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View of Fingal's Cave by David Octavius Hill

View of Fingal's Cave

David Octavius Hill · 1820

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DETAILS
Artist
David Octavius Hill
Date
1820
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, over graphite
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
sheet: 2 15/16 x 4 13/16 in. (7.4 x 12.2 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Walter Schatzki, 1959
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David Octavius Hill

David Octavius Hill, a pioneering Scottish artist, captured the dramatic founding of the Free Church of Scotland through the then-new medium of photography, forever changing portraiture.

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