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'I. GUY' Daguerrotype frame stamp
Hello all, This leather-cased Claudet daguerrotype is dateable to c.1843-8.On the gilt or brass frame a name is stamped: 'I.GUY'. I haven't found anything online to explain this, but I am assuming…Continue
Started Jan 28, 2010
Early ambrotypes (collodion positives)
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Hello allI am often sent privately-owned ambrotypes to work on. Most of them are dateable from dress to the mid-late 1850s or early 1860s but occasionally there is a query as to whether they could…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jayne Shrimpton Sep 20, 2010.
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Jayne Shrimpton replied to Gavin Maitland's discussion Seaside Tintypes:"Hello Gavin
I date family photographs professionally and see many privately-owned tintypes every year, dating from between the 1880s and 1940s, the main period of their production in Britain.
There is a section about tintypes and an example of a…"
Jayne Shrimpton replied to Jonathan Baggaley's discussion Commercial High Street Portrait Studios"Jonathan,
Have you tried contacting Tom Reeves of Edward Reeves photographic studio in nearby Lewes? http://www.edwardreeves.com/
This has been a family-run studio since the mid-19th century and I understand he keeps an archive of historical…"
Jayne Shrimpton replied to Gavin Maitland's discussion info needed on WW2 image"Hi Gavin
I know a military specialist who may well be able to help you - Jon Mills. His email address is: cdwardens@yahoo.uk
He may charge a small fee for expert help: not sure. Please mention my name so that he knows who recommended…"
Jayne Shrimpton posted a blog postNew book: How to Get the Most from Family Pictures
British Photographic History blog readers may be interested to learn that my latest book that has just been published by the Society of Genealogists. How to Get the Most from Family Pictures (London: SoG, 2011) includes inherited artworks, as well as family photographs, and spans the years c.1780-1950. It features…See More
Jayne Shrimpton replied to Mark Haworth-Booth's discussion Wedding photography"Hi James
Of course, I see now that Mark has completed his research regarding Silvy and wedding photography, but this is an interesting wedding photograph that you have just found. It's a beautiful image and, from a fashion history point of…"
Jayne Shrimpton replied to Dr. Stefan Hughes's discussion Frederick Scott Archer"Hello Stefan
Going back to your original statement, that you are writing a book about the History of Astrophotography, I wonder if you have come across the work of Henry Harrison (1811-66) of Ashford in Kent? I don't know anything about this…"
Jayne Shrimpton replied to Jayne Shrimpton's discussion Early ambrotypes (collodion positives)"Thanks Michael, that certainly makes sense and fits in with the evidence of surviving ambrotypes. Thanks to several members' input, this question now seems to be clarified. Isn't it remarkable how the progress of commercial photography in…"
Michael Pritchard replied to Jayne Shrimpton's discussion Early ambrotypes (collodion positives)"In answer to your specific query about 1851-1854 I would suggest - and the evidence seems to show this - that the wet-collodion process had a slow take up after 1851. It required other experimenters to take Archer's published process and…"
John Brewer replied to Jayne Shrimpton's discussion Early ambrotypes (collodion positives)"Hi Brett,
I would be a little wary of Gernsheim's writing as when I was researching Archer he made a basic error on Archer's death date which would have been easy to have checked. It was because of that I decided to only trust original…"
Jayne Shrimpton replied to Jayne Shrimpton's discussion Early ambrotypes (collodion positives)"You've done some sleuthing, haven't you Brett...This is an interesting ad and ties in with my wandering thoughts following our discussion - that presumably Fox Talbot would only have known if others were producing ambrotypes if they openly…"
Brett Payne replied to Jayne Shrimpton's discussion Early ambrotypes (collodion positives)"OK. Well this advertisement, dated 3 April 1852, appears to offer some evidence that at least one well known London studio photographer was prepared to dip his toe in the Fox-infested waters."
Jayne Shrimpton replied to Jayne Shrimpton's discussion Early ambrotypes (collodion positives)"Hi again Brett
Thanks, that's interesting. Yes, John Brewer mentioned earlier that Fox Talbot did take action against some photographers using the process early on, though not, apparently, others. It seems, then, that some commercial portrait…"
Brett Payne replied to Jayne Shrimpton's discussion Early ambrotypes (collodion positives)"Gernsheim goes further, after having described several of the court actions and injunctions taken by Talbot in 1853 and 1854, to state:
"The harshness of Talbot's proceedings, after the collodion process had been in general use for two…"
Jayne Shrimpton replied to Stassa Edwards's discussion Muybridge & Watkins"Hello Stassa
I'm afraid that I can't answer your question about Muybridge and Carleton Watkins. I just thought that you and other members may like to know that some interesting examples of his photographs were featured in Family History…"
Jayne Shrimpton replied to Jayne Shrimpton's discussion Early ambrotypes (collodion positives)"Hi again Brett
Thank you for the snippet from the Gernsheim book, which I haven't had the pleasure to read. I believe it is still considered one of the major sources on early photography.
When I first started this discussion I was trying to…"
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New book: How to Get the Most from Family Pictures
British Photographic History blog readers may be interested to learn that my latest book that has just been published by the Society of Genealogists. How to Get the Most from Family Pictures (London: SoG, 2011) includes inherited artworks, as well as family photographs, and spans the…
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 17:00
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- At 17:42 on March 11, 2011, Robert Pols said…
Thank you Jayne.
(That was quick!)
Robert
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