1855 Bibliography of Photographic Journals

1855 BIBLIOGRAPHY of PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNALS

Ver.: ~~Oct. 5, 2010~~ July 3, 2021

TO DO: For Athenaeum bib. refs – add names, etc.

Meetings and ads: These have not all been listed or completely checked — TO DO

Journals listed in alphabetical order:

Art Journal

Athenaeum

Journal of the Photographic Society [London]

Liverpool Journal of Photography

London [& Edinburgh] Gazette

Photographic and Fine Art Journal

Times [London]

Transcription status abbreviations:

T = typed

T* = typed directly from original

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; transcription to be made

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

1855 THE ART-JOURNAL, pub. Virtue & Co., London; n.s. vol. I

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

-- 1850 as vol. XII

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

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

(*the Journal explains that as earlier issues can not be obtained and

subscribers do not want incomplete series, they are renumbering as new

series)

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

March 1, 1855, no #:

p. 85: “Photographic Society’s Exhibition” [review of the Photographic

Society of London’s 2^nd exhibition. Photographers

referenced:

Backhouse, T. J.

Buckle, [Samuel]

Fenton, Roger

Hennah, [Thomas Henry]

Henneman, [Nicholaas]

Kingsley, Rev. Mr. [William Towler] (microscopic objects)

Laroche, [Martin] (portraits)

Llewellyn, T.D. (sic) [probably John Dillwyn]

Mayall, [John Jabez Edwin]

Montizon, Count de, [Don Juan]

Owen, Hugh (studies in Portugal)

Ponting, [Thomas Cadby]

Rosling, [Alfred] (view of St. Paul’s, exhibited 1854)

Sedgfield, Russell

Stokes, [George B.]

Thompson, [Charles] Thurston (copies of Raphael

drawings)

Tunny, J[ames] G[ood] (portraits and landscapes)

Turner, B[enjamin] Brecknell]

Waring, C[harles] H[enry]

p. 98: Minor Topics of the Month: [extract]

--Coloured Photographs [by [Levi] Hill and Rev. Mr. Clarke in the

USA]

p. 99-100: Reviews: [extract]

--Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham [incl.

photos by Delamotte; pub. by Day & Son; also ref.

to [Francis] Bedford]

April 1, 1855, no #:

p. 132: Reviews: [extracts]

T --Four Subjects, Designed and Photographed by Lake

Price, pub. by H. Greaves & Co., London [“Baron’s

Welcome,” “Ginevra,” “Rétour de Chasse,” “The

Court Cupboard”]

T --Photographic Delineations of the Scenery, Architecture,

and Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland. By

Russell Sedgfield. Part I; pub. by S. Highley,

London [5 large plates of Bury St. Edmunds,

Norwich Cathedral and Binham Priory]

--Portrait of Samuel Rogers, Esq. Lithographed by J. H.

Lynch, from a Daguerreotype by E. Paine.

May 1, 1855, no #:

p. 167: Minor Topics of the Month: [extracts]

--Mr. Mayall [transferring daguerreotypes to paper via

negatives]

--Improved Stereoscope [variable focus]

June 1, 1855, no #:

p. 195: The Entertainment of Mr. Woodin [actor & lecturer; subject of

stereo photographs]

Sept. 1, 1855, no #:

ads p. i: London Stereoscopic? [CHECK SPELLING] Company [ad for

Mr. Albert Smith in “Guy Faux”]

p. 260: Photographs in Natural Colours [Testud de Beauregard, Becquerel

and Niepce de St. Victor]

p. 266: Mr. Roger Fenton [photos of Crimea; copyright purchased by

Agnew & Sons]

Oct. 1, 1855, no #:

p. 285: Photographs from Sebastopol [exhibition of Fenton’s photos]

Nov. 1, 1855, no #:

p. 307: Minor Topics of the Month: [extract]

--Photographs from Drawings [drawings by Rawdon

Walker. unid. photographer]

Dec. 1, 1855, no #:

p. 319: French Artists and Photographers [copyright issues]

1855: 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.

TO DO: ADD BOLD to names in text, and add names and meeting particulars to this bib.

--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. 6, 1855, #1419:

p. 22: New Publications: [extract]

T* --Photographic delineations of the Scenery, Architecture and

Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland. By Russel [sic]

Sedgefield [sic]. Part I.

Jan. 13, 1855, #1420:

p. 55: Fine-Art Gossip: [extract]

NOT COPIED --Mayall gives lecture at the Photographic Society on “Albumen

ONLY BIB. REF. Pictures on Glass. "/p>

Jan. 20, 1855, #1421:

+ p. 86: Photographic Society [review of 2^nd annual exhibition]. Photographers

referenced:

Bedford, F[rancis] (“Chinese Card-rack,” “Shields”)

Cundall, [Joseph] (“Stepping Stones over the Wharf,

Bolton Abbey "/p>

Owens [sic, “Owen”], H. (“Trees”)

Price, L[ake] (“Ginevra”)

Sherlock, [William](“Country Girl,” “Boy Peeling

Turnips”)

March 10, 1855, #1428:

T* & + p. 297: Fine Arts: [New Publications]: [extract]

--Photographic Pleasures, popularly pourtrayed [sic] with Pen and

Pencil. By Cuthbert Bede, R.A. M’Lean.

May 19, 1855, #1438:

p. 588: Our Weekly Gossip: [extracts]

+ --[ltr. to ed. from H.L. in re indignation on money spent restoring

the Tower of London]

+ --[W.S. Woodin’s new dramatic entertainment, “The Olio of

Oddities”]

Sept. 29, 1855, #1457:

+ p. 1117-1118: Fine Arts: Photographs from the Crimea [review of photos by Fenton]

Oct. 27, 1855, #1461:

p. 1245: Fine Arts: New Publications:

+ --Photographs, from the Campo Santo at Pisa. Florence, Bardi;

London, Molino [photos by Alinari and Piot]

+ --Portrait of W. H. Russell, “Our Special Correspondent.” Drawn

by J. H. Lynch, from a Photograph by R. Fenton.

Dec. 22, 1855, #1469:

p. 1500: Our Weekly Gossip: [extract]

T* --[Fenton’s Crimean photographs on exhibit at Kilburn’s Gallery,

Regent Street]

1855 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. 2:

[Vol. 2 dates July 21, 1854 – Feb. 21, 1856. ONLY 1855 listed here]

Jan. 22, 1855, #26:

p. 103: Editorial leader: [extracts]

--2^nd Annual Exhibition Photog. Society of London open

--No application for renewal of Talbot’s 1841 patent;

verdict Talbot v. Laroche

p. 103: Photographic Society [of London]: Ordinary meeting, Jan. 4

--Listed as attending:

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

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

Wilkinson, --

--Election of new members:

Backhouse, A. [Alfred]

Critchett, C. [Charles]

Locke, Josh.

Oliver, Lionel

Reade, Rev. J. B. [Joseph Bancroft]

Feb. 21, 1855, #27:

p. 115: Paris Exhibition [upcoming; general info. for exhibitors]

p. 115-118: Photographic Society [of London]: Annual General Meeting, Feb. 1:

--Listed as attending:

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

Marshall, --

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

Pollock, --

Shadbolt, -- [George]

Wilks, -- [J.]

Williams, --

--Report of the Council: [extracts]

~Fenton leaving for Crimea

~Major Halkett & Mr. Nicklin, photographer, are victims

of the war

March 20, 1855, #28:

p. 127: Editorial leader: [extract]

--Photographic Exhibition in Amsterdam [for report of

Photographic Society meetings in Feb., see April, p. 144-145]

p. 127: Paris Exhibition of 1855 [info. for exhibitors]

p. 128: Photographic Society [of London]: Ordinary Meeting, March 1:

--Listed as attending:

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

Negretti, -- [Henry]

--Election of new members:

Bambridge, W. [William]

Harkwich, Fk. [Thomas Frederick]

Moore, Miss –

Mould, J. S.

