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Huddersfield
"Congrats to both you and Lucy for saving these imensly important pieces of British photographic history for the nation! Cudos Sir!"
"Thanks Stéphany!"
I am sad to report that Michael Jacobs (Greggorio) died in Italy in his sleep two days ago. He was a dear friend, a frequent poster on here and true photographic enthusiast. His wife Dani has asked me to pass this on to Michael's English speaking…
"This has been for sale for years. It is not an 1840 dag - the clothing fashion is all wrong for even the early 1840's and you can see that the plate praparation is wrong (too finely polished and likely gold chloride usec given the tone) and the…"
"Here is a 9th plate ambrotype of Caroline Bentley (Nee Whitehead by Mahalski."
Comments
Hi Jason, Wonderful to see what a great portrait. As I'm sure you know your John Mansell (1779-1858) was one of 11 children of Thomas Mansell and Martha Price. Thomas Lukis Mansell (1809-1879) was his nephew and an important Guernsey amateur photographer. The daguerreotype is unlikely to have been made by TLM as he did not practice photography professionally and your portrait looks like it may have been produced by one of the commercial photographers operating in the island at the time. I've traced four such photographers in Guernsey in 1848. Contact me via http://societe-jersiaise.org/photographic-archive if you would like more info. Best, Gareth.