Afghans. Artist: David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802-1870 Edinburgh, Scotland); Robert Adamson (British, St. Andrews, Scotland 1821-1848 St. Andrews, Scotland). Person in Photograph: Person in photograph Edward William Lane (British, Hereford 1801-1876 Worthing). Photography Studio: Hill and Adamson (British, active 1843-1848). Date: 1843.The photographic collaboration between the painter D. O. Hill and the chemist Robert Adamson was a fruitful blending of the men's respective talents. Hill's membership in the Royal Scottish Academy gave the business partners access to a clientele of artists who sought photographic studies of posed models for their paintings. This photograph was likely a commission from the academy's president Sir William Allan, who had collected exotic costumes and armor while traveling through Russia. During the 1840s Allan exhibited a series of Orientalist paintings depicting Circassians, an ethnic group from the Northern Caucasus. Here subtle shadows