Peter Blair commented on Peter Blair's blog post Possible daguerreotype of George Washington Wilson?
"Yes - it is a Duboscq Soleil  litho copy of a dag stereo that Denis Pellerin kindly identified as "Groupe de Laocoon"  - a classical statue that resides in the Vatican. In a DS stereo catalogue published in Feb 1852 it is number 9 on the list.…"
Aug 18
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Aug 18
Peter Blair commented on Peter Blair's blog post Possible daguerreotype of George Washington Wilson?
"I have now found images of John Hay junior and they are not similar to the third man in the image, so now I believe that John Hay junior is the photographer. The third man has a passing resemblance to David Hay, the elder brother, however images…"
Aug 18
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I have recently acquired a daguerrotype stereoview of Scottish provenance. It shows three men round a table on which is an early Brewster stereoscope, a D&S black and white litho view and possibly a daguerrotype stereo, plus some small tools which…
Dec 1, 2023