1854 Bibliography of Photographic Journals

1854 BIBLIOGRAPHY of PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNALS

ver.: Nov. 24, 2020

Journals listed in alphabetical order:

Art Journal

Athenaeum

Journal of the Photographic Society [London]

Liverpool Photographic Journal

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

1854 THE ART-JOURNAL, pub. Virtue & Co., London; n.s. vol. VI

[NOTE: There are no issue numbers; volumes, while continuing the original

number sequence, were also renumbered several times as follows:

-- 1850 as vol. XII

-- 1851-1854 pub. as n.s. vol. III to VI

-- 1855-1861 pub. as n.s. vol. I to VII

-- 1862-1880 pub. as n.s. vol. I to XIX]

Feb. 1, 1854, no #:

p. 48-50: The Exhibition of the Photographic Society [of London; detailed

review of the first exhibition; references to:]

Baldus, [Édouard-Denis] (Nimes, France)

Beard, --

Becker, Dr. [Ernst] (clouds)

Bedford, F[rancis] (chasings in silver, carvings in

ivory, copies of antique furniture)

Berger, [Frederick W.] (portraits)

Bird, [Peter Hinckes] (Egypt & pyramids)

Bisson, MM. (specimens, Museum of Jardin des

Plantes & other collns.)

Claudet, [Antoine François Jean]

Clifford, [Charles] (Segovia & Salamanca, Spain)

Crooke[s], [Sir William] (spectrum w/ Fraunhofer

lines; polarized light)

Delamotte, [Philip Henry] (“Old Well,” “Alnwick

Castle,” “Brinkburn Priory,” “River

Coquet;” Crystal Palace)

Delves, F. (microscopic subjects)

Diamond, Dr. [Hugh Welch](portraits of the insane)

Eastlake, Sir Charles

Fenton, Roger (“The Garden Terrace;” suspension

bridge at Kief, Russia)

Fry, [Peter Wickens] (portrait)

Henfrey, [Arthur]

Hennah, -- (portraits)

Henneman, [Nicholaas] (Zulu portraits)

Horne, -- (portraits)

Hunt, Prof. Robert

Kingsley, Rev. W. I.[sic; Towler] (microscopic

subjects)

Laroche, [Martin]

Llewellyn, [John] Dillwyn (Welsh sea coast)

Mayall, [John Jabez Edwin]

Montizon, Count de (zoo animals, Regent’s Park)

Newton, Sir William [John] (Burnham beeches)

Owen, Hugh (“Path of the Torrent”)

Rosling, [Alfred] (microscopic view of Illus.

London News; view of St. Paul’s)

Ross & Thomson (Scotch scenery)

Stokes, [George B.]

Talbot, [William Henry Fox]

Tenison, -- (Seville & Toledo, Spain)

Thompson, C[harles] T[hurston]

Tunny, James [Good](portraits)

Turner, [Benjamin Bracknell](English abbeys)

Vigier, Viscount [Joseph] (Pyrenees)

Waring, [Charles Henry]

Wheatstone, Prof. [Charles]

Williams, [Thomas Richard]

p. 58: Minor Topics of the Month: [extract]

--American Daguerreotype [portraits made in Philadelphia]

March 1, 1854, no #:

p. 90: Minor Topics of the Month: [extracts]

--The Second Conversazione of the Photographic Society

[of London; stereoscopes & views, by [T.R.]

Williams of 236 Regent Street]

p. 91: --Magnified Photography [dissolving views at the

Polytechnic Institution]

April 1, 1854, no #:

p. 100: Photography in Scotland [formation of the Photographic Society of

Glasgow and review of its exhibition in Edinburgh]

May 1, 1854, no #:

p. 152-153: Minor Topics of the Month: [extract]

--Photography Applied to the Purposes of War [T.

Thomson on the Samarang unsuccessful; Capt.

Scott and Elliott on Hecla successful; Fenton

photographing fleet in Portsmouth

July 1, 1854, no #:

p. 219: Minor Topics of the Month: [extract]

--Photography [“Philosophical Magazine” publishes

improvement in the collodion process]

Aug. 1, 1854, no #:

p. 244: Photography Applied to Engraving on Wood, by St. Vincent

Beechey [technical; incl. example of moon map based on

original by Nasmyth]

Sept. 1, 1854, no #:

p. 283: Minor Topics of the Month: [extract]

--Improvements in Photography [Mayall exhibits largest

and smallest examples at conversazione of the

Polytechnic Institution]

p. 284: Reviews: [extract]

--Photography versus The Fine Arts, by J. Miller

[photography is scientific application, not art]

Oct. 1, 1854, no #:

p. 315: Minor Topics of the Month: [extract]

--Photography [Cooke, of Regent Street, exhibits photos

after pictures and bas reliefs]

1854: THE ATHENAEUM: Journal of Literature, Science, and the fine Arts; pub. London: Printed by James Holmes; pub. at The Office, by John Francis; no Editor is named.

RECHECK: INDEX: FINE ARTS: NEW PUBLICATIONS!! Photographic pub. including stereos not x-ref. under Fine Arts: Photography

--No volume #s, only issue #s.

--Articles transcribed directly from the original journals at the V&A Art Library, although sometimes photographs have been made. When such is the case, the first words of each article will be transcribed in order to insure photos match bib. refs.

--There is an index – under “Photography”, technical subjects not copied.

--There are ads in each issue; these were very randomly checked as time permitted, but should be gone through thoroughly. Transcriptions were made of ads as they were found – they may, or may not have been published at other times.

Jan. 7, 1854, #1367:

p. 23: Photographic Society [of London] [review of first exhibit, at

Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street] Photographers

noted:

Claudet, [Antoine Francois Jean] (daguerreotypes)

Contencin, J[ames](crayon drawings)

DelaMotte, [Philip Henry] (40 photos exhibited)

Delessert, [Francois Benjamin Marie] (copy of

engraving)

Delves, [F.] (microscopic photo)

Diamond, [Hugh Welch](“Portraits of the Insane”)

Fenton, [Roger](“Garden Terrace”)

Henna, -- [Hennah?](port. of Sir Joseph Paxton)

Henneman, [Nicholaas] (portraits)

Kingsley, [W.J.](Rev.) (microscopic photo)

Llewellyn, [John Dillwyn](“Seashore, Breaking

Waves”)

Mayall, [John Jabez Edwin] (daguerreotypes)

Montizon, (Count) de (animals in zoo)

Nevill, [sic, “Neville”the Ladies (groups and

portraits)

Newton, W[illiam] J[ohn] (Sir) (“Burnham

Beeches”)

Reade, J[ohn] B[ancroft] (ref. to earlier exhibit of

his micro photos)

Rosling, [Alfred](“St. Paul’s on a Misty Morning”)

Stewart, [John] (views in the Pyrenees)

Thompson, C.[harles]T[Hurston] (“A Quiet

Moment”)

Vigier, Viscount [Joseph] (views in the Pyrenees)

Feb. 11, 1854, #1372:

p. 185: Ads: [extracts]

--Winter exhibition of Photographic Society now open at

Photographic Institution, 168 New Bond Street.

Photographers noted:

DelaMotte, [Philip Henry] (progress of

Crystal Palace at Sydenham)

Martens, [Frederick](glaciers of

Switzerland)

Robertson, [James] (views of

Constantinople)

--Photographic Society Exhibition open at the Gallery of

Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street,

T --Esquimaux Family [appeared before the Queen; now on

exhibit; lecture by Leicester Buckingham]

May 20, 1854, #1386:

p. 624: Our Weekly Gossip: [extract]

--[Development of collodion and its importance;

experiments by Spiller and Crookes]

July 22, 1854, #1395:

p. 913: Our Weekly Gossip: [extract]

--[Mayall’s life-size portraits exhibited at the Polytechnic

Institute]

Aug. 26, 1854, #1400:

p. 1029: Ads: [extract; this is not the 1^st time this ad appeared]

T --Mayall’s daguerreotypes & stereoscopic miniatures

Oct. 7, 1854, #1406:

p. 1200-1201: Fine Arts: New Publications: [extract]

T* --Photographic Views [by Cundall of Hastings; minor ref.

to his Gloucestershire views]

1854 JOURNAL OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY of London, containing the

Transactions of the Society and a General Record of Photographic Art and Science.

Edited by Arthur Henfrey; published in London. Vol. 1 & Vol. 2:

[Vol. 1 dates March 3, 1853 - June 30, 1854; Vol. 2 dates July 21, 1854 – Feb. 21,

1856. ONLY 1854 listed here]

Jan. 21, 1854, #13:

p. 153: Editorial Leader: [extracts]

-- The Society’s First Exhibition

-- Liverpool Photographic Journal starts publication

-- Devon & Cornwall Photographic Society Conversazione

-- Duboscq’s Cosmoramic Stereoscope

Feb. 21, 1854, #14:

p. 165-167: Photographic Society [of London]: Anniversary Meeting, Feb. 2:

--Listed as attending:

Sir Charles Eastlake, Pres., in the Chair

Fenton, -- [Roger]

Foster, -- [Peter Le Neve] (Secy)

Hennah, [Thomas Henry]

Newton, W.J. (Sir) [William John] (V. Pres)

Rippingham, -- [Matthew John]

--Elections/re-elections:

Eastlake, Sir Charles (Pres.)

Mackinlay, -- (Auditor) [Rev. Thomas George?]

