David Octavius Hill
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David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter, photographer and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspe
David Octavius Hill
Hill sketching in Greyfriars Kirkyard (1848).
Hill painted by Patric Park, 1842
Bust on Hill's grave
Disruption of 1843
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The Disruption of 1843, also known as the Great Disruption, was a schism in 1843 in which 450 evangelical ministers broke away from the Church of Scotland to form the Free Church of Scotland. The main
David Octavius Hill
…During this period he lived at 28 Inverleith Row in Edinburgh's northern suburbs. Hill moved to "Calton Hill Stairs" in 1850. Hill was present at the Disruption Assembly in 1843 when over 450 ministers walked out of the Church of Scotland assembly and down to another assembly hall to found the Free Church of Scotland…
The Disruption Assembly by David Octavius Hill
Disruption Brooch. Back side.
Parishioners walk out of church in protest at the unpopular appointment of a minister in the parish of Marnoch, Strathbogie in 1841
Mr Dunlop and David Welsh by Hill & Adamson. Dunlop wrote a memoir of Welsh.