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Ruined Church at Casal Bircircara, Malta

Copy of a hieroglyphic tablet at Ibrim

unknown

Captain Twopenny

Westgate, Canterbury

Bound volume entitled 'Calotype Portraits', bound in maroon leather with decorative gilt embossing on cover. Pages gilt edged. Contains thirteen calotype portraits by Henry Collen, 1841 to 1844. Collen was the first person to license the Calotype process from William Henry Fox Talbot in 1842.

Calotype Portraits

1841-1844

Calotype salt print portrait entitled 'Miss Emma Melhuish', photographed, overpainted and retouched by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Collen was the first person to license the Calotype process from William Henry Fox Talbot in 1842.

Miss Emma Melhuish

1841-1844

Calotype print on cardboard mount, by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Portrait of Mrs. Rigby (nee Anne Palgrave) [1777-1872].

Mrs. Rigby

circa 1844-1845

Calotype print by William Henry Fox Talbot, titled "Study of a Hand". Part of Talbot album no. 13.

Study of a Hand

1840-1842

Calotype salt print portrait entitled 'The Earl of Beverley', photographed, overpainted and retouched by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. Monogrammed 'HC'. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Subject is Geroge Percy (1778-1867), 5th Earl of Northumberland, styled Lord Lovaine 1790 to 1830, and Earl of Beverley between 1830 and 1865.

The Earl of Beverley

1841-1844

Calotype salt print portrait entield 'Dr John Urquhart RN', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Dr John Urquhart RN

1841-1844

1972 silver gelatin copy of a calotype from 1843-1845, by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. St. Andrews (The Argyle Gate).

St. Andrews (The Argyle Gate)

1972

Mounted calotype print by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Portrait of an unidentified man seated at a table. He is holding a book in his lap and is facing camera-right.

Portrait of a man holding a book

ca. 1845

Calotype salt print portrait entield 'Thos Crommelin, Esq', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Sitter is possibly Thomas Lake Crommelin (1805-1877).

Thos Crommelin, Esq

1841-1844

Calotype salt print portrait entitled 'M M Quetelet', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. Monogrammed 'HC'. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Subject is possibly Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874) a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.

M M Quetelet

1841-1844

Mounted calotype print by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Portrait of fisherman James Linton standing next to a boat in Newhaven, near Edinburgh.

James Linton

ca. 1845

Calotype salt print portrait entield 'Mrs Taylor', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Mrs Taylor

1841-1844

Mounted calotype print by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Half-length portrait of sculptor Alexander Handyside Ritchie (1804-1870).

Alexander Handyside Ritchie

ca. 1845

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Half-length portrait of Finlay, deerstalker of Colonsay.

Finlay, Deerstalker of Colonsay

1843-1847

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Half-length portrait of the Rev. Dr. James Brewster of Craig (1777 - 1847).

Rev. Dr. James Brewster of Craig

circa 1844

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Half-length, profile portrait of painter William Etty, R.A. (1787-1849). Print shows several fingerprints, possibly from the negative.

William Etty, R.A.

1844

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Portrait of Archibald Butler of Faskally, Perthshire.

Archibald Butler

1843-1847

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Image shows St. Salvator's College Church, St. Andrews, Scotland.

St. Salvator's College Church, St. Andrews

1843-1847

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Seated portrait of chartist and merchant James Ayton of Kirkcaldy.

James Ayton

1843-1847

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Half-length, profile portrait of painter William Etty, R.A. (1787-1849).

William Etty, R.A.

1844

Calotype print by Nicholaas Henneman, titled "Still Life with Dahlia".

Still Life with Dahlia

1840s

Calotype salt print portrait of Dr Boyd, photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Dr Boyd

1841-1844

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Part of Hill and Adamson's project “The Fishermen and Women of the Firth of Forth,” this image shows two fishermen posed sitting on a bench in Newhaven, near Edinburgh.

Newhaven Fishermen

1845

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Part of Hill and Adamson's project “The Fishermen and Women of the Firth of Forth,” this image shows a group of eight young boys at the harbour in Newhaven, New Edinburgh.

Newhaven Fisherboys

1845

Mounted calotype print by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Full-length portrait of painter Thomas Duncan, R.S.A. (1807-1845).

Thomas Duncan, R.S.A.

ca. 1845

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Part of Hill and Adamson's project “The Fishermen and Women of the Firth of Forth,” this image shows a group of five fisherwomen in Newhaven, near Edinburgh.

Newhaven Fisherwomen

1845

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Sir Robert Dennistoun's tomb, Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. D.O. Hill is pictured on the far left with a sketch book.

In Greyfriar's Churchyard

circa 1844

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Full-length portrait of Scottish painter Thomas Duncan, R.S.A., A.R.A. (1807-1845).

Thomas Duncan

circa 1844

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Seated portrait of Mr. John Gibson, Government Inspector of Schools. He is seated facing camera left and holding a large book in his hands.

Mr. John Gibson

1843-1847

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Double portrait of painter Thomas Duncan, R.S.A., and his brother.

Thomas Duncan, R.S.A., and his brother

1843-1847

Calotype photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, mounted on paper. Seated half-portrait of Sir John McNeill (1795-1883), surgeon and diplomat.

Sir John McNeill

1843-1847

Modern copy of a calotype by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, titled "Master Grierson", son of the Reverend James Grierson of Errol.

Master Grierson

circa 1845

Calotype salt print portrait entield 'G J (sic) Children Esq', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. Initialed 'C'. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Subject is John George Children (1777-1852), chemist and mineralogist and father of photographic pioneer Anna Atkins.

G J (sic) Children Esq

1841-1844

Calotype salt print portrait of a balding man, photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. Four corners clipped. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Portrait of Balding Man

1841-1844

Calotype print on paper mount, by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Portrait of James Drummond, A.R.S.A. [1816-1877].

James Drummond, A..R.S.A.

circa 1845

Calotype salt print portrait entitled 'The Honble Mrs Chas Bruce, nee Pitt', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

The Honble Mrs Chas Bruce, nee Pitt

1841-1844

Calotype salt print portrait entield 'Wm Haslam Esq', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Wm Haslam Esq

1841-1844

Mounted calotype print by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Portrait of sculptor John Henning (1771-1851).

John Henning

ca. 1845

Calotype print by William Henry Fox Talbot, titled "Henneman Showing a Photograph".

Henneman Showing a Photograph

1840s

Calotype salt print portrait of Miss Louisa Fletcher, photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Miss Louisa Fletcher

1841-1844