Patrick Byrne 1843 - 1847

"Patrick Byrne" is a calotype photograph taken by the Scottish photographers Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill between 1843 and 1847. The photograph captures Byrne, a Scottish poet and musician, seated with a harp in his hands. Hill and Adamson, known for their contributions to early photography, pioneered the use of calotype, a photographic process using paper negatives, to capture detailed portraits of individuals from various walks of life in Scotland. This particular image is now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection in New York City.