David Octavius Hill / Portrait photograph of a father and his son / between 1896 and 1942; from a print

David Octavius Hill
Portrait photograph of a father and his son
between 1896 and 1942; from a print
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Creator Name: Hill, David Octavius
Creator Role: photographer
Creator Dates/Places: 1802-1870
Creator Name-CRT: David Octavius Hill
Title: Portrait photograph of a father and his son
Title Type: Title devised
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1896
Creation End Date: 1942
Creation Date: between 1896 and 1942; from a print
Object Type: Photographs
Classification Term: slide
Materials and Techniques: lantern
Materials and Techniques: Portrait photographs
Materials and Techniques: Group portraits
Materials and Techniques: Calotypes
Materials and Techniques: Lantern slides
Parts and Pieces: 1
Dimensions: 4 x 5 in. or smaller
AMICA Contributor: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Owner Location: Washington, DC, USA
ID Number: LC-G4085-
Credit Line: Courtesy of The Library of Congress
Rights: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/genamico.html
Provenance: Genthe Estate; Purchase; 1942 or 1943
Context: Lantern slide reproduction by Arnold Genthe of a calotype by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
Related Work Description: Arnold Genthe Collection (Library of Congress). Negatives and transparencies
Link to Work: (DLC)94837677
AMICA ID: LOC_.agc96000442/PP
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Courtesy Library of Congress

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