Thomas "Cookie" Miller
| Artist | Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848) |
|---|---|
| Artist | David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) |
| Title | Thomas "Cookie" Miller |
| Date | 1843–1847 |
| Medium | Salted paper print |
| Dimensions | Image: 5 15/16 × 4 9/16 in. (15.1 × 11.6 cm) Sheet: 5 15/16 × 4 9/16 in. (15.1 × 11.6 cm) Mount: 14 3/4 × 10 7/16 in. (37.5 × 26.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.7.2 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
This sepia-color portrait photograph depicts a bespectacled, bald man wearing a dark-colored suit against a dark background. He holds a cane in front of him with his right hand.
A founder of the Royal Scottish Academy, David Octavius Hill turned to photography (with the help of Robert Adamson) as an aid to his large painting of the First General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. Among the four hundred or so clergymen photographed for the project was Mr. Thomas Miller of Edinburgh.
The two men also photographed non-religious subjects, from Scotland’s upper-class gentry, to local fishermen, to their own families. The playfulness found in this image may result from the fact that the sitter was also Hill’s uncle, Tom. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art’s collection also includes a photogravure of Hill and Adamson’s calotype negative Market Place, St. Andrews, printed by J. Craig Annan (Eskenazi Museum of Art 75.45.1).
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Thomas "Cookie" Miller | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.7.2