NEUMEISTER Münchener Kunstauktionshaus, in Munich, is offering a very early Richard Beard daguerreotype at auction on 19-20 March 2025. The subject is Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, founder of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Koháry. The prince and his family were visiting Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Windsor in January/February 1842 and it is possible that the daguerreotype was…

I am also currently writing the life stories of Thomas Edge (1820 - 1900) and Thomas Ogle (1813 - 1882), for inclusion in the PCCGB’s  50^th Anniversary book. Today they are best known for their short partnership as the prominent stereographers Ogle and Edge in the late 1850s.

I had seen a photograph of Thomas Ogle and recently discovered a photograph of Thomas Edge alongside a brief obituary which appeared in The Photogram, Volume 7, 1900, page 121 .

To date I’ve only…

I used Samuel Oglesby as an example of an itinerant photographer in a blog I wrote, here on BPH, in March 2023. I am currently writing his life story for inclusion in the PCCGB’s book to commemorate their 50^th Anniversary. I am fortunate to have assembled a collection of his cartes de visite from the 1860s onwards over the years.

I am now looking for assistance to try and ascertain whether any of his earlier output is known to exist, in any members’ or institutions’…

For our research for the photo exhibition 'Mad about the boy' we are looking for female photographers that photographed their husband/boyfriend (lover) nude.  'Mad about the boy' is about love, lust, intimacy and the relationship between woman (as photographer) and man. It is also about aging, vulnerability and caring for each other or simply about being in love. 'Mad about the boy' is providing us a realistic image of women on their lover, who in some cases is now…

There are a number of new displays and exhibitions in Edinburgh. At the National Gallery a new display within the Scottish galleries looks at textiles and fashion through a small selection of calotypes (positives and negatives) of Hill and Adamson. They highlight the remarkable skill of pioneering photographers Hill and Adamson in using the process to showcase the fashions of the…

I have been looking at early calotypes by Robert Adamson (1821-1848), partner of D O Hill in Edinburgh from 1843) and I now think he and his brother Dr. John were using interesting techniques to 'record' buildings with corrected vertcals - rather than just photographing them. I am beginning to think he might be regarded in this respect as the first professional architectural photographer.

With the early cameras available to him he would not have been able to raise the lens panel (that…

The National Galleries of Scotland have an exciting opportunity within our enthusiastic and dedicated Collection & Research team. We’re looking for a highly motivated and organised individual to assist colleagues in the Portraiture and Photography curatorial team with all aspects of curatorial work.

Do you have a strong interest in an art historical subject area related to…

Lawrences Auctioneers is holding an auction of photographs as part of its sale of Books, Manuscripts & Photographs online on 7 March 2025. of particular note are prints from Martin Parr, Tessa Traegar, Peter Lavery and the late Brian Griffin. Historical prints include work from Madamae Yevonde, a topographical album and several lots of photographs from Pakistan and Nepal…