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There was no British firms that traded as Norton Brothers to my knowledge but there were a number of photographers of that surname, William Henry Norton who worked in the 1850s being the oldest established then John Norton and his son Nathaniel Nort…
Hi Mark
The J. Paul Getty Museum obtained a massive hoard of Beato's work in 2007, some 834 images. I expect some Crimean images were amongst those.
Also try:
The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster
Holdings for James Robertson
Castle H…
Hi Karen, hopefully your appeal to this forum will flush out some further information and images from the esteemed members here. In our previous correspondence I have concentrated on Claudet's daguerre0type work but I am very interested in the early…
Mark, the cameras often used had four lenses so there was on option to take 4 - 8 images per plate depending on plate size. Also depending on which lenses were used these could be all different or up to 4 of the same. Single lens cameras used a mova…
As someone who has seen their fair share of cdvs, wedding examples are still in my experience a somewhat rare phenomenon, certainly in the 1860s or even 1870s. The vagaries of wet plate photography seemed to have hamstrung photographers from attempt…
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- At 3:44am on January 5, 2010,
Judy Annear said…
- hello Marcel, good to hear from you.
we arent doing a 19th c show right now but mid June 2010 we open a major Stieglitz show - his work from 1910s - 30s. I hope you can get to see it and yes there wil be a catalogue. The work is coming form 11 major lendeers including NGA Washington. There wil be a seminar on June 19 the saturday after the opening
- At 12:17pm on May 17, 2009,
Geoffrey Batchen said…
- Hi Marcel,
The exhibition is coming along. We've found a few interesting things and now we'll see if we can borrow them. Sounds like you're doing some good work yourself.
geoff
- At 12:53pm on May 10, 2009,
Terry Bennett said…
- Hi Marcel
Your comments, as always, were very useful. 'History of Photography in China 1842-1860' is due out next month, published by Quaritch in London.
Terry Bennett
- At 6:03pm on March 4, 2009,
Mark Haworth-Booth said…
- Dear Marcel
Thank you very much for your comment on wedding photography. All best, Mark
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National Media Museum, Bradford
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
De Montfort University. MA course Photographic History and Practice
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
www.rps.org/group/Historical 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
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
De Montfort University. MA course Photographic History and Practice
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
www.rps.org/group/Historical 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
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/>
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
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