Good morning, I am trying to find out in which archives could be the calotypes made by W. R. Baker (1810-1896) during a trip to Europe, including Switzerland and northern Italy (Lake Maggiore and Como). I would like to use two large calotypes made in Locarno (CH) between 1855-1860. I recognised them in the following book: The Romantic Era: la calotipia in Italia 1845-1860. Reverend Calvert Richard Jones 1804-1877, Reverend George Wilson Bridges 1788-1863, William Robert Baker of Bayfordbury 1810-1896, Alinari 1988, edited by Robert E. Lassam; Michael Gray.
The subtitles mentioned 'location unknown' and 'Private Collection'. In Florence unfortunately Alinari has no information.
I already thank those who will give me some useful information for my research.
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Hello! There is a collection of Baker's calotypes including of Italy in the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. The museum has a wonderful collection which extends to western photography. See: https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/search?aate=%E3%83%99%E3%82...
Hallo,
thank you very much for the precise and quick indication. There are the two calotypes I was looking for!.
I will contact the museum in Tokyo immediately.
Best regards from Switzerland.
Let me know if you don't get a response as I know one of the curators. Also, Mike Gray is still around and may respond to this post
Perfect. Thank you. By the way, I can precisely identify some of the locations photographed by Baker that are presented as unknown locations in the museum in Tokyo. I live a few kilometres from those locations in northern Italy (and Switzerland).