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GARIBALDI - OR NOT GARIBALDI?
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This carte-de-visite from my collection is titled ‘Guiseppe Garibaldi (From Life)’.I have three variant images from the same series by the photographer Z. Bioni of Marsala, Sicily.One example of the…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rebecca Talbot Feb 23, 2020.
EGERTON DAGUERREOTYPES
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Does anyone have any information about the Egerton brothers, Jeremiah and John, who were the subject of litigation by Richard Beard in 1845? I have read what’s available (R. D. Wood, et al), but I am…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by michael g. jacob Oct 7, 2016.
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"Dear Rebecca, It has probably been cut from a sheet of cdv sized and pasted into the album, a common practice in the Victorian era."
"Dear Mike,
the Garibaldi print has following measurements: 1.85 to 3.14 Inches, no entries on the back (I checked by holding the page against light), normal paper thickness.
Best regards, Rebecca"
"Dear Rebecca, the ones so far found are albumen prints, either standard cartes-de-visite or stereoviews. What are the actual measurements of the example in your album? It may have been sold as part of an uncut sheet of four, 6 or 8 prints.…"
"Hi Michael,
Looking back at our conversation may I ask if you know where the Albumen print of Garibaldi might come from as it was not a cut out of a newspaper. Were these Albumen prints sold like postcards or how were they published in former…"
"Don't worry about it. But Bedford is defintely a trail to follow. He photographed extensively in North Wales."
"I'd be pleased to do so. How high, and where do I send it?"
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"Let me know if you are interested in either/both of these cdvsby Bedford."
"Dear Rebecca, the 'Garibaldi' appears to be an untinted print of the sterescopic portrait posted above by Denis Pellerin (see the third reply to the discussion, and look at the scans). It is not a cut-out from a newspaper, but an albumen…"
"HI Mike,
below picture of Victoria and family photographed by Mayall is also pasted in the album and might be of the same source of newspaper as the "Garibaldi" portrait. Maybe this helps, too.
Best regards,
Rebecca"
"HI Michael,
thanks for this confirmation. This is really interesting, the leather bound album contains two city names: Chepstow and Newnham, it is written in English, first dated entry 22 Jan 1862, the photo of "Garibaldi" is most likely…"
"It is , indeed, the Garibaldi impersonator. May I ask: a) is the album British; b) is it dated; c) are any photographers' names in evidence?
Update: visual information is slowly coming in, but nothing regarding the sitter's identity, or…"
"HI Michael,
the picture is uploaded as attachment in my previous posting. Likely the picture was cut off a newspaper and then pasted in the album.
Regards,
Rebecca"
"HI,
last year I bought an album containing handwritten poetry and some pictures. The first dated entry of the album is 22 Jan 1862. The album contains a picture of a man looking like Guiseppe Garibaldi but maybe it is the "unknown man…"
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- At 7:02 on January 27, 2019,
Carlo Ottaviano Casana said…
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!
- At 14:07 on December 3, 2018,
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...
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