The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Early in 1839, Sir John Robinson, Secretary to The Royal Society of Edinburgh, visited Daguerre in Paris.  On his return to Edinburgh he gave a lecture to The Royal Society of Edinburgh on 29 May 1839, in which he spoke enthusiastically about the Daguerreotype: 

"The discovery is one of the most splendid and important which has ever graced the progress of the fine arts."

The Royal Society of Edinburgh still exists.  In May 2002, it is hosting a Conference to commemorate the bi-centenary of the birth of DO Hill.

  

 

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