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"Excellent! I have Audrey Linkman's pioneering book on the subject, but this source provides a database for what is known, which could probably be expanded by names, places and dates which people may find on ambrotypes, tintypes and cdvs in their own…"
"Is this an online talk? It isn't made clear... and I would love to listen in! Mike (Italy)"
"3rd March or 3rd April? "
This excellent, well-illustrated monograph examines in detail the career of Francois (a.k.a. Philibert) Perraud, a French daguerreotypist who travelled through Italy and Greece in the 1840s, leaving behind a still-to-be-uncovered wealth of material…
"These are album fillers, and fairly common. They are not portraits from life, as you can see. Desmaison produced a lot of noble/notable/royal couples. "
"Thanks David. My question was about the identity of the sitters. How can you be so sure who they are? Have you found corroborative evidence in other photographs of Walker and his wife? I have many beach ambros - I love them! - but only a few…"
"May I ask where the identification of the subjects came from? "
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Yes dear Michael, I was thinking to Pietro Becchetti...
Have you got a name for Bioni? There are few places, here in Milan, where I can try to have a look!
Hi Michael! I’m sorry but unfortunatlly I really havent the faintest idea. If you tell me that the photographer is British I can’t even suggest you anything. If he is Italian there was in Rome a very nice old, not too in shape, I wonder if he’s still alive, man who wrote several books e n Italian photographers mid XIX century. If you are interested I can try to find his name...