliest: 1905 creation date latest: 1905 current location: creditline: Museum Appropriation copyright: --- culture: England, 20th century technique: photogravure department: Photography collection: PH - Photogravure type: Bound Volume find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * A. Horsley Hinton (British, 1863–1908) - artist A. Horsley Hinton British, 1863-1908 Born in London, Alfred Horsley Hinton studied painting before taking up photography in the 1880s. After working for several years in a London photographic supply store, from 1891-93 he managed the Guildford branch studio of Ralph Robinson, son of well-known photographer Henry Peach Robinson. Hinton was a founding member of the Linked Ring and exhibited regularly in their group shows, as well as in photographic salons in Europe and America (including those of the Royal Photographic Society, the first and second Philadelphia Photographic Salons, and the 1904 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition). Known for his landscape photographs, Hinton was also an accomplished master of the composite print. Two of his photographs were published in the July 1905 issue of Camera Work. In his position as editor of London's weekly Amateur Photographer (a post he held from 1893 until his early death), Hinton did much to popularize pictorial photography. He contributed numerous articles to his own magazine, as well as to several London newspapers, various art journals, and both Camera Notes and Camera Work. He also lectured on pictorial photography and wrote a number of books on the subject. M.M. * David Octavius Hill (British, 1802–1870) - artist David Octavius Hill British, b. Scotland, 1802-1870; and Robert Adamson British, b. Scotland, 1821-1848 Brought together out of necessity, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson proved to be collaborators whose work was as inspired as its impact has been long lasting. Hill was born in Perth to a family in the printing and publishing business. Trained as a painter, an occupation pursued throughout his life, Hill also was an illustrator and lithographer. His earliest work, Sketches of Scenery in Perthshire Drawn from Nature and on Stone (1821), published before he was 20, was one of the first in Britain to employ the new medium of lithography. In 1829 he helped found the Royal Scottish Academy, serving as secretary from 1830-70. Hill turned to photography as an aid for a large group portrait of the 474 ministers who formed the new Free Church of Scotland. Noting the difficulties of such a monumental task, photographic pioneer Sir David Brewster, an associate of William Henry Fox Talbot, introduced Hill to Robert Adamson (born in Brunswick). Trained as an engineer, Adamson had learned the technique of photography from his brother John, whom Brewster had taught. The portraits necessary for Hill's work were the beginning of their collaboration, the two working in Adamson's Edinburgh studio in 1843. Hill is generally thought to be the artistic mind behind their images, while Adamson served as the technician responsible for the camera. This opinion among scholars, however, is shifting toward greater recognition of Adamson's artistic skill. After Adamson's early death in 1848, Hill stopped working entirely for 10 years before continuing in collaboration with A. McGlashan of Glasgow at a considerably diminished level. The portraits by Hill and Adamson are known for their painterly, Old Master quality and exceptional use of light and shadow. Other images include architecture, landscape, and a series on the small fishing village of Newhaven. T.W.F. * Robert Adamson (British, 1821–1848) - artist David Octavius Hill British, b. Scotland, 1802-1870; and Robert Adamson British, b. Scotland, 1821-1848 Brought together out of necessity, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson proved to be collaborators whose work was as inspired as its impact has been long lasting. Hill was born in Perth to a family in the printing and publishing business. Trained as a painter, an occupation pursued throughout his life, Hill also was an illustrator and lithographer. His earliest work, Sketches of Scenery in Perthshire Drawn from Nature and on Stone (1821), published before he was 20, was one of the first in Britain to employ the new medium of lithography. In 1829 he helped found the Royal Scottish Academy, serving as secretary from 1830-70. Hill turned to photography as an aid for a large group portrait of the 474 ministers who formed the new Free Church of Scotland. Noting the difficulties of such a monumental task, photographic pioneer Sir David Brewster, an associate of William Henry Fox Talbot, introduced Hill to Robert Adamson (born in Brunswick). Trained as an engineer, Adamson had learned the technique of photography from his brother John, whom Brewster had taught. The portraits necessary for Hill's work were the beginning of their collaboration, the two working in Adamson's Edinburgh studio in 1843. Hill is generally thought to be the artistic mind behind their images, while Adamson served as the technician responsible for the camera. This opinion among scholars, however, is shifting toward greater recognition of Adamson's artistic skill. After Adamson's early death in 1848, Hill stopped working entirely for 10 years before continuing in collaboration with A. McGlashan of Glasgow at a considerably diminished level. The portraits by Hill and Adamson are known for their painterly, Old Master quality and exceptional use of light and shadow. Other images include architecture, landscape, and a series on the small fishing village of Newhaven. T.W.F. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES