ver.:  Nov. 24, 2020

 

Journals listed in alphabetical order: 

                        London Gazette

                        The TIMES [London]

 

Transcription status abbreviations:

T  = typed

T* =  transcribed directly from source

I  = indexed*

P = photos avail. for illus. checked

B = biblio ref. – for use only on Xerox copies as obviously not needed in biblio. itself

S = subject index entry made

+ = photograph taken; article to be transcribed

 

*NAMES indexed as bib. ref. entered, rest of indexing to be done

 

1849    LONDON GAZETTE

            NOTES:  Searches were made on key words such as “daguerreotype” etc.; “photographer”/“photographic”, etc.; “stereoscope” etc.   Occasionally the search engine missed entries which were found only by chance.  Thus this should not be considered a complete listing of all photography-related entries.  With patents I could not always tell if a name listed was a patent agent or the inventor.  When unclear no entry was made. 

 

            April 10, 1849, #20966:

T*online         p. 1199:           Insolvent Debtors:

                                                            --Jeremiah Egerton, #19 Cowley Place, Cowley road, North

                                                                        Brixton, Surrey, daguerreotype artist.  In Queen’s

                                                                        prison. Orders to assign estates and effects dated

                                                                        April 7, 1849

 

 

1849  TIMES:

Ver. Aug. 8, 2020

NOTES:

            --Data has been gathered online using various word searches in the Times, which is somewhat hit-and-miss.  Sometimes relevant entries were missed with that search but found through other searches.  Thus one cannot rely on the Times word searches for complete accuracy.  There are likely to be inadvertent omissions.

            --Data has been organized by name or company title.  This is easier to research given multiple ads.

                        ~Names: 

                                    --When incomplete name published and full name is known, it has been

                                                provided in brackets.  Names in ALL CAPS. are in the

                                                photography business; those w/o caps are not photographers and

                                                their names might not have been indexed (e.g. if they were just

                                                selling a camera but not in the business).  

--When I searched avail. City and business directories, London

                                                Photographers A-Z, and Ancestry.com, and did not find full

                                                names, “[?]” has been noted.  If unknown or several poss.

                                                candidates, no data has been provided. 

--Names in want ads were sometimes pseudonyms. They may, or may not

            have been entered.  My judgement.

                                    --Initials only listed.  When poss. these have been searched.  If still

                                                unidentifiable, they are listed under “Initials Only” section

                                    --Occupations.  Opticians, jewelers, publishers, framers, stationers, etc.

                                                were also involved in the photographic business.  When someone

                                                is known to have a different occupation, that is noted.  When

                                                likely not a photographer but occupation cannot be ascertained,

                                                “nog” = “no occupation given” is used.  Non-photographers who

                                                were merely advertising to sell or buy photographic items have

                                                normally not been indexed in the master list of names.

                        ~Anonymous entries:  These ads usually have addresses.  Until they can be linked

                                    to a specific photographer or company, they are entered as anonymous. 

                                    The London Post Office Directory for 1856 (earlier one is 1851) has been

                                    useful as organized by streets with building numbers and names as well as

                                    business directory.  If a match could be made, it was referenced under the

                                    “Names” section; if only possible matches, then entry remains under

                                    anonymous with suggestion.

            --Addresses are in London or Middlesex unless noted.

            --Dates for ads are rendered as month/day/, i.e. “(1/3) = “Jan. 3”.  Many ads ran for long

                        periods of time. Only the first date an ad was located has been entered.  This may

                        not be the first true entry, only the first found.

            --Page numbers added only for articles, not for ads given their high volume.  Page #s can

                        frequently be located doing an on-line search.

            --Indexer’s discretion has been used in selecting which ads to index.  Want ads for

 equipment, studios, etc. normally entered only when they can be associated with

a specific person or relevant address.  Indexer’s prerogative.  Erred on data

capture side.

 

            --TANGENTIAL information:  Added AFTER name/title entries.  Largely entered as

                        they caught my attention.  Activities, people, etc. who were popular were

                        frequently photographed or referenced.  Knowing the popularity of a subject helps

                        to date images.  Dates entered only when potentially relevant, otherwise general

                        trend of a year is enough.  Subdivisions are:

                --NEWS STORIES (if noted)

                --PHOTOGRAPHY RELATED (if noted)

                --THEATER & ENTERTAINMENTS (random selection)

                --GENERAL SUBJECTS ADVERTISED (random selection)

 

1849    TIMES [London]:

* DATA TAKEN FROM ONLINE SOURCE FOR 1849

 

            NAMES/TITLES from ADS:

 

*            ANONYMOUS, c/o another person, or probably not a photographer:

