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Interesting... I understood that Beard's agreement with Daguerre only gave him rights for England and Wales. Certainly the Miles Berry's patent was only applicable to England and Wales as Ireland Scotland had their own patent systems.
Interesting... I understood that Beard's agreement with Daguerre only gave him rights for England and Wales. Certainly the Miles Berry's patent was only applicable to England and Wales as Ireland Scotland had their own patent systems.
Dear Michael
I have seen both England' and all her colonies' and England 'and all her colonies and plantations' cited by others as direct quotes. I shall go in search of the exact citations.
Michael Pritchard said:Interesting... I understood that Beard's agreement with Daguerre only gave him rights for England and Wales. Certainly the Miles Berry's patent was only applicable to England and Wales as Ireland Scotland had their own patent systems.
Hello,
‘Specification of Miles Berry Obtaining Daguerreotype Portraits, &c. No 8194 AD 1839’ which states ‘the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and in all Her Majesty’s Colonies and Plantations abroad, an Invention of “A New or Improved .... ”'.
‘Specification of Richard Beard Apparatus for Obtaining Likenesses, &c. No 8546 AD 1840’ which states ‘the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Invention of “Improvements in ....”'.
With Beard acquiring the rights to the daguerreotype patent from Miles Berry he would have control of the process in the areas covered by the patent. In applying for a patent the prospective patentee could specify the area it covered, so including ‘Her Majesty’s Colonies and Plantations abroad’ would have incurred extra costs.
Bob
Dear Bob,
Thank you for that information; are you saying that Beard DID NOT buy the provision to cover 'Her Majesty's colonies and plantations' as part of his purchase from Miles Berry?
Beard advertised colonial licenses in 'The Times' 18 April 1842, and Goodman stated in Australia in 1843 he had a license which included the rights to operate in India. He challenged both local upstart competitors like Tasmanian painter Thomas Bock and C.and J. Trood who came to Sydney as daguerreotypists from Claudet's Adelaide Gallery in December 1843, having worked in Ireland - which was also had no patent restrictions.
regards
Gael
Bob Pullen said:Hello,
‘Specification of Miles Berry Obtaining Daguerreotype Portraits, &c. No 8194 AD 1839’ which states ‘the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and in all Her Majesty’s Colonies and Plantations abroad, an Invention of “A New or Improved .... ”'.
‘Specification of Richard Beard Apparatus for Obtaining Likenesses, &c. No 8546 AD 1840’ which states ‘the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Invention of “Improvements in ....”'.
With Beard acquiring the rights to the daguerreotype patent from Miles Berry he would have control of the process in the areas covered by the patent. In applying for a patent the prospective patentee could specify the area it covered, so including ‘Her Majesty’s Colonies and Plantations abroad’ would have incurred extra costs.
Bob
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
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Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
Frederick Scott Archer
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