[Miss Elizabeth Logan]

In this plate Hill and Adamson (David Octavius Hill [1802-70] and Robert Adamson [1821-48]) have avoided the perils of photographing a fidgeting child by having her feign sleep. Elizabeth Logan was the daughter of Alexander Stuart Logan (1811-62), also a portrait subject, who became the sheriff of Forfarshire in 1854. Set against a floral drapery, which appears as a backdrop in much of the Rock House work, the girl clutches her doll and bares one foot (the missing shoe is visible beside the basket at left). The ivy leaves above her head expose the outdoor setting of the calotype. Hill was to photograph Miss Logan again in 1861-62 when he entered into his partnership with the Glasgow printer Alexander McGlashan (died 1877).

Anne M. Lyden. Hill and Adamson, In Focus: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999), 94. ©1999, J. Paul Getty Museum.