Newton, W. J. (Sir) [William John] (V. Pres)

Rippingham, -- [Matthew John] (Auditor)

unnamed Council members re-elected

--Discussions, notices, etc.:

~Motion to disqualify professional photographers

from society did not pass

p. 176: Societies: [extracts]

-- Derby Photographic Society forming

-- Photographic Society of London Soiree

March 21, 1854, #15:

p. 177-178: Editorial leader/letter to the editor:

-- Photographer being sent to seat of war [Crimea]

-- Using photography to preserve documents

-- Photographic exhibition in Edinburgh

-- Photographic exhibition in Glasgow

-- Exhibition of the Photographic Society of London

-- Fenton takes photos of clouds and moving water

p. 178: Photographic Society [of London]: Ordinary Meeting: March 2

--Listed as attending:

Sir W. J. [William John] Newton, V. P., in the Chair

Duppa, --

Hadow, -- [E.]

Levi, -- [G.] Montefiore [also rendered, “Levy”]

Rippingham, -- [Matthew John]

Sparling, --

--Exhibits:

~Duppa displays transparent paper photos coloured

on the back

April 21, 1854, #16:

p. 189-190: Editorial leader: [extracts]

-- Photography and war

-- Photography on expeditions

p. 190: Photographic Society [of London]: Ordinary Meeting: April 6

--Listed as attending:

P. [Peter Wickens] Fry, in the Chair

Berger, -- [L.]

Hadow, -- [E.]

Hunt, R. [Robert] (V.P.)

Pollock, [Sir W. Frederick?](Council)

Pym, -- (Council)

Spencer, -- [John A?]

Towshend, [F.] [sic, “Townsend”]

Williams, -- [T.R.?]

--Election of 21 new, unnamed members

--Election of council (as listed above)

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Maxwell Lyte photos of Pau

~Fenton photos of the fleet at Spithead

~ Photos by Elliot, under dir. of Capt. Scott, of the

Sound, from the deck of the Hecla while

moving

p. 200: Miscellaneous: Letter to the Editor, from Henry Collen: Earliest

Stereoscopic Portraits [by Wheatstone & Collen]

May 20, 1854, #17:

p. 201: Photographic Society [of London]: Ordinary meeting: May 4:

--Listed as attending:

Sir W. J. [William John] Newton, V.P., in the Chair

Allan, --

Crookes and Spiller, Messrs.

Hardwick, -- [Thomas Frederick]

Judge, -- [Jasper Augustus Frederick?]

Spencer, -- [John A.?]

p. 212: Photography at Crystal Palace: Letter to the Editor, from H.N.

Macklin

June 21, 1854, #18:

p. 213: Editorial leader: [extract]

-- Maxwell Lyte, et al, printing establishment and

photographic society in Pau

p. 224: Correspondence: [extract]

-- from T.S.D.; Illustrated Photographic Journal was

published in Leeds, 1852, discontinued

July 21, 1854, #20:

p. 1: Photographic Society [of London]: Extraordinary Meeting, July 6

--Listed as attending:

Sir W. J. [William John] Newton, V.P., in the Chair

Sparling, --

Spiller & Crookes, Messrs.

--Election of new members:

Forrester, -- [Joseph James, Baron de?]

Ingram, H. F.

Ralph, --

Sotheby, Mrs. [Samuel Leigh]

Thompson, --

Whiting, Rev. W. J.

p. 10-11: Paris Exhibition of 1855 [info. on exhibiting]

Aug. 21, 1854, #21:

p. 13-14: Photographic Society [of London], [Meeting of Council], n.d.

--Committee appointed for English Photographic Art at

Paris Exhibition, 1855:

Fenton, R. [Roger] (Hon. Sec.)

Foster, P. [Peter] Le Neve

Newton, Sir W.J. [William John] (V.P.)

Rosling, -- [Alfred] (Treas)

Sept. 21, 1854, #22:

p. 42: Photographic Patents [Duppa patents transparent, colored photos]

Oct. 21, 1854, #23:

p. 53-54: Miscellaneous: Paper v. Collodion [selections from a Letter to the

Editor from Thomas Sutton; mentions photography in

Rome and publishing with Blanquart Evrard, “Souvenirs de

Jersey”]

Nov. 21, 1854, #24:

p. 59-60: Photographic Society [of London]: Ordinary meeting, Nov. 2,

--Listed as attending:

P. [Peter] Le Neve Foster, in the Chair

Fenton, -- [Roger]

Hardwich, -- [Thomas Frederick]

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

Mayer, --

Newton, -- [Sir William John]

Pollock, --

Ralph, --

Rypinski, -- (Lieut.)

--Election of new members:

Blaine, R. S.

Newcombe, S. P. [Samuel Prout]

Wood, E.G. [Edward George]

--Donors noted:

Barratt, J.

Coles, James

Dickinson, --

-- Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Fenton = views in Yorkshire

~Photographic Illustrations of Scripture

p. 59-60: Photographic Society, Ordinary Meeting:

[-- Using two negs. to print clouds

-- Fenton exhibits views in Yorkshire]

Dec. 21, 1854, #25:

p. 77: Editorial leader: [extracts]

[-- Second exhibition of the Society in 1855

-- Photographs used to reproduce engravings, etc. including

some by Constable

p. 78: Photographic Society, Ordinary Meeting: Dec. 7:

--Listed as attending:

P. [Peter] W. Fry, in the Chair

Hardwich, F. [Thomas Frederick]

Knight, --

Williams, J.

--Election of new members:

Barratt, J.

Coles, -- [James?]

Dickinson, --

Dumbleton, -- (Capt.)

Leverett, H. [Henry] F.

-- Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Knight described his new “Cosmorama

Stereoscope”

~Society to hold exhibition, Jan – March, 1855

p. 84-95: Court of Common Pleas, [William Henry Fox] Talbot v. Laroche

[transcription of court proceedings, verdict for Talbot.

Curiously Laroche does not seem to have been questioned

or to have appeared in court. Includes brief history

of photography and testimonies of:

Claudet, Antoine Jean

Collins, Henry [miniature painter and photog.]

Elliott, -- [photog. on Hecla w/ fleet in Baltic,

photos of Kronberg Castle at Elsinore and

Three-Crown Battery at Copenhagen]

Heisch, Charles [photog., and Lecturer on

Chemistry at Middlesex Hospital]

Hunt, Robert [photog., formerly Prof. of Physical

Science in Govt. School of mines]

Maskelyne, Neville storey [photog. since 1844]

Medlock, Henry [photog. pupil of Dr. Miller]

Miller, Dr. [photog., and Prof. Chemistry]

Normandy, Dr. Alphonse [made photos ca. 7-8 years before]

Reade, Rev. – [Made his 1^st photos in 1837; photos

of entomological subjects and cross-

sections of vegetables]

Talbot, William Henry Fox

Taylor, T.

Thornthwaite, William Henry [Optician and

Manufacturer of Photographic Apparatus]

1854 The Liverpool Photographic Journal, conducted by some Members of the Liverpool

Photographic Society. Published by the proprietors, Liverpool: Henry Greenwood.

vol. I:

Jan. 14, 1854, #1:

T p. 1-2: Editorial leader: [extracts]

--Formation of the Liverpool Photographic Journal

--Photographers/members mentioned:

Atkinson, --

Barker, --

Bell, -- (small dags. for stereoscope)

Berry, G. [George] R.

Delamotte, --[Philip H.] (Crystal Palace progress)

Edwards, -- (Dr.)(specimens of natural history)

Forrest, --

Howard, Frank

Mackinlay, --

McInnes, --

Morecroft, John

Sanford, --

Wood, --

--Uses of photography:

~Documenting treasures in British Museum

~Physiognomy and ethnology of natives of various

countries

T p. 3-6: Liverpool Photographic Society. 11^th meeting of first session,

Jan. 3 at lecture Theatre of Royal Institution, Colquitt St.

--Listed as attending:

Corey, -- in the Chair

Archer, T. C.

Atkinson, --

Berry, G. [George] R.

Firth [sic], --

Forrest, --

Mackinlay, --

Sanford, -- [John Clark]

Wood, --

--Other photographers referenced:

Crookes, --

Horne, F. (London)

Howard, Frank

McInnes, --

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Berry reads, “Common Sense applied to

Photography—The Laws of the Science.”

~Wood exhibits new camera

~T.C. Archer gives lecture on “New Crystal Palace

at Sydenham” w/ 40 photos by Delamotte.

Discusses details including illustrating

ethnology, zoology, botany, and geology.

T p. 6: Notice of proposed exhibition of photographs in Liverpool

T p. 7-8: Resume of the Operations of the Liverpool Photographic Society,

from the Commencement. [Minutes for the past year]

--First meeting/formation March 22, 1853.

~Listed as attending:

Picton, J.A., in the Chair

~Election of President (Samuel Holme, Mayor of

Liverpool) and V.Pres., Treas., joint

Secretaries and Council [no names]

--Second meeting. April 5.

~G.R. Berry read paper on “Collodion Negatives”

--Third meeting. May 3.

~Knott read, “Practical Notes on Glass Positives”

~Mackinlay exhibited folding camera and box

~Dr. Edwards & Mr. W. Barker exhibited

microscopic collodion specimens

~Soiree to be given May 19

--Fourth meeting. June 2.

~Frank Howard read, “Photography in connexion

with the Fine Arts” with discussion by Firth,

Burgess, Newlands

~C. Bell exhibited and described “A Plan for

Taking Stereoscopic Views in the Open

Country”

~Chadburn [C.H.] exhibited photos of Venice

--Fifth meeting. July 5

~G.R. Berry reads “On the Use of Double Glass

Plates, and the Entire Substitution of

Bromine for Iodine in the Collodion

Process”

~J.A. Forrest exhibits proofs of Niepce’s new

system of engraving, forwarded by J.

Murray, correspondent of “La Lumiere”.

Forrest also exhibited camera slide frame

~T.A. Humphries exhibits Mayall’s crayon

Photographs.

~Frank Howard (mentioned by the Chair) suggests

photography be used in science of

physiognomy & ethnology by taking photos

of foreigners visiting ports.

~Mackinlay exhibits photos printed w/o nitrate of

silver thus ladies can produce copies of lace,

crochet etc. in pleasing colors w/o staining

their fingers.

--Sixth meeting, Aug. 2:

~Wood, [George Smart] of Abraham & Co.,

Liverpool, exhibited apparatus for taking

country views.

~Burgess exhibited an American camera

~Frank Howard read, “Artistic distribution of light

and shade”

--Seventh meeting, Sept. 2:

~Foard [James Thos.] read, “Notes on the

Daguerreotype”

~J.A.P. McBride read, “Photography in Connexion

[sic] with the Fine Arts”

~Discussions by G.R. Berry and J.A. Forrest

--Eighth meeting, Oct. 4:

~Berry reads “A Digest of Mr. Fox Talbot’s

Patents”

~Atkinson exhibits stereo camera

~J.A. Forrest exhibits folding camera for field work

~Keith exhibits positives on colored glass

~Burgess exhibits camera called a “quintoscope”

sent by Wilkinson. I carries two lenses so

can take two views for stereo at one time on

same plate.

--Oct. 24 the Society was invited to see photo progress of

Crystal Palace at the Photographic Society, Lord St.

Ca. 50 views by Delamotte. Atkinson exhibited

large photos of Egyptian architecture

--Ninth meeting, Nov. 1:

~John Morecroft exhibited negs. using Buckle’s

process and positives printed from them for

stereoscope as arranged by Wheatstone.

Berry offers to print two positives for each

Member

~Keith described calotype process

~Berry will print negs. of John Morecroft’s negs for

presentation to members

~Dr. Edwards exhibits photos of “Torpedo

nobiliana” [a fish]

~Mackinlay exhibits views

~McInnes working on portable

Apparatus

~Discussions by J.A. Forrest, Firth and Burgess

--Tenth meeting. Dec. 6:

~Mackinlay exhibits large folding camera.

~Discussions by Forrest, Burgess, Mackinlay,

Chadburn, Frank Howard, Berry

~Dec. 15 members invited to view very large

photos on albumen paper by Sanford,

brought from London by Dr. Edwards. A

set was presented to the Society

T p. 9-10: Proceedings of the London Photographic Society. 7^th Ordinary

meeting, Dec. 1, 1853

--Listed as attending:

Charles Vignolles, in the Chair

--Election of new members (names not listed)

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Society received photos by Auer of Vienna and

Mayer of Paris

~Wenham reads, “On the Production of Enlarged

Positives from Small Negatives”

~Shadbolt reads paper on same subject

~W. Crookes reads, “On the Restoration of Old

Collodion”

~Montefiore Levi exhibits instrument for rapidly

opening and closing lens.

~Discussions by Fenton, Foster, Hennah & Hunt

~Exhibition of Photos to open at Gallery of British

Artists, Suffolk St., on Jan. 4, 1854.

Announcement by Roger Fenton, Hon.Sec.

Members invited to contribute

--Circular issued relative to an exhibition opening on

Jan. 4, 1854. Exhibition will be opened by soiree

Jan. 3

T p. 12: The Architectural and Archæological Society meeting

T p. 12: Ruskin’s “Hours of Venice” and planned photographs of

Tintorette [sic] pictures

Feb. 11, 1854, #2:

T p. 13: Editorial leader: [extracts]

--Notice of London Photographic Exhibition opening mid

March thru mid April

--Gathering of Devon & Cornwall Photographic Society at

Plymouth

T p. 14: Devon and Cornwall Photographic Society. Meeting at St.

George’s Hall, Stonehouse.

--Listed as attending:

Capt. R. E. Scott, Pres.

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Photographs, daguerreotypes, stereoscopes,

microscopes and photographic apparatus

was exhibited

T p. 14: Photographs of the Moon. Being attempted by Dr. Edwards, J.A.

Forrest and Hartnupp at Royal Observatory.

p. 15-16: Liverpool Photographic Society. Meeting Feb. 7

--Listed as attending:

Corey, --, in the Chair

Bell, --

Edwards, -- (Dr.)

Forrest, --

Mercer, --

--Exhibits, discussion, notices:

~Ltr. from John Sturrock in re exhibition

~Management committee of exhibition includes Sir

David Brewster, Sir John Ogilvy, Rt. Hon.

Lord Kinnaird and others

~Ltrs. from Hele of Plymouth and Ref. Francis

Lockey of Bath wish to be members

~Mercer reads paper on “Gutta Percha”

~Photos by Keith of Castle St. exhibited,

~Dr. Edwards exhibited folding camera

~Corey read, “Familiar Instruction”

T p.17-19: The Exhibition of Photographs and Daguerreotypes, by the

London Photographic Society.

Photographers referenced:

anon. (3 stereos of preserved, severed head of

Henry Grey, father of Lady Jane Grey)

Aguado, -- [Comte Olympe-Clemente] (copies of

engravings)

Auer, Counsellor (microscopic images)

Baldus, E. (view of Amphitheatre at Nismes,

Cloisters of St. Trophimus at Arles)

Becker, -- [Ernst](Dr.)(view of Solent from

Osborne, Isle

of Wight)

Bedford, F. [Francis] (copies of Holy Land

sketches)

Bisson Bros.

Contencin, James

Crookes, William (polarized light in crystals)

Delamotte, C. (progress at Crystal Palace)

Delessert, P. (copies of engravings)

Diamond, -- (Dr.)[Hugh Welch]

Fenton, Roger (engineering constructions in Russia)

Fry, P.W. [Peter Wickens](images also taken Dec.

19, 1851)

Hennah, -- [Thomas Henry] (portraits)

Kerr, H. (Hon.) (High St., Guildford; 3 views in

Surrey)

Kingsley, W. J. [William Towler?] (Rev.)

(microscopic images)

Lesecq, -- [Henri] (photo litho. from wax

paper negs.)

Low, R. [Richard] (dag. of snow scene)

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin](daguerreotypes &

calotypes)

Montizon, Count de (animals in Regent’s Park Zoo)

Neville, “the Ladies” (portraits)

Newton, W. (Sir) (Burnham Beeches)

Owen, --

Rich, C. (5 portraits)

Rippingham, J. [Matthew John].

Rosling, A. [Alfred] (microscopic photos)

Sanford, -- (neg. photo taken Dec. 19, 1851)

Sedgefield, -- [William Russell Sedgfield]

Solomon, --

Steward, -- (9 stereos)

Talbot, Fox (engravings)

Thompson, C. T. [Charles Thurston](copies of

drawings) Vignier, -- (Viscount)(views in Pyrenees)

Williams, T. R. [Thomas Richard](series of photo

experiments)

Wilson, Thomas (Sir)(calotype & talbotypes copies

of pictures)

p. 19: Duboscq introduces Cosmoramic stereoscope

p. 19: The Liverpool Architectural and Archæological Society meeting

p. 28: --Exhibition of photography in London at Society of British

Artists

--Photographic Gallery for sale in Manchester]

March 11, 1854, #3:

p. 30: Glossary of Technical Terms Used in Photography (arranged in

chronological order)

p. 30-32: Liverpool Photographic Society. Annual meeting March 7

--Listed as attending:

C. Bell, in the Chair

Berry, G. R.

Cook, Alexander

Corey, --

Edwards, -- (Dr.)

Forrest, J. A.

Howard, Frank

Picton, J.A.

-- New officers, members, associates

Bell, Christopher (Treas.)

Berry, G. R. (Secy)

Carr, J. (Council)

Chadburn, C. H. (Council)

Corey, Chas. (Corres. Secy)

Edwards, J.B. (Dr.)(Member)

Forrest, J. A. (Secy)

Howard, Frank (Associate)

Lassell, William (V. Pres.)

Mackinlay, T. (Hon. Corres. Member)

McBride, J.A.P. (Associate)

McInnes, J. (Council)

Morecroft, J. (Council)

Newlands, James (V.Pres.)

Preston, R. B. (V. Pres.)

Sefton, Right Hon., Earl (Pres.)

Stevens, J. (Council)

--Election of new members:

Sefton, Earl (Hon. Member)

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Membership is now 155 with candidates waiting

for election

~Review of past year

~List of income and expenditures

117 members paid £61 8s ?p

-- List of photographic donations to the society:

~Berry, -- (photo lithography &

photochalybeography)

~Carr, -- (St. Peter’s Rome, Palace of the Vatican,

Castle of St. Angelo, Exterior of Colosseum,

Interior of Collosseum, West View of

Roman Forum, Arch of Constantine (3

views), Temple of Mars Ultor Tivoli,

Citadel of Volterra Tuscany)

~Hele,-- (View of Viaduct on South Devon

Railway, View of Cottage at Buckland,

Devon)

~Horne, F. (2 portraits)

~Sanford, -- of London (St. Paul’s Cathedral, Tower

of London, St. Peter’s Church in the Tower,

Westminster Abbey, Lambeth Palace,

Charter House (2 views), Hungerford Bridge, Richmond Bridge, Canterbury

Cathedral, Willesden Church, Walmer

Castle, Penshurst, Penshurst Railway

Station, Sydney Oak Penshurst, King’s

College Cambridge, landscape

T*online p. 32-39: Liverpool Photographic Society. Meeting Feb. 7

--Listed at attending:

Frank Howard, in the Chair

Corey, --

Edwards, -- (Dr.)

Foard, J. F.

