The National Portrait Gallery, which owns twelve volumes of Camile Silvy's studio daybooks, has published a blog by Paul Frecker tracing the story of the daybooks and the missing volume 11 (July 1863-June 1864). Frecker also explores the importance of the books and Silvy's negatives. He is the author of Cartomania published in 2024 by September Publishing.
Read the full blog here:https://www.npg.org.uk/blog/blog-container/camille-silvy-daybooks-missing-volume
Details of Paul Frecker's Cartomania are here
Comments
A great read. What are the approximate external dimensions of the day books? Is there a photo of another volume that might help indentify the missing volume, assuming it hasn't been rebound?
Interesting article, Paul. However, let's hope that the missing volume will eventually surface!