I have a query about reversing mirrors/prisms that could be used as an attachment in front ofthe lens on an early daguerreotype camera. If the photographer did not want the photographic image to be reversed from the way it appeared in real life, he
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I am trying to locate copyright holders for the following photographers:
Winifred Casson (British, 1908-1969)
Katherine Mary Parsons (British, 1883-?)
Mark Neven du Mont (British, act. 1940s & 1950s)
Thank you for any assistance!
Linda Briscoe M
The London branch of the firm A Marion, Son & Co was
advertising its collection of celebrity cartes-de-visite (amongst
other things) in the pages of the Daily Southern Cross (NZ) in 1865,
“catalogues sent on application". Does anyone out there know wher
Since posting news of the research into Ifor & Joy Thomas (Guildford School of P hotography) we have been delighted with the response which is already in. Several members of the family are now 'in the frame' - excuse pun- and Jack & I have had our fi
Read more…I am looking for any information about The London School of Photography and William Smorthwaite, Proprietor from 1870-1876. Also looking for information about his son William Joseph Smorthwaite, photographer in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Also Em
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Does anyone know of the existence of a portrait of daguerreotypist
William Edward Kilburn, or for that matter any of his brother Douglas
Thomas Kilburn who worked in Australia other than the one taken by J.
W. Beattie?
Cheers!
Marcel
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Mar
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 that this may refer to the frame maker?
Have any
Read more…Does anyone know if any copies of the catalogue of the 1893 Photographic Salon exhibition survive, and if so, what libraries hold them?
Many thanks
Giles Hudson
Read more…Four boxes each containing about 10 stereo images of the Palace of Versailles and Fontainbleau have long been in our family. The printing on the boxes is in French, and inside each box is a small label that says 'Toutes ces vues sont tirees sure Plaq
Read more…Recently, I found two cabinet portraits of “The Marquis Tseng” in Cheshire. He was a Chinese diplomat who was minister (or ambassador) to the courts of London, Paris, and St. Petersburg between 1878-1885. The Marquis Tseng move to Folkestone, Kent in
Read more…Could this sort of comment not be allowed to exist by more closely monitoring the membership! Rose added a comment to your profile on British photographic history: rose.davids50@hotmail.fr HELLO My name is miss Rose i saw your profile today at(briti
Read more…I am blogging about how London's buildings have changed since the 1870s, using photos taken this summer to compare with those taken by Henry Dixon. I'd welcome your comments http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pointsofview/london-then-and-now/ You
Read more…Hi, I have a colleague who is studying botanical exploration in Latin America and particularly the work of Everard im Thurn, a British author/explorer/botanist/anthropologist, and it would appear photographer - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everar
Read more…If anyone knows anything about Joy & Ifor Thomas, former photography teachers at Guildford in the 50s will they please get in touch.
Read more…Hello all......(again) The late Dorothy Wilding is (or rather was) Britain's most famous female photographer. In fact she was the first woman to be awarded a Royal Warrant to be the official photographer to a King & Queen at their coronation, and on
Read more…I collect vintage studio portraits; my latest acquisitions are several by the late Bertram Park [1883-1972] who, as many of you will know, operated from a studio in Dover Street, Picadilly, London. The images I have of his are printed on a really fl
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I 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 possibly be pre- 1854, the year when I understand (
Hi to everyone i am researching the history of the above factory one of Birminghams giants amongst many. Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding photographs collections etc, Thankyou.
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