David Octavius Hill and Professor James Miller
Known as 'The Morning After "He greatly daring dined"'
About 1845 / Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill / Scottish art
Medium: Calotype print
Hill creates complex compositions. This particular image is a mockery of being hungover, in this case he is the one hungover. Professor James Miller, a surgeon is holding the embarrassed artist’s wrist. Hill was a known drinker and this piece comments on his lifestyle.
Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821-1848) is acclaimed as one of the premier professional photographers. He met Hill when opening his studio and the two began to work together. They truly used the medium in very way they could, experimenting with technology and props to create images.
David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802-1870) was trained as a lithographer and painter and is most well known for the calotypes he made with Adamson.
Together they represent tow of the leading pioneers of early photography in the nineteenth century.
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