| Adamson, Robert (1821-1848) was an early and important Scottish photographer who died very young. He was a cleverly creative chemist and artisan remembered mostly for his studies made in the mid 1840s of fishermen and their wives and the architecture of costal Scotland. With his partner, David Hill, he used Talbot's colotype process to make facial studies for a large painting of the founders of the Scottish church. Over 400 such portraits were made during 1843.
Estimated basic value:
$18,000
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