1852 Bibliography of Photographic Journals

1852 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNALS

ver.: Nov. 24, 2020

NOTE: Journals are listed in alphabetical order:

ART JOURNAL

LONDON GAZETTE

The TIMES [London]

Transcription status abbreviations:

T = typed

T*online = typed directly from on-line resource (no copies in file) and photographer’s names

indexed.

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

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

1852 THE ART-JOURNAL, pub. Virtue & Co., London; n.s. vol. IV

[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]

Jan. 1, 1852, no #:

p. 34: Minor Topics of the Month: [extract]

--Stereoscopic Views of the Exhibition [general comments

& Claudet]

Feb. 1, 1852, no #:

p. 59-60: On the Applications of Science to the Fine and Useful Arts. The

Stereoscope, by Robert Hunt [with illus. of Wheatstone’s

& Brewster’s stereoscopes, and 3-D principle]

March 1, 1852, no #:

p. 99: Minor Topics of the Month: [extract]

--Photographic Portraiture [photo of Hungarian Kossuth by

Henneman & Co]

April 1, 1852, no #:

p. 103: The Photographical Society [formation of the Photographic Society of London taking place; benefits for artists]

Aug. 1, 1852, no #:

p. 262: Minor Topics of the Month: [extracts]

--Photography in France [Lerebours & Sacretan issue

calotypes of Nubia and Egypt as “Daguerreine

Excursions, (by Du Camp);” Fox Talbot patent]

Dec. 1, 1852, no #:

p. 374: Photographic Publications [notices two publications and

announcement in Cosmos re Niepce de St. Victor

working on colored photos. References:]

--“The Photographic Album” w/ photos by:

Buckle, [Samuel] of Peterborough (photo of

Tewksbury Abbey)

Delamotte, [Philip Henry]

Fenton, Roger

--Maxime Du Camp’s “Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie”

1852 LONDON:

No entries found for words, Talbotype, etc., daguerreotype, etc., stereoscope, etc.

Sept. 24, 1852, #21361:

T*online p. 2568: Insolvent Debtor:

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

Yorkshire, shoe maker, bookseller and photographic

portrait taker. Interim order of protection; court date

Oct. 13.

Oct. 22, 1852, #21371:

T*online p. 2776: Patent Law Notices:

--#179 Frederick Newton, Fleet St., London, optician;

improvements in apparatus to be employed for

producing photographic pictures. Petition recorded

Oct. 2.

Nov. 9, 1852, #21377:

T*online p. 2954: Patent Law Notices:

--#179 Frederick Newton, as above.

Nov. 12, 1852, #21379:

T*online p. 3008: Patent Law Notices:

--#575 Pierre Bernardet de Lucenay, Paris and 4 South St.

Finsbury, London; invention of production

of photographic images by means of

artificial light. Petition recorded Oct. 30.

1852 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.

Jan. 6, 1852 #21279:

T*online p. 57: Insolvent Debtors:

--William George Smith, 199 Western Rd., Brighton,

Sussex, carver, gilder and photographist, artist and

print seller. Has interim protection; court date

Jan. 16.

Feb. 3, 1852, #21287:

T*online p. 317: Insolvent Debtors:

--William George Smith, as above. Final order Feb. 13.

April 16, 1852, #21310:

T*online p. 1098: Bankruptcy court:

--Thomas Victor, Jr., #2 Emambang Lane, Calcutta, India,

section writer in the Home Dept and a

daguerreotypist, filed for relief Jan. 30, Gazette

notice Feb. 11, 1852 (not yet located)

1852 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.

--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. Subdivisions are:

--NEWS STORIES

--PHOTOGRAPHY RELATED

--THEATER & ENTERTAINMENTS

--GENERAL SUBJECTS ADVERTISED (random selecton)

1852 TIMES [London]:

*DATA TAKEN FROM ONLINE SOURCE FOR 1852

NAMES/TITLES from ADS:

* ANONYMOUS, c/o another person:

--1 Surrey Place, Camberwell New Road (5/7)[Address is T. Dudman,

shoemaker]

~Daguerreotype apparatus, second hand in box complete with

achromatic lenses to be sold at bargain price (5/7)

--4 Kennington Row (8/19) [this is the address of Alex. Denieures & Co.,

fancy goods importers]

~Photographic instruments, etc. £7, lessons given. French plates

and frames. (8/19)

--7 Holles Place, Prince of Wales Road, Camden Town [not loc.](11/2)

~Double anchromatic set of lenses, camera, etc. for sale. Owner

--18 King William St., Strand (5/6)[address is an alabaster importer]

~Daguerreotype artists – unfurnished apartments to be let. Suite of

six rooms on 2^nd and 3^rd floors. Rooms occupied for

several years by dag. establishment. Glass room over

upper floor. (5/6)

--20 St. Martin’s Le Grand (8/24)[this is the address of Wyatt Frederick &

Co., tailors and drapers]

~Daguerreotype camera for sale as owner leaving England (8/24)

--26 Park St., Camden Town [not loc]:

~Half plate French lense with camera and frames. No price

--47 Brunswick St., Blackwall, c/o Mr. Westlake’s (10/19)

~Daguerreotype lens for sale £10 (10/19)

* INITIALS, PSEUDONYMS ONLY:

--C.:

~30 Herbert St., Boxton (9/3)

~Photographic apparatus for sale )9/3)

--E.: [probably Ellis Robert, a surgeon, who lives at this address]

~63 Sloane St.(9/10)

~Two photographic lenses for sale. One b a. Chevalier, whole

plate, treble achromatic made for the Exhibition and

purchased out of his case there. Price £12 12s2d. The

second Voigtlander, price £17 10s. (9/10)

--F., J.:

~8 Sol’s Row, Hampstead Road [address is French Friend,

tobacconist] (4/1)

~Daguerreotype apparatus and other requisites for sale. Being sold

on account of ill health. Will teach purchaser (4/1)

--Pieme, Septimus:

~42 Chapel St. [address of bootmaker, confectioner,

and tailor](12/31)

~Wants to buy 3” daguerreotypes on glass by any process.

Designs to be from bronzes, statues or bas relief. (12/31)

--R., H.:

~3 Goodge St., c/o Mr. Waugh [a carpet manufacturer at that

address](9/10)

~Has realized large returns in portrait taking and willing to dispose

of his business or part of it. Moderate capital

required. (9/10)

--R., K.:

~17 Cork Street, Bond Street (6/21)[Col. Jas. Chas. Chatterton and

Sarah Watkins & Co, tailors, are at this address]

~Wants to purchase second hand camera (6/21)

--X, Z.Q.:

~c/o Mr. Warren’s new agent 17 Brompton Row, Brompton (8/11)

~Daguerreotype apparatus for sale £40. “Lucrative and genteel

profession” (8/11)

* FULL NAMES/Company titles:

[A.B. = see American Daguerreotype Portrait Gallery]

AMERICAN DAGUERREOTYPE INSTITUTION [Mayall]:

--433 West Strand (Lowther Arcade), and Argyll Place Regent St. (1/31)

--Exhibition of portraits of eminent men, Niagara. 1/31)

AMERICAN DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT GALLERY:

[this name also used by Mayall; same?]

--219 Tottenham Court Road [no logical people found at this

address] (9/13)

--“A.B.” posts ad for confidential clerk, salary £100 a year. “None need

apply that cannot find £300 to put into the concern, for which 100

shares in the Company will be given for the amount.”

[Ball, Ferdinand Mercer = see St. James Photographic Institution]

BARRATT & STANLEY [John Barratt, John Stanley]:

--44 Regent Circus, Piccadilly (5/21)

--Photographic and stereoscopic portraits (5/21)

--Estb. new studio, “Photographic Institution” at 145 Regent St. (9/3)

BEARD, [Richard]:

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

Regent St.; 34 Church St., Liverpool (3/10)

--Enamelled and miniature daguerreotypes (3/10)

--Stereoscopic daguerreotype portraits (5/27)

--Grand panorama of interior of Great Exhibition, 45 feet long, drawings

based on 150 photographs taken by Beard and Claudet. Largest

panorama ever published. Sold tinted 7s 6d or coloured 10s 6d.

sold by booksellers and news agents (7/19)

BEAUFORD, -- [Richard]:

--Hastings (10/19)

--Selling Beauford’s registered daguerreotype accelerator. All persons

using this invention w/o a license from the inventor are warned

they are liable to legal action. Charges for accelerators: whole

plate £2, ½ plate 30s. Year’s license £1 1s. (10/19)

CLARKINGTON, - [Charles]:

--183 Strand (4/1)

--Daguerreotype miniatures, reduced prices, coloured, Morocco case.

10s 6d (4/1)

CLAUDET, -- [Antoine François Jean]:

--107 Regent St., Quadrant, near Vigo St.(1/10)

--Stereoscopic daguerreotype portraits (1/10)

-- Grand panorama of interior of Great Exhibition, 45 feet long, drawings

based on 150 photographs taken by Beard and Claudet. Largest

panorama ever published. Sold tinted 7s 6d or coloured 10s 6d.

sold by booksellers and news agents (7/19)

--[see news story below]

CONSTANT, -- [Michael]:

--125 Newgate Street (12/25)

--Daguerreotype presents for Christmas and New Years (12/25)

DIAMOND, [Hugh Welch] (Dr.):

--Photography applied to archeology and how it may be practiced in the

open air, by Dr. Diamond (9/17)

--See “Notes and Queries” Sat., Sept. 18, 4d. Avail. From George Bell

186 Fleet St. and booksellers/newsmen. (9/17)

DUFFEY, J.W.:

--10 Cross St., Hatton Garden (4/15)[Address is John Field, bookbinder]

--Stereoscopic pseudoscopes.10s6d to £1 10s

[EVANS, Samuel David see = Voigtlander & Evans]

GOGERTY, R. [Robert]:

--72 Fleet St., cor. Crown Court (1/21)

--Wheatstone stereoscope for viewing daguerreotypes, magic lanterns,

slides, etc. (1/21)

HAMILTON’S PORTRAIT ROOMS: [Matilda Hamilton]

--147 Strand (9/10)

--Enamel coloured miniatures with case 8s. Stereo portraits. No portrait

pair for until seen and approved of (9/10)

[Hamley’s, W.[William]]:

--231 High Holborn, [toy depot, known as “Noah’s Ark”, now major

retailer] (3/25)

--Dissolving views to be disposed of includes chromatropes (3/25)

HENNEMAN, Messrs. & Co. [Nikolaas Henneman]:

--122 Regent St. (5/21)

--Photographers on paper to the Queen (5/21)

--Making Talbotype portraits in 1-2 seconds (5/21)

--Agents for Duchamp’s photographs of Egypt, Nubia, Palestine &

Syria (9/3)

HOLMES, Frederick:

--15 Alfred St., Bedford Square (2/7)

--Holmes’ Stereoscope with 12 diagrams as noted in Illus. London News,

Jan. 24. 5s (2/7)

LANE, William:

--3 Market St., Brighton (9/10)

--Anyone can take portraits on glass, landscapes, etc. Instruction (9/10)

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

--65 Oxford St., near Princess’s Theatre (5/26)

--Statuettes and coloured photographic miniatures taken by his new

method. (5/26)

--Stereographs from Paris, same as exhibited in Crystal Palace (5/26)

--Portrait and stereoscope for 25s (5/26)

MAYALL, [John Jabez Edwin]:

--American Daguerreotype Institution 433 West Strand (Lowther

Arcade) (1/31)

--Argyll Place, Regent St. (1/31)

--Collection of portraits of eminent men, panoramas of Niagara, stereo

views of the late Exhibition. Collodion & albumen specimens on

view (3/25)

--New Daguerreotype Portrait Gallery 224 Regent St., cor. Argyll Place, in

addition to his old American Gallery at 433 West St. (8/14)

NEWTON, W.E. & F. [William Edward & Frederick]:

--Magic lanterns and dissolving views (1/28)

PASHLY, A.W. [Alexander William]:

--Harleston [prob. Norfolk] (5/12)

--Pashley, photographer, wants young man who understands

daguerreotype and calotype process. Must be perfect in the art and

come with references. (5/12)

PICKERING, E.J. [Edward John]:

--Artist at Voigtlander & Evans, which see (2/27)

--Eight years with Claudet

[Royal Polytechnic Institution = see Beard]

ST. JAMES’S INSTITUTION [Ferdinand Mercer Ball]:

--62 Piccadilly, opp. St. James’s St. (12/25)

--Daguerreotype portraits (12/25)

SANFORD, John:

--13 Paternoster Row (4/1)

--Calotype and Talbotype paper, original manufacturer of photographic

paper. (4/1)

--Negative paper sensitive for 15-20 days to be used dry in camera.

Positive and all other papers for photography as well (8/18)

SHEEHAN & GARBANATI [William Sheehan, Henry Garbanati]:

--385 Oxford St., opp. Berners St. (10/27)

--American enameled daguerreotype portraits (10/27)

--Garbanati is from America (10.27)

--Likenesses taken after death on shortest notice (10/27)

--Portraits for stereoscope and jewelry (10/30)

SHEW, James F.:

--32 Rathbone Place (6/12)

--Daguerreotype and calotype French plates, also supplies and equipment.

--LeGray’s book on calotype, albumen and collodion processes just

pub. 4s (11/6)

SMITH, J., Jr.:

--Athenaeum, Manchester (10/28)

--Photographic apparatus for sale with supplies. (10/28)

VOIGTLANDER and EVANS:

--3 Lowndes Terrace, Knightsbridge (2/27)

--Stereoscopic daguerreotype portraits, plain, coloured and non-inverted at

half price (2/27)

--E.J. Pickering, artist, eight years operator for Mons. Claudet (2/27)

WIGLEY, [Jane Nina](Miss):

--108 Fleet St. (3/15)

--Portraits new collodion process. “Taken daily by Miss Wigley only, who

was the first to introduce this wonderful process to the public” (3/15)

TIMES 1852:

TANGENTIAL INFORMATION:

* NEWS STORIES:

--March 29. Stereoscopic Daguerreotypes. Emperor of Russia sent Claudet a

magnificent diamond ring in acknowledgement of pleasure he experienced

using Wheatstone’s stereoscope and series of dag. views of Great

Exhibition taken by Claudet. Claudet sent them to the Emperor for

inspection. Letter from Emperor also states the present acknowledges

Claudet’s “constant endeavours ever since 1839 to improve the interesting

art of photography.”

--May 7. Photographic and binocular portraits. Discusses stereo dags made

popular by Brewster. Harsh and disagreeable due to imperfect lenses,

instability of sitter and body restraints. Still even if all perfect the “portrait

is a monstrous representation of humanity, which no eye, and no pair of

eyes, ever saw or can see.” Due to size of lens. Perfect stereo portraits

therefore would require lenses the size of the pupil of the eye. [The author

is not identified.]

--May 11. Letter to the Editor from Claudet in response to May 7^th letter

“Photographic and binocular portraits”. Says it “is calculated to produce

unfounded prejudice in the minds of many persons and to injure

photography in general.” Goes on to defend his theories and work. Ends

with, “Men of science can render great aid to the photographer, but it is

not by disparaging his art with the public, and by giving vent in that way

to the ill humour which may have arisen in their discussions on monocular

and binocular vision.

--May 17. Letter to the Editor from Claudet in re letter to the Editor from

Brewster. Claudet takes umbrage and quotes some of Brewster’s insults

as well as past praise. E.g., “He [Brewster] speaks of ‘those grim

anamorphoses of humanity which proceed from no studio more copiously

than those of M. Claudet, and which, though a terror to the domestic

circle, have the merit of showing us how we shall look in a winding sheet

or under the more ghastly phase of a post mortem examination.”

--Aug.13. Letters to the Editor from Lord Rosse and Sir C.[Charles] L. Eastlake

to H.[Henry] F.[Fox] Talbot; and from Talbot to Lord Rosse, under

title, “Photographic Patent Right”. Rosse and Eastlake feel Talbot should

alter his patent rights so as not to hinder the progress of photography in

England. Talbot will relax his patent rights and make it a free present to

the country, except when the application of his invention is for taking

photographic portraits for sale to the public.

* PHOTOGRAPHY RELATED ANNOUNCEMENTS (publications, exhibits, etc.):

--“Practical Manual of Photography”, by a Practical Photographer.

Published by W.M. Clark, avail from booksellers (6/19; 7/14)

--“Manual of Photography”, by Robert Hunt; avail from John J. Griffin &

Co., London and R. Griffin & Co., Glasgow (12/20)

--Egyptian Hall – showing images of the Holy Land made from

daguerreotypes. No info. (1/17)

--Society of Arts, John St., Adelphi exhibit of recent specimens of photography.

Fourth annual exhibition. Admission 6d (12/24)

--Photographic landscapes on exhibit of Switzerland. Free at 10 Leicester Place,

Leicester Square, Prince of Wales Hotel (11/2)

* HEATER & ENTERTAINMENTS:

Anon. at 5 Leicester Square:

--Russian Fleas. 200 creatures firing cannon, stage coach, omnibus

conveyance; Kossuth on four Austrian Fleas; Louis

Napoleon on Russian Flea Hercules. 1s (1/10)

Asiatic Gallery, Baker St. Bazaar:

--Hindostan moving diorama; var. prices (1/10)

Bullock, Messrs, 211 High Holborn:

--Selling panorama of the Rhine (10/26)

Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly:

--The Crescent and the Cross – diorama of Holy Land and

Jerusalem. Various prices. (1/10)

--Holy Land illustrations from daguerreotypes (1/17)

--Electro-biology lecture by Dr. Darling and Rev. Theophilus

Fiske (1/10)

Gallery of Illustration, 14 Regent St.:

--Crystal Palace as a Garden; Overland mail to India and Taj

Mehal to close soon. Coming, Achievements of Duke of

Wellington (1/10)

Gothic Hall, 3 Lower Grosvenor St.:

--Cooper’s original diorama of Nineveh will close. Cooper was

artist that went with Dr. Layard; various prices (1/10)

Leicester Square [no specific name or #]:

--Colossal Globe, Mr. Wyld’s Great Model of the Earth (1/10)

--Burford’s panorama, just opened. Shows antiquities etc.

discovered by Layard. Various prices (1/10)

Linwood Gallery, Leicester Sq.:

--Panorama of the Arctic regions and search for Franklin. Also

“diapharama” of Lisbon and Great Earthquake, Miss

Osborn’s New Historical Entertainment. 1s (1/10)

Madam Tussaud and Sons, Bazaar, Baker St.:

--Kossuth added to exhibits; 5 varieties Bloomer Costume (1/10)

St. George’s Gallery, Hyde Park, cor.:

--Bartlett’s diorama of Jerusalem & Holy Land (1/10)

Western Literary Institution, Leicester Sq.:

--Diorama of the Gold Regions of Australia to open, accompanied

with lecture on emigration to the colonies. 1s (1/22)

Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park:

--Uran-utan presented by Gov. of Singapore; hippopotamus

presented by Viceroy of Egypt; elephant calf etc. 1s

* GENERAL SUBJECTS ADVERTISED: [random selection]

Archery

Australia

Dancing, quadrilles, etc.

Franklin Expedition search

Games, chess (Staunton chess set in carton pierre box at Jaques 25s)

Gold mining

Hot air balloons

Phrenology

Pianofortes

Publications:

--Lake Price lithos of bull fights of Spain

--James Reynolds, publisher, two hundred steel engravings

Shakespeare

Ventriloquism, magic, etc.

W.S. Woodin