                        --11 John St., Oxford St., Mr. Ames (auctioneer) (10/12)

                                    ~Daguerreotype establishment to be disposed of.  Central business on west

                                                end. Glass room.  Comes with large size apparatus etc. all

                                                complete (10/12)

                        --110 St. John St., Smithfield c/o D. [David] Williams [lithographer] (8/14)

                                    ~Daguerreotype apparatus, complete for sale. £15 (8/14)

--168 New Bond St., c/o Mr. Knight [poss. not connected with Knight &

Sons] (3/13)

~Wants to purchase Voightlander lens of large size, at least 3 inches; trial

            must be allowed.  (3/13)

                        --23 Hatton Garden, Casella & Co., opticians (8/22)

                                    ~Daguerreotype apparatus and clock work for dissolving views to be sold. 

                                                No price (8/22)

                        --27 South Row, new Road, near Euston Sq., Mr. Sharpley’s stationer (12/21)

                                    ~Daguerreotype premises to let in private house with glass apartment

                                                fitted up.  Suitable for public or private practice.  Portraits can be

                                                taken in garden or upstairs.  Rent £48; with gas fittings etc.

£50. (12/21)

--5 Owen’s Row, Goswell Rd. c/o T. Stead (3/13)

                                    ~Daguerreotype apparatus, equipment, plus colours by Redman;

                                                instruction if required.  £12 (3/13)                

 

 *         INITIALS, PSEUDONYMS ONLY:

                        --C.,C.  c/o post office Greek St., Soho Sq. (7/21)

                                    ~Wants talbotypes apparatus. (7/21)

                        --D., B. 25 Cloudening Place, Liverpool Rd., Islington (9/13)

                                    ~Daguerreotype apparatus, all equipment, chymicals etc. for sale £7 as he

                                                has no further use for them.  Will give instruction (9/13)

*          FULL NAMES/Company titles:

                        AMERICN DAGUERREOTYPE INSTITUTION [Mayall, which see]:

                                    --433 West Strand, near Lowther Arcade (1/1)

                                    --Mr. Mayall, of Philadelphia invites public to see his improved

                                                photographic productions.  Gallery filled with specimens—

                                                portraits of distinguished scientific men, views of Niagara,

                                                Shakesperian collection, art illustrations (1/1)

                                    --Largest daguerreotype portraits ever taken in England were exhibited at

                                                Royal Institution Friday, March 30. Can now be seen in gallery of

                                                Am.D.I.  4/10 [see Claudet response to this]

                                    --Superior collection of pictures comprising panoramas, views, fine art

                                                illustrations, portraits of distinguished persons, etc.  Some life

size.  (12/24)

                                    --Three inch short focus Voigtlander Lens and fine inch French lens

for sale (12/24)

                        BEARD, -- [Richard]  [see also news stories]:

                                    --85 King William Street; 34 Parliament St.; Royal Polytechnic Institution,

                                                Regent St. (3/5)

                                    --Coloured photographic portraits (3/5)

                                    --Quotes from publications in re his work, e.g. Art J July 1848 (3/5)

                                    --He is sole patentee.  Happy to exchange any portraits made before

                                                introduction of mount improvements (3/23)

                                    --Short article (great PR “ad”) describing his work including portraits of

                                                Lord Brougham, Mr. Muntz and Mr. Reynolds (3/26)

                        CLAUDET, -- [Antoine François Jean]:

                                    --18 King William Street, near Charing Cross and Colosseum, Regent’s

                                                Park (2/10)

                                    --Quotes reviews in various newspapers.  (2/10)(3/8)

                                    --Read a paper at the Society of Arts on Jan. 31 describing process he

                                                invented (2/13)

                                    --Patronage of Her Majesty (3/23)

                                    --Daguerreotypes on display at Society of Arts exhibition (3/23)

                                    --Exhibits large daguerreotype portraits (16 x 13)(4/3)

                                    --Claudet has experimented for seven years how to produce a group of two

 figures full length on dag. plate 16” x 13”.  “Figures are perfectly

defined and in true proportion.  This answers unfair and invidious

remarks from a new advertising competitor who has the singular

pretension to discover that which has been long known and

practiced in photography.”  Claudet has practiced the process in London during the last ten years with considerable success, who

can boast of some important discoveries and improvements in the art, does not want by undue pretensions to mislead the public in order to keep up his position.  Mr. Claudet was the first who introduced the daguerreotype in England under a license from Daguerre, the inventor and original patentee, a formality which many photographers have not fulfilled, thereby infringing a patent right, which course cannot be deemed either honest or honourable.” 4/12

                                    --Historical Gallery of Portraits, first series, incl. Lord G. Bentinck, Prof.