Norrey, Sir Denham Jephson

Price, Luke (sic) [William Frederick Lake]

Somes, Josh.

Tapping, Thos.

Teesdale, F. [Frederick] Symes

Tylor, H. H[enry]

p. 140-141: Miscellaneous: [extract]

--Stereoscopic Pictures [Ltr. to Ed. from J.W.M. in re

reversing prints]

April 21, 1855, #29:

p. 144: Photographic Society [of London]: Special General Meeting, Feb. 20:

--Listed as attending:

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

--New Officers:

Pollock, Sir F. [Frederick] (Pres.) [replaces Sir Charles

Eastlake who resigned]

Hunt, Robert (V.P.

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

Wheatstone, -- (Prof.) [Charles](V.P.)

--New Council:

Becker, E. [Ernst (Dr.)]

Delamotte, P. H. [Philip Henry]

Diamond, H. W. (Dr.) [Hugh Welch]

Fenton, Roger (Hon. Sec.)

Foster, P. [Peter] Le Neve

Fry, P. W. [Peter Wickens]

Goodeve, T.M. [Thomas Minchin]

Kater, E. [Edward]

Llewellyn, J. D. [John Dillwyn]

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

Montizon, Count de [Don Juan]

Percy, Dr. J.[John]

Pollock, H. [Henry]

Reade, Rev. J. B. [Joseph Bancroft]

Rippingham, Matthew

Rosling, Alfred

Shadbolt, G. [George]

Turner, B.B. [Benjamin Bracknell]

Vignoles, C. [Charles]

Wilson, T.M. (Sir) [Thomas Maryon]

p. 144-145: Photographic Society: Ordinary Meeting, April 5:

--Listed as attending:

Sir Frederick Pollock, Pres, in the Chair

Pollock, -- [Henry] (Hon. Sec.)

--Election of new members:

Deacon, F.

Lucas, J.

Ottewill, T.

Palmer, W. H.

Slater, R. A.

Stodart, E.

--Certificates for:

Goldsmid, George

Pollock, W. F. [Frederick] (Sir)

--Notices:

Upcoming Amsterdam Photographic Exhibition

p. 157: Miscellaneous: [extract]

--[Ltr. to Ed. from R. W. Buss in re Crystal Palace views

by Delamotte & Negretti, not instantaneous]

May 21, 1855, #30:

p. 159: Photographic Society Committee on Positive Printing, May 21

--Members of Committee:

Delamotte, -- [Philip Henry]

Diamond, Dr. [Hugh Welch]

Hardwich, -- [Thomas Frederick]

Percy, Dr. -- [John]

Pollock, H. [Henry]

Shadbolt, -- [George]

p. 160: Photographic Society [of London]: Ordinary Meeting, May 3:

--Listed as attending:

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

Edwards, --

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

--Election of new members:

Goldsmid, George

Pollock, W. F. [can’t be Sir W. Frederick Pollock as he is

Pres. of the Society]

p. 173: Miscellaneous: [extract]

--[Ltr. to Ed. from H. C. Cowley in re Photography in

India]

p. 174: Correspondence: [extract]

--[Communication received from Nottage]

June 21, 1855, #31:

p. 175-176: Photographic Society [of London]: Ordinary Meeting, June 7:

[NOTE: Meetings are suspended until Nov. 1^st]

--Listed as attending:

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

Malone, -- [prob. Thomas A.]

--Notice:

~Meetings adjourned until Nov. 1

p. 191: To the Editor of the Photographic Journal: [extract]

--Ltr. from John Patrick, answers question from Zeno [A.

Zeno Shindler??] on how to color collodion

portraits]

p. 191-2: --Ltr. from Frank Haes [sensitizing paper]

July 21, 1855, #32:

p. 193: Editorial leader: [extracts]

--[Amsterdam exhibition medals awarded to Claudet, Lyte

and others]

--[Exhibition at Glasgow intended]

--[Opening of 1^st exhibit. of French Photog. Soc. in Paris]

Aug. 21, 1855, #33:

p. 207: Editorial leader: [extract]

--[Paris Photog. Soc. exhibition – info. for contributors]

p. 220: Correspondence: [extract]

--[Ltr. received from R. Sylvester and others]

Sept. 21, 1855, #34:

p. 221: Editorial leader: [extracts]

--[Fenton returns from Crimea; mentions specific views]:

~#218 “The Valley of the Shadow of Death "/p>

~#270 “The Council of War held at Lord Raglan’s

Headquarters on the Morning of the successful attack on the Mamelon "/p>

~#277 “A View of Balaklava "/p>

~portraits of Lord Raglan, General Pelissier, Omer Pasha

p. 221-222: --[Bisson views in Switzerland; photos useful for study of

geology; disastrous affects of earthquakes shown]

p. 222: --[Proposal for a Photographic Art-Union by Pringle &

Francis]

p. 230: Photographic Apparatus: [extract]

--Stereoscopic Pictures [ltr. to Ed. from George Norman on

new method of taking stereos]

Oct. 22, 1855, #35:

p. 250: Correspondence: [extract]

--London Stereoscope Co [ ref. to ad concerning a prize

essay; ad not located – on wrapper?]

Nov. 21, 1855, #36:

p. 253: Photographic Society of London: Ordinary Meeting, Nov. 1

[meeting after long break]

--Listed as attending:

Sir Frederick Pollock, Pres., in the Chair

Pollock, Henry

Reade, Rev. J. B. [Joseph Bancroft]

Shadbolt, G. [George]

Dec. 21, 1855, #37:

p. 265: Editorial leader: [extract]

--[Talbot wins Grand Medal of Honour at Exposition

Universelle in Paris]

p. 265-6: Photographic Society of London: Ordinary Meeting, Dec. 6

--Listed as attending:

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

Archer, T. S. (sic) [must be Frederick Scott as reads paper

on Collodion]

Bourne, -- [John C.]

Hardwich, -- [Thomas Frederick?]

Melhuish, -- [Arthur James?]

--List of Officers proposed for election:

Kater, Edward (as V.P.; replacing Charles Wheatstone)

Rosling, Alfred (as Treasurer)

Fenton, Roger (as Secretary)

--List of Council proposed for election:

Anthony, C. G.

Hardwich, F. [Thomas Frederick]

Llewelyn, J. D. [John Dillwyn] [re-elected]

Price, [William Frederick] Lake

Wenham, F. H.

Replacing Council members:

Foster, P. [Peter] Le Neve

Goodeve, T.M. [Thomas Minchin]

Kater, E. [Edward]

Wilson, T. M. (Sir) [Thomas Maryon]

p. 277: Miscellaneous: [List of awards, British Section (& colonies) of the

Paris Universal Exhibition; includes:

Claudet, -- [Antoine François Jean]

Delamotte, -- [Philip Henry]

Doane, J. C. (Montreal)

A. Duperrey [sic; A. Duperly; Kingston] (Jamaica)

Fenton, -- [Roger]

Gow, J. (Sydney, Australia)

Kilburn, D. (Australia)

Llewelyn, -- [John Dillwyn]

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

Palmer, R.J. (Toronto, Canada)

Rejlander, -- [Oscar Gustav]

Robertson, J.

Talbot, -- [William Henry Fox]

Williams, “H.” [T?] R.]

1855 LONDON [& Edinburgh] 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. 5, 1855, #21648:

T*online p. 74 Insolvent Debtor:

--Thomas Cooper Bridgman, 97 Northgate St., Bury

Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, photographic artist, and 25

Northgate St. Bury St. Edmunds, farm Bailiff, and Crown

St., Bury Saint Edmunds, Farm Bailiff. Final order Jan. 29

Jan. 16, 1855, #21651:

T*online p. 204: Insolvent Debtor:

--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, York trading under name “George Campbell” as

photographic artist; and Selby in York, under name

Campbell as photographic artist and Pontefract, under name

Campbell as photographic artist, and Nelson St., Barnsley,

York under name Campbell as photographic artist. Final

order Jan. 2 [corrected to Feb. 2 below]

Jan. 19, 1855, #21652:

T*online p. 225: Patent Law Notices:

--#2745 Frederick Thompson and William Wagstaff, 12 Pall Mall

East; improvements in photography. Petition recorded

Dec. 29, 1854

Jan. 23, 1855, #21653:

T*online p. 278: Patent law Notices:

--#2745 Frederick Thompson and William Wagstaff, as above.

Jan. 23, 1855, #21653:

T*online p. 291: Insolvent Debtor:

--John Thompson, as above. Date changed to Feb. 2

Feb. 2, 1855, #6463 [Edinburgh Gazette]

T*online p. 140: Notices:

--John Taylor and James Bowman, photographers in Glasgow 65

Jamaica St. and 57 Buchanan St., Glasgow under title,

“John Taylor & Co., of Taylor & Co., and of Bowman”;

dissolved partnership Jan. 30.

Feb. 9, 1855, #21660:

T*online p. 499: Patent Law Notices:

--Patentee and Assignee of letters patent granted to William henry

Fox Talbot, Lacock Abbey, Wilts., Esquire and Thomas

Augustine Malone, Regent St., Middlesex, photographer;

improvements in photographs dated Dec. 19, 1849 has

applied by petition for leave certified with Clerk of Patents

a disclaimer of parts of the specification to the said letters

patent, dated Feb. 8.

Feb. 16, 1855, #21664:

T*online p. 616-617: Exhibition: Long list of names [available elsewhere]

Feb. 23, 1855, #21666:

T*online p. 713: Patent Law Notices:

--#275 J. E. Pointeau, Paris; improvements in frames suitable for

photographic or stereoscopic proofs or portraits. Petition

recorded Feb. 6.

T*online p. 714: Patent Law Notices:

--#309 Barthélemy Pont, 1 Rue Bourdaloue, Paris, photographic

artist; invention of a process of autographic engraving.”

Petition recorded Feb. 9.

Feb. 27, 1855, #6470 [Edinburgh Gazette]:

T*online p. 256: Notices:

--John Hay, Jr., and George W. Wilson, doing business as “Wilson

& Hay, photographers, Aberdeen; dissolved partnership

Feb. 10. Wilson collects debts due company.

Feb. 27, 1855, #21667:

T*online p. 762: Notices:

--John Milner Partington and Robert Pateson, photographers at

Preston, Ulverston, Lancaster and Blackburn, all county

Lancaster, under title ‘Partington and Pateson’ dissolved

partnership Fb. 14. Partington to pay preston debts,

Pateson to pay all else.

March 9, 1855, #21674:

T*online p. 1025: Patent Law Notices:

--#426 Alfred Jean Berchtold, engraver, Paris; improvements in

applying the photographic engraving on metals or other

materials. Petition recorded Feb. 27.

March 13, 1855, #21676:

T*online p. 1064: Patent Law Notices:

--#2373 Paul Pretsch, Sydenham, Surrey, photographer;

improvements in producing copper and other plates for

printing. Petition recorded Nov. 9, 1854.

T*online p. 1066: Patent Law Notices:

--#426 Alfred Jean Berchtold, as above.

March 16, 1855, #21677:

T*online p. 1100: Insolvent Debtors:

--Francis Sandford Oehme, Kerr’s Lane, Calcutta, India, pleader in

Calcutta Court of Small Causes and now drawing master

and photographist. Filed Jan. 12.

March 23, 1855, #21682:

T*online p. 1194: Patent Law Notices:

--#515 Antoine François Jean Claudet, Regent St., Middlesex,

photographic artist, improvements in stereoscopes, petition

registered March 8, 1855

March 30, 1855, #21686:

T*online p. 1296: Patent Law Notices:

--#598 Tony Petitjean and Louis Petre, 45 Upper John St.,

Tottenham Court Rd., London, civil engineers;

improvements in manufacture of daguerreotype plates and

electroplated sheets of metal improvement to be applied to

production of polished surfaces. Petition recorded March

17, 1855

April 3, 1855, #21688:

T*online p. 1339: Patent Law Notices:

--#515 Claudet, as above.

April 13, 1855, #21693:

T*online p. 1459: Patent Law Notices:

--#674 John Cooke Bourne, Holmes Terrace, Kentish Town,

Middlesex, artist; improvements in photographic apparatus.

Petition recorded March 27.

April 17, 1855, #21695:

T*online p. 1500: Patent Law Notices:

--#675 John Cooke Bourne, as above.

T*online p. 1525: Insolvent Debtors:

--Paul Charles Garbanati, Elder Rd., Lower Norwood, Surrey, and

91 Newman St., and N. Audley St., Middlesex, carver and

gilder; and Underhill, Barnet, Herts., and 385 Oxford St.,

Middlesex, carver, gilder and photographist and dealer in

fancy fowls; and Daphne Cottage, Turnham Green,

Middlesex, and Barrett St., Lambeth, Surrey and 385

Oxford St., carver, gilder and photographist, and dealer in

fancy fowls, and 31 High St. Bloomsbury, out of business.

Prisoner. Court date May 1

April 20, 1855, #21696:

T*online p. 1533: Patent Law Notices:

--#770 Alexander Rollason, Birmingham, photographic artist;

certain improvements in photography. Petition recorded,

April 7.

June 1, 1855, #21723:

T*online p. 2130: Notices:

--William Tarr and Edward Langtree, photographists, Swan Court,

Market St., Manchester, under name, “Tarr and Langtree”

have dissolved partnership of March 26. Business will be

carried on by William Tarr.

July 10, 1855, #21743:

T*online p. 2665: Patent Law Notices:

--#488 Arséne Louis Garnier, island of Guernsey, photographic

artist; improved process for producing photographic

pictures which he calls “Systeme Garnier de

Photocherographie Coloriee”. Petition recorded March 5.

July 17, 1855, #21746:

T*online p. 2755: Notices:

--Archibald Lewis Cocke & Thomas Nesham Kirkham, 179

Regent St., Middlesex, photographers under style “Cocke

& Co.” dissolved partnership July 13.

Aug. 3, 1855, #21756:

T*online p. 2965: Patent Law Notices:

--#1581 Pierre Ignace Alexis Gaudin, Skinner St., Snow Hill,

London; improvements in baths used for photographic

purposes. Petition recorded July 13.

Aug. 14, 1855, #21762:

T*online p. 3085: Patent Law Notices:

--#770 Alexander Rollason, as above.

Aug. 24, 1855, #21768:

T*online p. 3224: Patent Law Notices:

--#1824 Paul Pretsch, Islington, Middlesex, photographer,

improvements in application of certain designs obtained on

metallic surfaces by photographic and other agency,

petition registered Aug. 13, 1855

--#1842 George Shears, East Place, Kennington Road, Surrey,

England, stereoscope manufacturer, improvements in

construction of stereoscopes, petition registered Aug. 14,

1855

Aug. 28, 1855, #21770:

T*online p. 3251: Patent Law Notices:

--#1824 Paul Pretsch, as above.

Aug. 31, 1855, #21773:

T*online p. 3289: Patent Law Notices:

--#1523 Louis Samson, Paris; improvements in photographic

glasses. Petition recorded July 7.

Sept. 7, 1855, #21778:

T*online p. 3379: Patent Law Notices:

--#1914 Frederick Scott Archer, Great Russell St., Bloomsbury,

Middlesex, photographer; invention of certain

improvements in photography.” Petition recorded Aug. 24.

Sept. 11, 1855, #21780:

T*online p. 3414: Patent Law Notices:

--#1842 George Shears, as above.

T*online p. 3424: Insolvent Debtors:

--Henry Daniel Donovan, 3 Montpellier Promenade, Cheltenham,

Gloucester, stay and corset maker and for short time

photographist; and previous addresses in Cheltenham but

only as stay and corset maker. Court date Oct. 3

Sept. 14, 1855, #21782:

T*online p. 3464: Insolvent Debtors:

--Alfred Stanhope Hodges, Broadmead and Clare St., Bristol, and

Glastonbury, Somerset, photographer, chemist and

druggist. Filed Sept. 11; court dates Sept. 24 and Oct. 22

Sept. 18, 1855, #6528 [Edinburgh Gazette]:

T*online p. 1150: Insolvent Debtors:

--Alfred Stanhope Hodges, as above.

Oct. 12, 1855, #21698:

T*online p. 3775: Notices:

--Richard Low and Charles Gardner, photographers, Cheltenham,

Gloucester; dissolved partnership Oct. 10

Oct. 23, 1855, #21803:

T*online p. 3923: Patent Law Notices:

--#1914 Frederick Scott Archer, as above.

Nov. 2, 1855, #21808:

T*online p. 4069: Insolvent Debtors:

--Alfred Stanhope Hodges, as above.

Nov. 13, 1855, #21814:

T*online p. 4212: Notices:

--James Bagnall and Payne Walton, painters, decorators,

photographers at Bradford, York; dissolved partnership

Nov. 6. Walton to continue with painting and decorating

and Bagnall to continue photography.

Nov. 16, 1855, #21815:

T*online p. 4266: Patent Law Notices:

--#2381 John Edward [Edwin] Mayall, 224 and 226 Regent St.,

Middlesex, photographic artist; improvements in

photography. Petition recorded Oct. 24.

Nov. 20, 1855, #21816:

T*online p. 4336: Notices:

--Bennet Lowe and Michael Angelo Tyler, artistical architectural,

mechanical draughtsmen, engravers on wood and

photographers under title, “Lowe and Tyler, Manchester;

dissolved partnership Nov. 16.

Nov. 27, 1855, #21819:

T*online p. 4444: Patent Law Notices:

--#2381 John EDWIN Mayall, as above but with name corrected.

T*online p. 4509: Insolvent Debtors:

--Alfred Stanhope Hodges, as above; court date Dec. 13

T*online p. 4523: Insolvent Debtors:

--Charles Gardner, Grosvenor Place South, and Trafalger Cottages,

and 19 Clarence Sq., and Exeter Hall, Grosvenor St., all in

Cheltenham, Gloucester, cashier in the Cheltenham and

Gloucestershire Bank and bill discounter; and 1 Saint

George’s Place, and 5 Clarence Parade and Exeter Lodge,

and 6 Saint George’s Sq., also Cheltenham, photographic

artist and dealer in picture frames, carrying on business

with Richard Low of 30 North Place Cheltenham,

unemployed and late of Ipswich, Suffolk. Court date

Dec. 24.

Dec. 14, 1855, #21828:

T*online p. 4730: Patent Law Notices:

--#2555 John Mawson, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland,

chemist; improvements in cameras for taking photographic

pictures. Petition recorded Nov. 13.

Dec. 18, 1855, #21829:

T*online p. 4771: Insolvent Debtors:

--Alfred Stanhope Hodges; certificate of first class issued.

Dec. 21, 1855, #21830:

T*online p. 4801: Patent Law Notices:

--#2808 George Heron Hay and David Syme Hay, Edinburgh, 799

photographic artists; improvements in photographic

pictures. Petition recorded Dec. 12.

--#2816 Alphonse Louis Poitevin, Paris; improved photographic

engraving. Petition recorded Dec. 13.

Dec. 25, 1855, #21831:

T*online p. 4830: Patent Law Notices:

--#2808 George Heron Hay and David Syme Hay, as above.9337

1855 LIVERPOOL JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Vol. II

Jan. 13, 1855, #1[3]:

p. 1: Editorial leader: [extract]:

--The Queen opened London Photographic Society Exhibition Jan.