Forrest, James Alexander

Hartnup, --

Mackinlay, --

Porter, --

--Election of new members:

17 anon. gentleman proposed

40 anon. newly elected

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Dr. Edwards read “The Chemistry of Silver”

~McInnes exhibited camera

~Exhibit of photos by Fenton, Pedder and Carr

~Discussion include reference to:

--Prof. Bond of Cambridge, US

photographing the moon. Spoiled 100 or

200 dag. plates before obtaining a good

result. Only few worth preserving

--Sedgfield photo of church at Salisbury where tomb inscriptions could be read

T p. 42: Application of Photography By Her Majesty [Photos taken of

Esquimaux family who visited Windsor; photographer not

listed (T.R. Williams?) ]

April 8, 1854, #4:

p. 45: Editorial leader: [extracts]

-- Roger Fenton photographs clouds and moving water

--Exhibitions in Dundee, London & Edinburgh

T*online p. 47-52 Liverpool Photographic Society Meeting. April 4.

--Listed as attending:

Corey, in the Chair

Bell, --

Berry, --

Burgess, --

Edwards, -- (Dr.)

Howard, Frank

Keith, --

Morecroft, --

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Newlands absent; ditto Jones who was to read

“Light & Shade”

~Berry reads, “Chemistry of Iodine & Bromine

applicable to Photography”

~Capt. Scott’s photos during survey expedition to

Baltic

~Thurston Thompson training photographers for

army operations

~Morecroft exhibits a Wheatstone stereo camera

T p. 52: Stereoscopic views of the Moon

p. 52-53: London Photographic Society. Ordinary meeting March 2

--Listed as attending:

Newton, W. J. (Sir), in the Chair

Duppa, -- [Brian Edward]

Hadow, Edward Ash

Montefiore-Levi, G. [George]

Rippingham, -- [Matthew John]

Shadbolt, -- [George]

Sparling, -- [Marcus]

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Hadow reads, “Quality & Proportions of the

Material Required in the Collodion Process”

~Sparling explains new folding stereoscope for

large & small photos

~Rippingham exhibits stereoscope for every kind of

Sight

~Duppa’s photos on transparent papers, colored on

Back [early tissue view?]

p. 56: Washington Teasdale read paper on waxed paper process to Leeds

Philosophical Society, Dec. 1, 1853

p. 56: Advertisements:

--J. W. Pickering (late Mr. Sweetman), Daguerreotype or

Photographic Portrait Institution, 28 Bold Street,

Liverpool

--C.R. Pottinger, 41 Ludgate Hill, London

--Baume & Lancaster, photographers, colorists, Horse

Fair, Lancaster

--Archer [Frederick Scott] Archer, folding camera, 105

Great Russell St.

May 13, 1854, #5:

p. 58: Glossary of Technical Terms Used in Photography: Apparatus

T*online p. 59-63: Liverpool Photographic Society. Meeting May 2

--Listed as attending:

Corey, -- in the Chair

Atkinson, --

Berry, --

Burgess, --

Chadburn, --

Edwards, --

Forrest, --

Newton, --

M’Innes, --

Saddler, --

Thomson, -- (Dr.)

--Election of new members (unnamed)

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Arrangements being made for specially adapted

meeting rooms to include a glass house,

private entrance for members, dark rooms,

special facilities “elegancies” for women to

induce them to come, and exhibition space.

Newlands, Forrest & Bell are on committee

~Cartwright sent stereos of moon; Hartnup &

Edwards also took stereos of the moon

which were exhibited

~Burgess read, “Mode of Preparing Collodion

Cotton”

~Hartnup takes telescopic photo of Bidston three

miles distant

p. 64-65: London Photographic Society Meeting. April 6

--Listed as attending:

P. [Peter] Fry, in the Chair

Bland, --

Hadow, Edward Ash

Hennah, --

Spenser, --

Shadbolt, --

--Society elections:

~Hunt, R confirmed as V.Pres. in lieu of Earl

Somers who resigned

~Messrs. Pollock & Pym, members of council in

lieu of Hunt who is now V.Pres.

~Berger, -- resigned

--Election of new members:

~21 unnamed people

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Maxwell Lyte photos at Pau

~Fenton instantaneous photos of fleet at Spithead

~Elliott photos under direction Capt. Scott, in the

Sound from deck of the “Hecla”

~Hadow reads, “The Quality & Proportions of the

Materials Required in the Collodion

Process: 2, Iodised Collodion & Nitrate

Bath”

~Lr. From D. Llewellyn read on calotype process

~Spenser described & exhibited stereo camera

June 10, 1854, #6:

p. 69-70: Editorial leader: [extract]

--Injunction against [James] Henderson by Fox Talbot

[Peter W. Fry acted as Henderson’s solicitor. Case

postponed for Talbot v. Laroche case, ultimately

Fry got £330 in damages for his client.

Bib=Hannavy p. 563]

p. 71-74: Liverpool Photographic Society. June 6

--Listed as attending:

James Newland, V.Pres., in the Chair

Corey, --

Forrest, -- [James Alexander]

Inman, --

Mackinlay, -- [Thomas George (Rev.)]

Morecroft, -- [John]

Saddler, --

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~New society rooms ready soon

~Beard & Foard portraits of Rev. Samuel Minton,

Rev. W. Pollock, Rev. C.M. Birrell,

M.J. Whitty

~Forrest exhibits camera

~Two portraits by Mr. Keith

~Photographs of the moon by Forrest, Hartnup &

Towson

~Sadler calotype slide on ruby glass, & wet paper

landscape photos

~Inman exhibits microscopic views

~Newland read paper by Davies on modified

calotype process.

T*online p. 75-78: London Photographic Society. Ordinary meeting May 4

--Listed as attending:

W.J. Newton, V.Pres., in the Chair

Allan, --

Judge, --

Hardwick, --

Robertson, --

Spencer, --

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Robertson exhibits photos of Grecian antiquities

~Judge exhibits portable camera

~Spencer reads, “On the Preparation of

Albumenized Paper for Positives”

p. 78: Vice Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood’s Judgment in Talbot v.

Henderson [granted the injunction with condition plaintiff

makes compensation to defendant if his action fails]

p. 78-79: Misc. items

--M’Innes making small, clear negs. in the field then

Enlarges

--Anon. photog taking photos of geological structures near

Liverpool to be used as evidence in court case in

London

--Dr. Mansell suggests photographers record successful

experiments as a table

--Stephane Geoffray on waxed negs.

July 8, 1854, #7:

p. 81-82: Editorial leader. [extract]

--Continued comments on Talbot v. Henderson

p. 82: Glossary of Technical Terms used in Photography: Apparatus

T*online p. 83-89: Liverpool Photographic Society Meeting. July 2

--Listed as attending:

Corey, -- in the Chair

Bell, --

Berry, --

Burgess, --

Forrest, --

M’Innes, --

Saddler, --

Wood, --

--Election of new members:

~Unnamed

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~David Johnson photo of birth place of Sir Robert

Peel, Blackburn

~Poss. project image of the moon at British Assoc.

Meeting

~Forrest received ltrs. from various manufacturers

suggesting photos be taken of their various

products to show to potential customers.

~M’Innes exhibits outdoor transparencies

T*online p. 89-91: London Photographic Society. June 1

--Listed as attending:

W.J. Newton, V. Pres., in the Chair

Beard, --

Ford [sic = Foard], --

Hardwick, F.

Horne, Thornthwaite & Wood [all of them?]

Paine, W.

Pumphrey, --

Townshend, F.

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.: [extracts]

~Photos by Pumphrey of the ceroleine process

~Beard & Ford [sic = Foard] exhibited two photos

colored by Mr. C. S. Herve

~Society of Arts had exhibited 60 views by

Delamotte of Crystal Palace progress & 20

views of Gloucesershire by Cundall

~W. Paine exhibited portraits taken by a moving

Camera

~Horne, Thornthwaite, & Wood exhibited portraits

~Newton read, “On Removing the Collodion

Negative from the Glass to Paper”

~F. Hardwick read second part of “On Collodion

Positives”

~F. Townshend read, “On the Waxed Paper

Process”

~Discussion of Talbot’s patents and legal case.

Group did not like his bringing collodion

into the case since not invented when he

made his patent. Council of the Society

opposed renewal of his patent

T*online p. 92: Portable Landscape Camera by Mr. Wood

p. 94: Photographic Printing Establishment and photographic society

started in Pau in the Pyrenees, by John Stewart and

Maxwell Lyte

Aug. 12, 1854, #8:

p. 98: Misc. items:

--Mr. Church invents pneumatic plate holder

--Dr. Diamond used amber varnish from old pipes

--Springham of Romford writes about chemistry of

photography

p. 99-104: Liverpool Photographic Society Meeting. Aug. 1

--Listed as attending:

Correy, -- in the Chair

Atkins, --

Bell, --

Berry, --

Chadburn, --

Forrest, J. A.

Keith, --

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Whipple and Black, of Boston, USA photos

including one of man lost to the rapids at

Niagara Falls

~Keith send three photos to Prince Albert who

keeps one

~Chadburn reads, “Action of Light, so far as it

affects Lenses; and the Focus of lenses”.

Also exhibits camera adapted for

Stereophotograph

T*online p. 105-107: London Photographic Society. Extraordinary Meeting, July 6

--Listed as attending:

W.J. Newton, V.Pres., in the Chair

Buss, -- [Robert William]

Crookes, -- [William]

Fenton, -- [Roger]

Fry, -- [Peter Wickens]

Marshall, -- [Frederick Anthony Stansfield]

Maskelyne, -- [Neville Storey]

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

Shadbolt, -- [George]

Sparling, -- [Marcus]

Spiller, --

Vignoles, -- [Charles B.]

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Spiller & Crookes read, “On the Methods of

Preserving the Sensitiveness of Collodion

Plates”

~Discussion of Fox Talbot’s legal case against

Martin Laroche and Talbot’s wish to renew

his patent to include collodion; what

position or action should the society take?

Decision to write to Privy Council and

deprecate renewal/extension of Talbot’s

patent.

p. 111: Paris Exhibition – info. on exhibition to open May 1, 1855

Sept. 9, 1854, #9:

p. 114: Misc. Item:

--Bolton [William] of Holborn Bars, London, claims

pneumatic plate holder attributed by the journal to

Mr. Pechler

T*online p. 115-121: Liverpool Photographic Society. Meeting Sept. 5

--Listed as attending:

Newlands, Pres., in the Chair

Atkin, --

Bell, --

Cauty, --

Corey, --

Forrest, --

Frith, --

Hartnup, --

Howard, Frank

Lee, --

Porter, --

Robinson, --

Sheridan, --

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Various photos by Corey, Lee, Porter and

Sheridan (of Dublin)

~ Robinson (Dublin) notes he exhibited small

photos here 15-16 years ago. Exhibits

stereos and large scale positives including

“Donnybrook Fair”, new buildings at Trinity

College, and magnified tongue of a fly

~Notice Edward Pedder, Old Observatory, St.

James’s Monument will print negs.

~Corey & Forrest on committee re upcoming

Exhibit

T*online p.121-122: London Photographic Society. Meeting of Council for

representation of English Photographic Art at the Paris

Exhibition of 1855

--Members of special committee:

Fenton, R. [Roger] (Hon.Sec.)

Foster, P. [Peter] Le Neve

Newton, W.J. (V.P.)

Rosling, -- (Treas.)

Oct. 14, 1854, #10:

p. 125-126: Editorial leader: [extracts]

-- Liverpool Photographic Society Exhibition in new rooms

~Photo of the moon nearly 50 feet in diameter

-- Enlarged photos of the moon

-- Upcoming Paris Exhibition 1855

-- Duppa takes out patent for making paper transparent and

coloring from behind. Opinion is inappropriate

monopolization of process like Talbot and not

different from other similar methods.

p. 126: Glossary of Technical Terms Used in Photography: Apparatus

p. 127-128: Liverpool Photographic Society. Extra meeting Oct. 12

--Listed as attending:

Sheridan, J. P., in the Chair

Howard, Frank

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Special meeting so that members could see the

enlarged photos of the moon

~Howard reads Corey’s paper on history of

photography of the moon. Mentions work

or help by Prof. Phillips, Dr. Robinson, Lord

Rosse, Mr. Forrest, Mr. Berry, Mr. Hartnup,

Dr. Edwards, Mr. M’Innes, Mr. Towson,

Mr. Abraham, Mr. Woods for photographs

and display.

~Stereos of the moon, two large photos of

Sydenham Crystal Palace and large folding

camera by Woods were exhibited

T*online p. 129 – 135: Liverpool Photographic Society. Monthly meeting, Oct. 10

--Listed as attending:

Forrest, --, in the Chair

Berry, -- [George R.]

Cauty, -- [Henry John]

Corey, --

Howard, Frank

Lethehead, --

Sheridan, -- [James Peter]

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Members not paying dues

~Forrest reads technical letter from Hele

~Berry reads paper “Townshend’s Process”

p. 137-138: Photography at the British Association

--Prof. Phillips reads paper, “Notes on the Mountain

Gassendi, and Further Trials of Photographs of the

Moon”

--G. R. Berry reads, “On collodion Negatives”

--Dr. Edwards reads, “On Collodion Photographs of the

Moon’s surface”

--Dr. Lee reads, “Notice of some Photographic Pictures of

the Moon, taken by the Craig Telescope”, AND

“On some Photographic drawings of Snow Crystals,

as seen in January, 1854, drawn by Mr. Glaiser”,

AND “On Photographic drawings of

Meteorological Instruments”
--G. Knight reads, “On a Stereoscopic Cosmorama Lens”

--Samuel Highley reads, “Hints on the Management of

some difficult subjects in the application of

Photography to Science”, AND “On the means of

applying Photography to War purposes in the Army

and Navy”

--M. L’Abbe Moigno reads, “On Photographs upon

Albumen, by M. Ferrier”

p. 138: Notice: The operating rooms of the Liverpool Photographic

Society ready for use

p. 139: Liverpool Photographic Society. Photographic Exhibition at the

Royal Institution. Photographers/photos referenced:

Archer, -- [Frederick Scott](emphasizes first use of

collodion)

Atkinson, -- “Lake Scene” a.k.a. “La Margeride”)

Berry, --

Buckle, --

Carr, -- (views of Rome and other parts of italy)

Cartwright, -- (of Preston)(“The Fire Engine Station,

Preston”)

Cauty, --

Corey, --

Cox, W.J. (of Davenport)

Creeke, [Christopher] Crabb

Delamotte, -- (Interior of Crystal palace at Sydenham)

Foard, --

Forrest, --

Johnson, -- (of Blackburn)

Keith, --

Knott, --

Lee, -- (Shaw St.) (Portrait of Mr. Bishop of the Collegiate

Inst.)

Mayall, --

Millichap, -- (daguerreotypes)

Morecroft, -- (“Quarry Bank,” “Country Inn,” “View on the

Avon” & stereo views)

Negretti, (“Views of the Crystal Palace”)

Pedder, --

Robinson, -- (“A Lake,” “Chester Cemetery”)

Rosling, --

Sanford, --

Sheridan, -- (Skipton Station, Ilkley Castle, Bolton

Abbey)

Teynard, --

Tunny, -- (Edinburgh, from Calton Hill)

Williams, T. R. (stereos)

p. 139: Corresondence [Letter to the editor from “A. Tyro” on

photographs of the moon, lunar movement; and ed.reply]

Nov. 11, 1854, #11:

p. 141: Editorial Leader: [extract]

--Liverpool Photographic Society attempts to keep

permanent exhibition of photographs at their rooms

in the Royal Institution

p. 142: Glossary of Technical Terms Used in Photography. Apparatus

p. 143-145: Liverpool Photographic Society. Meeting Nov. 7

--Listed as attending:

Corey, --, in the Chair

Berry, --

Cauty, -- (Dr.)

Edwards, -- (Dr.)

Howard, Frank

Lee, --

Sheridan,--

Stewart, --

Thomson, -- (Dr.)

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Resolved to establish permanent photographic

Exhibition

~Photos by Bedford, Roger Fenton, Sedgfield,

How, Keith and others handed around

p. 146: Photography [includes reference to lunar photography][reprinted

from Cosmos, Oct. 21, 1854. Same photographers working

on telescopic and microscopic photos referenced again]

Dec. 9, 1854, #12:

p. 154: Glossary of Technical Terms Used in Photography: apparatus

T*online p. 155-160: Liverpool Photographic Society. Meeting Dec. 5

--Listed as attending:

Newlands, -- , Pres., in the Chair

Atkinson, --

Banner, T. R. (Rev.)

Berry, --

Burgess, --

Corey, --

Foard, --

Forrest, J.A.

Howard, Frank

McInnes, --

Newlands, --

Sheridan, --

--Election of new members:

Anderton, W. (25 Falkner Square)

Weightman, J. H. (Eaton Place, Breck Rd.)

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Discussion of permanent gallery and who can

Attend

~McInnes reads, “Collodion Transparencies”

~Photos, mainly portraits by Keith and Foard

Exhibited

p.160-161: London Photographic Society. Ordinary meeting Nov. 2

--Listed as attending:

P. [Peter] Le Neve Foster, in the Chair

Constable, Messrs. & Co.

Fenton, -- [Roger]

Hardwich, --

Mayall, --

Mayer, --

Newton, --

Pollock, --

Ralph, --

Rypinski, -- [Alexander] (Lt.)

--Exhibits, discussions, notices, etc.:

~Society to open exhibit this season

~Hardwich reads, “Positive Printing”

~Fenton exhibits views in Yorkshire

~Lt. Rypinski exhibits colored photos

~Messrs. Constable & Co. exhibit volume of

Photographic Illustrations of Scripture.

1854 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.

Feb. 3, 1854, #21518:

T*online p. 324: Patent Law Notices:

--#125 Jean Pierre Bourquin, Newman St., Middlesex,

dealer in photographic apparatus; improvements in

or applicable to troughs or vessels for holding liquid

substances required in the art of photography.

Petition recorded Jan. 18

Feb. 28, 1854, #21527:

T*online p. 706: Insolvent Debtors:

--Thomas Packer, 21 Blackman St., Southwark, Surrey,

lithographic and photographic artist. In Surrey jail.

March 10, 1854, #21530:

T*online p. 800: Patent Law Notices:

--#407 John Urie, Glasgow, photographic artist;

improvements in photographic pictures. Petition

recorded Feb. 20

March 14, 1854, #21531:

T*online p. 842: Patent Law Notices:

--#407 John Urie, as above.

March 17, 1854, #21532:

T*online p. 900: Insolvent Debtors:

--Thomas Packer, as above. Court date April 3.

T*online p. 901: Insolvent Debtors:

--James Ogden, 267 Stamford St., Ashton Under Lyne,

Lancashire, chemist, druggist with John Dobson, as

“Ogden & Dobson”, Bentinck St., photographic

artist.

March 21, 1854, #21533:

T*online p. 932: Insolvent Debtors:

--James Ogden, as above; in Lancaster jail.

April 21, 1854, #21545:

T*online p. 1269: Patent Law Notices:

--#809 Louis Francois Saugrin, Paris, France and 4 South

St., Finsbury, London, photographist, for

improvements in construction of stereoscopes,

petition registered April 7, 1854

April 25, 1854, #21547:

T*online p. 1307: Notices:

--Oliver Sarony of Stamford and Joseph Baum of

Doncaster, photographic artists under title, name “Sarony

And & Baum” dissolved partnership March 24.

May 19, 1854, #21554:

T*online p. 1543: Patent Law Notices:

--#1086 Frederick East, Warminster, Wiltshire, Asst.

Master in Warminster Grammar School; invention

for taking photographic views and portraits in open

air by means of vertible machinery attached to a

cubical box by which the changes are seen and the

light and time of exposure regulated. Petition

deposited May 15 along with sample.