                                                Farraday, W.R. Grove, Mdlle. Alboni, from dag. originals

                                                elaborately drawn on stone.  Lord Brougham is in progress.  First

                                                proof 19s 6d (5/5)

                                    --Historical Gallery now includes Lord Brougham; M. Guizot and Earl of

                                                [Roare?] now in progress (6/14)

                                    --Has exhibited at Society of Arts, British Assoc., in Birmingham,

                                                Exposition de l’Industrie Francais, now open in London.  (12/24)

                        COLAS & MOGUE (sic = Mouque) [Louis Ferdinand Colas; Francois/Francis

                                                Mouque]:

                                    --106 Cheapside (3/14)

                                    --Reward of £2 for ten missing/lost daguerreotypes on display at their

                                                shop (3/14)

                        EDKINS & SON [Samuel Sabine Edkins & ? Edkins]:

                                    --16 Salisbury Square, London and Thos. Aston, manf., 3 Brook St.,

                                                Birmingham (4/6)

                                    --Soho photographic plates for sale. Also lamps and reflectors (4/6)

                        EGERTON, -- [Jeremiah]:  [see also see news stories]

                                    --1 Temple St., Whitefriars (8/27)

                                    --Coloured daguerreotype portraits 10s 6d (8/27)

                                    --Supplies best French and German apparatus, lenses, chymicals, etc. 

                                                Also “J.E.’s Illus. Book of Instructions” (8/27)

                        GOGERTY, -- [Robert]:

                                    --72 Fleet Street (3/24)

                                    --Daguerreotype camera to be sold, property of deceased man.  Comes

                                                with all equipment, chymicals, instruction.  10 guineas (3/24)

                        [Henderson, --  = see news stories]

                        HOBCRAFT, W. [William]:

                                    --14 Great Turnstile, Holborn (12/13)

                                    --Daguerreotype, Calotype etc. apparatus, plates manufactured by them. 

                                                Cameras for 6” sq. paper photos £1 16s; camera with achromatic

                                                lens for first and second size plates £3 10s. (12/13)

                        KILBURN, -- [William Edward D.]:

                                    --Daguerreotype by Kilburn of Jenny Lind made in to engraving and being

                                                sold 10s 6d by Messrs. Lloyd (3/16)

                        KNIGHT & SONS [George Knight & ? Knight]:

                                    --Foster Lane, Cheapside (3/5)

                                    --Daguerreotypes, calotypes, etc. (3/5)

                                    --Daguerreotypes, talbotypes, etc. (4/6)

                                    --Voigtlander appointed them sole agents in UK for their achromatic

                                                lenses (3/5)

                                    --Also selling publication “Photogenic Manipulation” and “The Art of

                                                Colouring Daguerreotypes” by E. Manion (4/6)

                        LAROCHE, M. [Martin; pseudonym]:

                                    --65 Oxford St. near Princess’s Theatre (6/14)

                                    --Coloured photographic miniatures.  5s 6d upwards (6/14)

                        MAYALL, [John Jabez Edwin][see also= American Daguerreotype Institute]:

                                    --American Daguerreotype Institution 433 West Strand

                                    --Exhibited extraordinary daguerreotypes at the meeting of the British

                                                Association, Birmingham.  “The series comprises the largest and

                                                most striking photographs ever taken in the world, one of them, a

                                                portrait of the Rev. J. B. Reade, being life-size”  Notice also four

                                                tableaux illustrating Campbell’s “Soldier’s Dream” “which are

                                                declared to open a new era in photographic art.” (9/14)

[Royal Polytechnic Institution = see BEARD]          

                        WIGLEY, --(Miss)[Jane Nina]:

                                    --108 Fleet St., four doors from Farringdon St. (2/13)

                                    --Coloured daguerreotype portraits (2/13)

                                    --Licensed by the patentee (2/13)

 

TANGENTIAL INFORMATION: [Not all sections have had data entered]

 

*    NEWS STORIES:

            --Jan. 22, p. 7:  Court of Common Pleas, Jan. 20:  Beard v. Egerton.  In this case the argument was resumed, the question arising on the 12^th plea on the record as to the insufficiency of the specification of the patent for taking likenesses by the daguerreotype process.  Court took time to consider its judgment [not noted]

            --Feb. 21, p. 7:  Vice Chancellors’ Courts, Feb. 20:  Moon v. Henderson. Moon applied for special injunction to restrain Henderson from publishing or selling a print of Landseer’s picture “Highland Breakfast” which had been taken by the daguerreotype process from the engraving of the same picture published by, and the property of the plaintiff.  Vice Chancellor granted injunction noting Moon had reason to apprehend pirated copy would be injurious to the sale of his own print.