11^th

p. 2- 8?: Liverpool Photographic Society, meeting, Jan. 2

check missing pages --Listed as attending:

Mr. Foard, in the Chair

Bell, [Christopher]

Burgess, --

Corey, --

Higgin, --

Howard, Frank

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, papers, [etc.:

~Hele requests photos for exhibit at mtg. in Plymouth on

Jan. 25th

p. 8-10: London Photographic Society, Ordinary Meeting, Dec. 7, 1854:

--Listed as attending:

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

Fenton, -- [Roger]

Hardwich, F. [Thomas Frederick]

Knight, --

Williams, J.

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Exhibit to open early in Jan. and cont. to end of March

Feb. 10, 1855, “#2”[#14]:

p. 22-23: London Photographic Society, Ordinary Meeting, Jan. 4

--Listed as attending:

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

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

p. 23: “Life Size Photographs” [brief notice from Am. Photog. J.]

p. 24: Exhibition of Photographs at Suffolk-Street, London [2^nd exhibition of

London Photographic Society] Photographers mentioned:

Anderson, J. [James]

Archer, -- [Frederick Scott]

Bedford, -- [Francis]

Bisson Freres

Buckle, -- [Samuel]

Cook, H.

Cundell [sic; Cundall], [Joseph]

Delamotte, -- [Philip Henry]

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

Fenton, -- [Roger]

Hardwick [sic; Hardwich], [Thomas Frederick]

Hennah, -- [Thomas Henry](clouds)

Hilditch, G. [George]

Kingsley, -- (Rev.) [William Towler] (microscopic views)

Laroche, -- [Martin]

Llewellyn, -- [John Dillwyn]

Lutze, -- (fresco cartoons for museum in Germany)

Marshall, -- (Rev.) [Frederick Anthony Stansfield]

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

Montizon, [Count de]

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

Owen, Hugh (“Studies in Portugal”)

Ponting, -- [Thomas Cadby]

Robertson, --

Rosling, -- [Alfred]

Sanford, -- [J. C.]

Sedgefield (sic; Sedgfield), [Wm. Russell]

Shadbolt, -- [George]

Sherlock, -- [William] (clouds)

Tenison, -- [Edward King]

Thompson, -- [Charles Thurston]

Townshend, -- [F.]

Tunny, -- [James Good]

Tylor, H. [Henry]

Waring, -- [Charles Henry]

West, W.A.[William A.] (“Chateau de Cossigny”)

Witte, -- (frescoe cartoons for museum in Germany)

p. 27: “Photography in Colours” [brief statement in re Hill]

p. 27: Devon and Cornwall Photographic Society, Conversazione Jan. 25

--Listed as attending/exhibiting:

Hartnup, [J.] (photos of the moon)

Hele, [Henry]

Lyte, Maxwell (instantaneous; clouds & ships)

Robertson, [James] (panorama of Constantinople &

Sentari)

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~anon. (miscroscopic ports. of Marshall, of Bank of

England; Shadbolt and Dr. H.H. Letheby)

~Hartnup, [J.] (photos of the moon)

~Lyte, Maxwell (instantaneous; clouds & ships)

~Robertson, [James] (panorama of Constantinople &

Sentari)

p. 27: “Photography in Germany” [general comments; lots done but no

photographic society]

p. 28“b”: Ads [extracts]:

--Art and Photographic Portrait Gallery, “late” C. T. Sweetman

28 & 30 Bold Street [Liverpool] [this ad continues]

--Negretti & Zambra selling glass plates, 11 Hatton Garden,

London

March 10, 1855, #15:

pre p. 29: Ads [extracts]:

--Beard and Foard’s Photographic Portrait Institution at Liverpool,

Manchester and London

--Alexis Gaudin. Paris, supplies

pre p. 29: Liverpool Photographic Society:

--List of officers:

The Rt. Hon. Earl of Ellesmere (Pres.)

James Newlands (VP)

R. B. Preston (VP)

J. