Original colored lithograph with the ruins of Dunfermline Abbey in Fife, seen among the trees and with a female figure in the foreground. Drawn by D. O. Hill, R.S.A.; lithographed by T. Picken and printed in London by Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen.
Original colored lithograph with the ruins of Dunfermline Abbey in Fife, seen among the trees and with a female figure in the foreground. Drawn by D. O. Hill, R.S.A.; lithographed by T. Picken and printed in London by Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen.
David Octavius Hill (1802-1870), Scottish landscape painter and secretary of the Royal Scottish Academy, is as well known today for his painting as for having been, with Robert Adamson, one of the pioneers of artistic photography.
Medium: Colored lithograph.
Artist / after: D. O. Hill, R.S.A.
Lithographer: T. Picken.
Source: London, Day & Son; Glasgow, R. Griffin & Co.
Dimensions: Image 8.3 x 6.2 in (21.2 x 15.7 cm); sheet 11.0 x 7.3 in (28 x 18.5 cm).
Condition: Good condition; clean paper with slight yellowing at the edges.