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"That's a great post Michael.
I think exactly the same way as you and I have also been identifying appropriate future homes for some of my many and various collections. I am not donating now but rather specifying what will go where in my Will.…"
"Hi, Martin. I’m glad you agree that the image is probably by Claudet and was possibly sealed more than once.
In answer to your other remarks:
I suppose we would merely be speculating as to why this image is in an Elliott & Fry case;…"
"Ken may know about late daguerreotypes. They were made much later in the US, particularly by itinerant photographers. In 1855 Beard's patent expired, and by then Talbot had lost his patent case against Archer, so most commercial studios…"
"Thank you Ken and Steve
Ken is certainly right about the Claudet props. A quick Google search reveals many Claudet images with a very similar-looking chaise lounge and a few with a very similar side-table. They are almost certainly one and the…"
"A quick point on Ken's post. Eliot and Fry were working at 55 Baker Street at least as early as 1867. There are advertisements by them for that address in the London Trade directories."
"Elliott & Fry daguerreotype
Posted by Ken Jacobson on January 30, 2023 at 12:19
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Hmm. Very interesting. I’ve never seen an Elliott & Fry daguerreotype but I suppose it is possible.…"
"Apologies for accidentally sending my reply to this thread as a separate blog which is the next one after this thread.
Ken Jacobson"
"Thank you Bobbie.
I never really considered the sitter's age in any depth.
I have always assumed that she was in her 20s but I suppose she could be much younger."
"While not knowing anything about the technicalities of the photo production asked about ~ my immediate impression on clicking-on the first portrait picture presented, before the dismantled parts of the framing are then shown below, was that portrait…"
"Thanks Martin. Let's talk in Oxford."
"Thank you Steve. If I can help with the book in any way just let me know. I have some very high resolution TIFF images. I will be attending the Oxford event in March by the way."
"It is obviously a dag. I'm completing a book on British dags and have looked at 1000s. My guess is that if they had a stamped case made they were still offering portraits in the process. It is late, but that doesn't exclude their option to…"
"Thank you Stephen, Roger and Steve.
I hadn't considered the possibility that E&F may have just reframed and tinted a daguerreotype made by another firm. Somehow it seems unlikely to me given how the high quality of the daguerreotype and the…"
"Are you sure it is a daguerreotype and not an Ambrotype? Eliot and Fry were at that address 1865-1885. In the UK there is virtually no work with the daguerreotype process at late as that. Claudet continued to make stereo-dags, but contemporaries…"
"What are the dimensions?"
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Elliott & Fry daguerreotype found - help requested
A year or so ago, I found a tinted daguerreotype of an unidentified young lady by Elliott & Fry (E&F). The case and lining paper behind the daguerreotype carry the E&F name and address (55 Baker St., London). The shape of the case and mount window seem quite unusual.
I am puzzled by this item for two reasons.
1. E&F were…
ContinuePosted on January 29, 2023 at 14:00 — 15 Comments
Help requested with an album of Bethesda images, including slate mining
I'd be interested in any information members can give me with respect to an album of fairly small images that I think were taken in or around Bethesda, a slate mining town in Wales. Some of the images show work at the slate mines and these images often have numbers and notes to the back. Other images show life in the town or the countryside around it. Many…
Posted on February 20, 2022 at 14:30 — 8 Comments
Information request: British colonialists in India
Fairly recently I acquired a large and interesting album that appears to have been compiled by a British family managing a tea plantation in India, possibly around Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The photographs are a mixture of personal photographs, most likely taken by an enthusiastic amateur,and (presumably purchased) professional photographs by people such as…
Posted on January 29, 2021 at 8:00 — 2 Comments
William Edward Kilburn - Painted salt prints
I've been lurking for a while but this is my first post. I acquired a pair of painted salt prints stamped 'Mr. Kilburn 222 Regent Street'. I assume these are by William Edward Kilburn but I cannot find other examples of painted salt prints by him.
Can anyone point me in the direction of other examples or tell me more about the ones I have (date…
ContinuePosted on June 15, 2020 at 9:30 — 5 Comments
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