1839 BIBLIOGRAPHY of PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNALS

 

Version:  Nov. 24, 2020

 

Journals listed in alphabetical order:

                        The TIMES [London]

 

1839  TIMES:

 

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.

 

1839    TIMES [London]:

 

            NAMES/TITLES from ADS:

 

*DATA TAKEN FROM ONLINE SOURCE FOR 1839

 

*                      COOPER, J. [John] T.:

                        --“Daguerreotype or Mode of Fixing the Images of Objects taken by the Camera Obscura upon Tablets—Notice is hereby given, that the exclusive right to use, exercise, and vend in this country the above invention or discovery is vested in and secured by her Majesty’s ROYAL LETTERS PATENT granted to Mr. MILES BERRY [a civil engineer], of the office for patents, 65 Chancery Lane, London, his representative or licensees; and that any person or persons who may make, use, exercise, or vend this invention, either in public or private, for his or their benefit or advantage will be guilty of an infringement upon this patent right, and legal proceedings will immediately be taken against any persons so acting.  We think it right to state that legal proceedings have already been taken against certain parties for publicly exhibiting this invention, there particularly at the failure of such exhibitions, and the imperfect specimens which they have produced in illustration of this most extraordinary process will deceive the public and injure the proprietors of the patent.  Arrangements are now making with the Directors of the Polytechnic Institution, in Regent street, where Mr. Cooper, the chymist, who is perfect master of the art, will do ample justice to the discovery.  Further information may be obtained at the office of the patentee.  Newton & Berry, Office for Patents, 65 Chancery Lane.” (9/28 p. 2)

 

*                      --Daguerreotype Illustrated, by Mr. J. T. Cooper, daily at 2 o’clock, at the

            Polytechnic Institution, 309 Regent Street, free from extra charge, in addition to the usual

            interesting and instructive subjects (10/16)