May 23, 1854, #21555:

T*online p. 1576: Patent Law Notices:

--#1086 Frederick East, as above.

June 2, 1854, #21558:

T*online p. 1680-1681: Patent Law Notices:

--#1080 Louis François Saugrin, as above; improvements in

apparatus for the production of stereoscopic and

photographic pictures.

June 9, 1854, #21560:

T*online p. 1793: Patent Law Notices:

--#1139 Joseph Blakey Spencer, Shooter’s Hill Rd.,

Kidbrook, Kent AND Arthur James Melhuish, 6

Bowater Pl., Shooter’s Hill Rd., Greenwich;

improvements in photographic apparatus.” Petition

recorded May 22.

June 23, 1854, #21565:

T*online p. 1963-4: Notices:

--Henry Taylor Hamilton v. Charles Hamilton, creditors of

Matilda Hamilton, Percy St., Bedford Square, and

147 Strand, both Middlesex, and Penton Place,

Walworth, Surrey, spinster daguerreotypist. She

died intestate in Jan. 1854. Creditors to prove their

debts. Dated June 22, 1854

July 7, 1854, #21569:

T*online p. 21569: Insolvent Debtors:

--Alexander Rollason, Beauvoir Town, hackney,

Middlesex, merchant’s clerk, and in Stoke, traveler

for Messrs. Boyle & Co., and lodging with Mr.

Jackson, Broad St., Birmingham, assistant to a

photographic artist; and with Mrs. Whitehouse,

Harborne, Warwick, assistant to a photographic

artist; and with Mr. Allen’s in Tetenhall, Stafford,

photographic artist and having photographic rooms

at Lich Gates, Wolverhampton, Stafford, and at

Mrs. Thornhill’s St. John’s Sq., Wolverhampton,

photographic artist and with photographic rooms at

Lich Gates and taking professional excursions to

Dudley, Walsall, Rugeley, Westbromwich all in

Stafford, and Ludlow in Salop for taking

photographic portraits, and Sept. 25, 1852 in

Stafford Rd., Wolverhampton, photographic artist

taking excursions to Ludlow and also photographic

establishment at 77 Bull St., Birmingham, and

(MANY other locations!), court date July 22.

July 25, 1854, #21575:

T*online p. 2315: Insolvent Debtors:

--Alexander Rollason, as above; final order Aug. 9

Aug. 1, 1854, #21577:

T*online p. 2370: Notices:

--Fallon Horne, William Henry Thornthwaite and Edward

George Wood, trading as Horne, Thornthwaite and

Wood, opticians, manufacturers of checmial,

mathematical, philosophical and photographic

apparatus, etc. 121 & 123 Newgate St., London

have dissolved partnership with Edward George

Wood, July 15, 1854.

Aug. 11, 1854, #21581:

T*online p. 2483: Patent Law Notices:

--#1638 James A. Cutting, Boston, US, photographer,

invention of improved process for taking

photographic pictures upon glass, and also

beautifying and preserving same. Petition

registered July 26, 1854

T*online p. 2484: Patent Law Notices:

--#1696 Thomas Edward Merritt, Maidstone, Kent,

drawing master; improvements in apparatus for

taking photographic pictures in the open air.

Petition recorded Aug. 1

T*online p. 2503: Insolvent Debtors:

--Robert Charles Hogg, 432 West Strand, Middlesex,

photographic artist and teacher of photography and

exhibitor at Crystal Palace, Sydenham; and 420

Strand, residing at 24 York Rd., Lambeth, Surrey

and 145 Fleet St., London, photographic artist and

teacher of photography. Court date Nov. 16.

Aug. 22, 1854, #21585:

T*online p. 2608: Patent Law Notices:

--#1638 James A. Cutting, as above

Aug. 25, 1854, #21587:

T*online p. 2658: Insolvent Debtors:

--John Walker, Warren Garden, Exeter and Athelston

Court, Gandy St., Exeter, and South St., Athelston

Court, Upper Paul St., and Whipton, Devon, and

Moxey’s Court, Upper Paul St., engraver, printer

and lithographer, and since Christmas 1852 at 14

Gandy St., photographic artist, engraver, printer and

lithographer and insolvent debtor. Interim order of

protection; court date Sept. 12

Sept. 1, 1854, #21589:

T*online p. 2715: Patent Law Notices:

--#1752 Edward Monson, Birmingham, Warwick,

daguerreotype artist; new or improved machinery

for manufacturing, cleaning and polishing

daguerreotype plates.

Sept. 19, 1854, #21595:

T*online p. 2872: Patent Law Notices:

--#1080 Louis Francois Saugrin, as above.

Sept. 22, 1854, #21596:

T*online p. 2900: Notices:

--Paris Universal Exposition, 1855; Committee appointed

for photography by the Council of the Photographic

Society: Sir W. J. Newton, A. Rosling, P. le Neve

Foster and Roger Fenton.

Sept. 26, 1854, #36424 [Edinburgh Gazette]:

T*online p. 822: Notices: Paris Universal Exposition, 1855 as above

Sept. 26, #21597:

T*online p. 2937: Patent Law Notices:

--#1696 Thomas Edward Merritt, as above.

T*online p. 2953: Insolvent Debtors:

--John Walker, as above, final order Oct. 10.

Sept. 29, 1854, #21598:

T*online p. 2975: Notices:

--Partnership of Joshua Stanesby, Samuel Stanesby and

Alexander Stanesby, photographists and

lithographic artists, 13 Tachbrook St., Belgrave Rd.,

Pimlico [London] have dissolved partnership as of

Sept. 29

Oct. 24, 1854, #21614:

T*online p. 3239: Insolvent Debtors:

--Henry Porter, Ealing Green, photographic artist and boot

and shoe maker; and Uxbridge, Ealing, boot and

shoe maker. Interim order of protection; court date

Nov. 24.

Nov. 24, 1854, #21632:

T*online p. 3785: Patent Law Notices:

--Paul Pretsch, Sydenham, Surrey, photographer,

improvements in producing copper and plates for

printing. Petition registered Nov. 9, 1854

Nov. 28, 1854, #6444 [Edinburgh Gazette]:

T*online p. 1105: Notices:

--John Adamson and John Bateman, 3 Windsor Place,

Glasgow, photographic artist under title “Adamson

& Bateman” dissolved partnership Nov. 17.

Dec. 1, 1854, #21635:

T*online p. 3931: Notices:

--Francis Augusts Mouque and Louis Ferdinand Colas,

fancy box manufacturers and daguerreotype artists,

105 Cheapside, dissolved partnership.

Dec. 5, 1854, #21637:

T*online p. 3978: Insolvent Debtors:

--Thomas Cooper Bridgman, 967 Northgate St., Bury St.

Edmund’s, Suffolk, photographic artist; and 25

Northgate St., farming bailiff; and Crown St.,

farming bailiff and insolvent debtor. Interim order

protection; court date Dec. 29

Dec. 12, 1854, #21640:

T*online p. 4061: Patent Law Notices:

--#1752 Edward Monson, as above.

Dec. 15, 1854, #21641:

T*online p. 4123: Insolvent Debtors:

--John Thompson, 2 Waterworks St., Kingston Upon Hull,

boot and shoe maker, bookseller, stationer, printer,

bookbinder, news agent, librarian, tobacconist and

photographic artist, and dealer in photographic

chemicals and apparatus; and Howden in York,

trading under name “George Campbell”,

photographic artist; and Selby, York under name

George Campbell, photographic artist; and

Pontefract, York, again as George Campbell,

photographic artist; and Nelson, Barnsley, York,

again George Campbell, photographic artist and

insolvent debtor; interim order of protection; court

date Jan. 5, 1855.

Dec. 29, 1854, #6453 [Edinburgh Gazette]:

T*online p. 1230: Notices:

--Hermann Ludewig Bibo and Albert Kovy, Glasgow,

photographic artists under title, “Bibo & Company”,

dissolved partnership Oc. 30. Bibo will continue

the business.

Dec. 29, 1854, #21645:

T*online p. 4279: Patent Law Notices:

--#2620 Peter Armand le Comte de Fontaine Moreau, 4 South St., Finsbury, London, and 39 Rue de l’Echiquier, Paris

1854 TIMES:

ver. 11/24/2020

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 with differing information is not unusual. Word searches on variations of “daguerreotype,” “photograph”, “stereograph” have been used to locate entries in the Times. Frequently the word search missed entries, but as photographic ads tend to be gathered together hopefully not too many entries have been missed. It should not, however, be assumed that all entries have been located.

~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.

When I searched avail. city and business directories [CD or BD],

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. If they

are obviously a photographer or associated with the business they

have been entered in the names index; if only selling a camera etc.,

then not entered.

--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.

~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. “nag” = No address given”

--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. 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.

1854 TIMES:

*Data from online source only

* NAMES/TITLES from ADS:

* ANONYMOUS:

--3 Caroline Terrace, Brook Green, Hammersmith [person not located]

~Photographic camera for sale; (5/20)

--15 Balmer Rd., Southgate Road, Islington (8/4)

~Photographic apparatus for daguerreotype and collodion process, etc. for

sale £7.

--33 Princess Terrace, Caledonian Rd. (8/22)

~Daguerreotype establishment to be disposed of including apparatus, case,

specimens. Situation one of best in London.

--60 Aldersgate St. [Henry Duprey lives here]

~New folding camera for sale £3 (2/8)

--67 Oxford St. [name in add is M.H. Chadlin? But neither name nor address

located]

~Excellent premises to let for daguerreotypists and others (9/23)

* INITIALS ONLY:

--B., A: [No photographer/daguerreotypist with these initials found in

1854 CD/BD]

~Smith’s Library, brewer St., Golden Sq. (12/8)

~Wants second hand daguerreotype apparatus (1/22)

~Wants experienced lady artist for colouring daguerreotypes for one of the

leading photographic establishments in the west end. Apply to

“A.B., photographer, City News Rooms, Cheapside”(4/15)

~Painting, daguerreotypes and photographs copied in water colours on

ivory etc.(12/8)

--G., H.:

~Selling photographic apparatus etc. 13 guineas; 64 Dean Street [this is

the address of Mark Polack, a lace dealer]

--G, J.W.:

~20 Selwood Terrace, Queen’s Elm, Brompton (6/23)

~Selling daguerreotype apparatus £7(6/23)

--G., P.:

~Gentleman wants to meet with other photographers and share cost of

glass room, Portland Rd. area. Also looking for one to acquire.

--I., M.N.:

~c/o Arnott bookseller, Commerce Place, Briston Rd. (3/13)

~Camera wanted (3/13)

--L., D. C.:

~15 Parliament St. [several people live there, also several railroad

companies](11/15)

~Photographic lens wanted to produce perfect landscapes 14 x 12

[inches?]. (11/15)

--M:

~10 Edward Terr., Caledonian Rd.

~ Daguerreotype apparatus for sale (5/20)

--O., E.:

~University College, London

~Complete set of apparatus and small glass house to be disposed of in

consequence of death of the owner. £6 6s 10d

--P.L.:

~17 Tavistock St., Covent Garden (10/30)[address of George Bell, fruit

seller)

~Daguerreotypes colored by lady in superior manner (10/30)

* FULL NAMES/Company titles:

ADELPHI PORTRAIT ROOMS:

--420 Strand (12/7)[above William Preist’s shop; makes trunks]

--Photographic and daguerreotype rooms to let. Also complete apparatus,

cases, large first floor room. One guinea/week. Advertiser has

other occupation. (12/7)

AMERICAN DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT GALLERY:

[a.k.a. Daguerreotype Portrait Gallery; operator unid. but address for

Sheehan & Garbarnati, photographers in 1854 CD]

--385 Oxford St., opp. Berners St. (2/23)

--Dags 4s in frame; 5s in morocco case (2/23)

--Dags. 4s 6d (6/6)

BARRATT & STANLEY [John Barratt, John Stanley]:

--145 Regent St. (1/13)

--Coloured photo miniatures at half usual prices (1/13)

--Portraits 10s 6d (5/8)

BEARD, -- [Richard]:

--85 King William St.; 34 Parliament St.; Royal Polytechnic Inst., Regent

St.; 34 Church St., Liverpool (1/13)

--31 King William St., London Bridge; 34 Parliament St. and Royal

Polytechnic Institution, Regent St.; also 34 Church St.,

Liverpool (5/8)

--Photo miniatures (1/13)

--Coloured daguerreotyps (2/2)

--Has removed from 85 to 31 King William St., London Bridge; still other

addresses as well as 14 St. Ann’s Square, Manchester. (7/1)

--Portraits on paper, daguerreotype miniatures from half guinea to

three (5/8)

--Photos on paper from £1 1s (7/1)

--Stereoscopic portraits (10/26)

BLANQURT-EVRARD, -- [Louis-Désiré]

--Photos for sale by P. Camus (5/13)

BOLTON, William:

--146 Holborn Bars (5/20)

--Chymicals for photos and photographic apparatus (5/20)

BUTLER, J.:

--22 Wood St., Lambeth Walk (8/22)

-- Photographic apparatus, etc. for £4 10s

CAMUS, M. F.: [has to be same as P. Camus][see = Photographic Agency]

--10 Charles St., Middlesex Hospital (20)

CAMUS, M. P.[Maximillian Maurice Philippe]:

--10 Charles St., Middlesex Hospital (5/13)

--Selling Blanquart-Evrard photos (5/13)

--Stereo views of Paris and London (10/28)

[Daguerreotype Portrait Gallery = see American Daguerreotype Portrait Gallery]

--385 Oxford St. (6/6)

DELAMOTTE, P.H. [Philip Henry]:

-- Lithos of Crystal Palace after Delamotte photos (6/23)

ELLIOTT, -- [James]:

--48 Piccadilly, private entrance 9 Albany Court Yard) (5/18)

~This is his private residence (5/31)

--Stereoscopic and miniature dags. (5/18)

Fa’shaw [sic; Fanshaw?], W.:

--University College, London (7/13)

--Daguerreotype apparatus for sale

FLEMING’S PHOTOGRAPHIC WAREHOUSE: [Gilbert Stanton Fleming;

Thomas Reeves]

--498 Oxford St. (7/19)

--Double lens, camera (7/19)

GAUDIN, Alexis (London):

--67 Newgate St. (6/21)

-- Wholesale photographic depot (6/21)

--Selling Legray’s new edition, Belloc’s Manual and collodion (6/21)

GOGERTY, R.:

--72 Fleet St. (5/13)

--Selling apparatus and chymicals (5/13)

GRIFFIN, John J.: [John Joseph Griffin]

--10 Finsbury Sq., London (5/20)

-- Selling photographic apparatus and chymicals

HARDING, H. [Henry]:

--61 Sloan St., Belgrave Square (11/30)

--Officers etc. leaving for Crimea should have dag. portraits made (11/30)

--Has worked in Claudet, Beard and Kilburne’s studios (11/30)

HARVEY, -- :

--English man lived in US exhibiting dissolving views of scenery and life

in New World at the Polytechnic Inst. (12/19)

HENDERSON, -- [James]:

--Talbot v Henderson. Injunction restraining him from selling photos

made by Talbot’s collodion process (5/30)

[HERVE, Charles Stanley = see HEWE]

“HEWE, --”: [Typo for “HERVE” per 1854 London CD and PhotoL]

--213 Oxford St. [stationer’s shop] (6/29)

--Calotype portraits 1 guinea and up (6/29)

--Has exhibited at Royal Academy for 25 years (6/29)

JONES, J.:

--302 Strand (6/23)

--Selling galvanized and French plates for daguerreotype operators (6/23)

KNIGHT, George & Sons:

-- [2] Foster Lane, Cheapside (5/20)

--Sole agents for Voightlander & Sons’ photographic lenses (5/20)

LAROCHE, M. [Martin]: [a.k.a. Wm. Henry Silvester]

--65 Oxford St. near Princess’s Theatre (1/6)

--Photo miniatures taken by new process on paper; 1 guinea and up (1/6)

LONDON SCHOOL of PHOTOGRAPHY: [Samuel Prout Newcombe]

--78 Newgate St. (5/30)

--To open June 5 (5/30)

--Classes in taking portraits and landscapes in one hour; necessary

apparatus £5 (5/30)

LONDON STEREOSCOPE COMPANY:

--313 Oxford St., 20 doors west of Regent St. (12/18)

--Improved stereoscope 10s to 30s; stereo slides, some coloured) from 1s

6d to 12s 6d. (12/18)

--Parties waited on at their homes with selections (12/18)

MARION & CO. [a.k.a. Papeterie Marion; “PM”]:

--152 Regent St. (6/30)

--Photographic papers, stereoscopes, stereoscopic views (6/30)

MAYALL, -- [John Jabez Edwin]:

--224 Regent St., cor. Argyll Pl.; 433 West Strand (1/13)

--433 West Strand (5/18)

-- Dag. miniatures (5/18)

--Exhibits life size and 2”x3” photos at Polytechnic Institution [see July 17

news story]

MAYALL’S PORTRAIT GALLERIES: [John Jabez Edwin Mayall]

--224 Regent St. & 433 West Strand(1/13)

--Dag. miniatures (1/13)

--Stereoscopic miniatures (8/12 & poss. earlier)

MAYER BROS.: [Louis Frédérick Mayer; Frederick Léopold Ernest Mayer]

--138 Regent St. (5/20)

--133 Regent St. (10/26)

--Photos on paper; lessons (5/20)

McMILLAN, Daniel:

--132 Fleet St. (1/6)

--Wholesale photographic depot selling plates, equipment, chemicals

etc. (5/8)

MEURANT, “T” [sic, Joseph].:

--6 Cumberland Place, Newington Butts, near Elephant & Castle (7/28)

--Moved from 69 Regent St. as rents cheaper (7/28)

--Photographic portraits at half usual charges

MINA’s:

--338A Oxford St.*, 11 doors from Regent St. (2/23)

[*Address in CD does not id.]

--Portraits on glass from 3s (2/23)

NEWTON, W.E. & F.:

--3 Fleet St., Temple Bar (2/8)

--Newton’s patent camera for taking collodion pictures £10 10s,

instructions free (2/8)

[P.M. a.k.a. Papeterie Marion = see Marion & Co.]

PASTORELLI, F. & Co.: [Francis Pastorelli]

--208 Piccadilly (12/6)

--Selling magic lanterns with 12 slides 7s 6d and up; dissolving view

apparatus £7 7s and £8 8s; slides, stereoscopes and views (12/6)

PEPPER, J. H. [John Henry]:

--At Royal Polytechnic Inst. [Univ. Westminster] Photog. School (5/8)

PHILLIPS, H.:

--22 Belvedere Rd., Lambeth (12/6)

--Magic lanterns, dissolving views of comical subjects and views of places

troops stopped, portraits of commanders etc. £1 10s (12/6)

PHOTOGRAPHIC AGENCY: [M. F. Camus]

--10 Charles St., Middlesex Hospital (5/20)

--Photos of Rhine and the Pyrenees, monuments of Europe, celebrated

paintings taken from originals (5/20)

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY of LONDON:

--Exhibition of photos and daguerreotypes now open at Gallery of British Artists,

Suffolk St. Admission 1s (1/18)

--Journal issue #18 published by Taylor & Francis, Fleet St.; contents

listed. Price 3d, stamped 4d. (6/23)

POLLOCK’s, [Thomas]:

--129 Fenchurch St. (7/6)

--Camera for sale £3 3s

PORTLAND GALLERY:

--316 Regent St., opp. Polytechnic (11/4)

--St. Petersburg model now open (11/4)

REEVE, A. W. Photographic Rooms [Augustus William Reeve]

--1 ½ Claremont Pl., Pentonville (4/11)

--photographic equipment for sale (4/11)

[Reeves, Thomas = see Fleming’s Photographic Warehouse]

REYNOLDS, James:

--174, Strand; publisher (1/6)

--Scenery of the Rhine, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Sicily [may

not be photographs)(1/6)

ROUSSEAU, J. & Co.: [Jean Gustave Rousseau]

--5 Richmond’s Buildings, Dean St., Soho (5/20)

--Selling electro plates for dags., and buying old ones (5/20)

ROYAL PANOPTICON of SCIENCE & ART (Photographic Dept.):

--Leicester Square (9/2)

--Photographic Gallery open to public free to see photos and have portraits

taken regardless of weather; veiled figures in marble by Monti and

Gandolfi, picture gallery (5/1)

--Will reopen Oct. 2 under superintendence of Mr. [John Alexander]

Spencer assisted by other artists (9/2)

--Plain, coloured photos; stereoscopic portraits; instructions in

photography (9/2)

--Luminous fountain, moving panoramic and dioramic views of Verona,

chromatropes, marine architecture, meteors, metals, diving

apparatus and subaqueous light, the grand organ (10/1)

[Royal Polytechnic Institution = see Beard]

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION PHOTOGRAPHIC SCHOOL:

--no address (5/8)

--J. H. Pepper is chymist and gives classes (5/8)

--Beard referenced as associated with it (5/8)

--Duboscq’s illuminated cascade apparatus throwing three jets instead of

one. Also his submarine electric lamp. (10/1)

--Dissolving views of the sear of war in the Baltic and Black Sea; new

pictures of holy places, harbours of Sebastopol and

Cronstadt (10/1)

--Photographic school and portrait gallery open daily (10/4)

--Mr. Harvey (English, has lived in US) series of magic lantern slides of

scenery and life in the new World; Pepper still there (12/19?)

SCRIVEN, A. M. [Alfred Marcus]:

--125 Newgate St. (2/8)

--Daguerreotypes in frames for 4s 6d (2/8)

--Continues to take daguerreotypes at usual low prices (6/21)

[Sheehan & Garbanati, photographers= see American Portrait Gallery]

SHEW, James F. [James Fludger]:

--Rathbone Place (1/6)

--Sellling calotypes and “collodiotypes” (1/6)

SIMS, -- [Thomas]:

-- 44 Upper Albany St., Regent’s Park (2/8)

--Glass portraits. In morocco case 5s; small frame 3s (2/8)

--Coloured by M. Mausion (6/9)

[Spencer, John Alexander see = Royal Panopticon of Science & Art]

Swale, P.W. & Wilson’s Library:

--21 Great Russell St. (11/30)

--Selling complete photographic and daguerreotype apparatus, the

property of a private gentleman. (11/30)

TALBOT, William Henry Fox:

--Has applied for prolongation of term for his patent granted Feb. 8, 1841.

Those that oppose must do so before July 5. (5/31)

[THOMPSON, Frederick P.]:

--Daguerreotype asst. wanted to clean and polish plates (9/5)

--Apply 19 Robert Terrace, New Church, Chelsea [this is photograher

Frederick P. Thompson’s address](9/5)

WAITEHOUSE, T.:

--39 Milton St., Dorset Square (7/17)

--Daguerreotype apparatus for sale (7/17)

WIGLEY, (Miss)[Jane Nina]:

--108 Fleet St. (1/11)

--Coloured collodion photos (1/11)

--Daguerreotypes 3s 6d (5/13)

-- Inventor of enameled dags., also coloured collodion photos (5/13)

WILLIAMS, T. R. [Thomas Richard]:

-- 236 Regent St., opp. Hanover St., has moved to this address (5/8)

--Colored portraits and groups for stereoscope (5/8)

* NEWS STORIES:

--Jan. 9, 1854, p. 7 Photographic Society. New group holding exhibit. Technical

progress amazing. Process “…still mainly mechanical cannot, of course, interfere with those branches of art which set forth the invisible idea of the artist… Where accurate imitation alone is wanted the photographist may defy all competition.”

--May 27, 1854, p. 6 Court case before Vice Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood. William henry

Fox Talbot v Henderson. Summary of case

--July 7, 1854, p. 12: Crystal Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert went there July 6. “Among the objects which particularly attracted their notion here was the stall which has recently been fitted up by Mr. Delamotte for the exhibition of his splendid photographs and

stereoscopic views. The artist has devoted himself, since the commencement of the undertaking, to the illustration of its progress and noblest efforts by the proceeds of Fox, Talbot, and Daguerre. His collection is extremely interesting, some of the sun pictures helping the mind to a most perfect and refined appreciation of the subjects which they represent. This is particularly observable in the views of the Egyptian Courts, which, being necessarily reduced models themselves, receive through the stereoscope an expansive effect, rising almost to the grandeur of the originals.”

--July 17, 1854, p. 7: Improvements in Photography. At conversazione at Polytechnic

Institution exhibits included the largest [life size] and smallest [2”x3”] photos taken so far. Exhibited by Mayall.

--Aug. 9, 1854, p. 12 Reprint from Madison (Indiana) Courier):

“The Story of Miss Delia Webster. [Abolitionist]—Some ten years or more ago several indictments were found by the grand jury at Lexington, Kentucky, against Miss Webster,

for running away slaves, or aiding them to escape. She was tried on one, convicted, sentenced for 10 years [2 years], and became an inmate of the Kentucky State Prison. But she was pardoned by the then Governor Crittenden, mainly through the influence of the keeper, Craig. Shortly thereafter she went east. After remaining with her friends a short time, she went to New York city, and established herself as a daguerreotypist and manufacturer of window shades…” [goes in to business with Craig, she teaches his kids, relations terminated, she moved to farm she purchased in Kentucky. Arrested on suspicion [of what?] at instance of Craig, but discharged by judge. Prosecutors had old indictments revived; warrants issued, she escaped to Indiana. Story of this abolitionist continues at length. Craig is shot but not mortally.]

--Sept. 28, 1854 p. 7 Reprinting from New York Tribune, letter from Japan from U.S. steamer “Powhattan off Cape King, (Island of Niphon), May 14, 1854. [Perry Expedition; author

is not noted] “In one of the larger temples a place has been arranged for the daguerreotype and Mr. Brown [Eliphalet M. Brown Jr.] is actively at work. He has obtained many very fine daguerreotypes of the Japanese, and will have a fine collection to show when he reaches home. ..”

* TANGENTIAL INFORMATION from ads and stories:

* THEATER & ENTERTAINMENTS:

[Note: The standard price of admission or entertainments was 1s]

Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre:

--Equestrian fetes

Burford’s Panorama:

--Leicester Square [at Great Globe?] (10/1)

--Panorama of Berlin (10/1)

--Panorama of Constantinople. Also combined British fleets, Bernese

Alps (10/4)

Cabinet Theater:

-- Liverpool Street (5/1)

--Gentlemen required for Hamlet (5/1)

Crystal Palace:

--Queen Victoria will come to opening on Sat., June 10. (6/9)

-Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and two royal children visit July 6.

Visited many displays including ethnological collections and

Delamotte’s exhibit of photos, stereoviews (esp. of the Egyptian

Courts), and daguerreotypes (7/7)

--Season tickets being sold at various prices ranging from £2 2s to £4 4s

--One day tickets with transportation range from 1s 6d (3^rd glass on

“shilling days” to 7s for first class on five shilling days)(6/9)

--Transportation w/o entry range from third class one way 9d to first class

returns 2s. Due to high volume expected though no particular class

of carriage can be guaranteed. (6/9)

--Ticket cases and opera glasses being sold

Cyclorama:

--Albany Street (10/1)

--Moving diorama of city and bay of Naples, Mount Vesuvius and

Pompeii from sketches made by J. McNevin in 1852 (10/1)

Dr. Khan’s Museum:

--Top of Haymarket (10/1)

-- Lieut. Perry’s Defence (10/1)

Great Globe:

-- Leicester Square (10/4)

--Albert Smith’s “Ascent of Mont Blanc” concludes its long run. Going

away and will return in Nov. (9/18)

-- Seat of War,, Turkey in Europe, the Baltic and Crimea. Lectures.

Admission 1s (10/4)

-- [Burford’s Panorama of Constantinople here?]

King William Street Rooms:

--25 King William St., West Strand (10/1)

-- Biblical dioramas, wanderings of the Israelites, Nineveh the Buried

City, Palestine or the Holy Land (10/1)

Madam Tussaud’s:

--Bazaar, Baker Street 10/1)

--New additions G. V. Brooke in character of Virginius, Her Majesty

Isabella, Queen of Spin, Espartero, Duke of Vittoria, the Sultan of

Turkey, the Emperor of Russia (1/01)

Punch magazine:

--Summary of articles mentions Russia, Spain, etc. (6/23)

Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park

--Exhibition of American plants, rhododendrons (6/21)

St. George’s Gallery

--Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly (11/4)

--Turkish Museum exhibits wax figures depicting Turkish life (8/9)

Vauxhall Gardens

--Open for the season; nearest place to Crystal Palace for night amusement

and second only in brilliance. Long list of entertainments.

Admission half crown (6/19)

* GENERAL SUBJECTS ADVERTISED: [random selection]

Balls and dances

Chinese objects

Games, chess

Opera

Potichomanie (art of decorating glass)

Theater

~Robert the Devil, Beauty & the Beast (6/19)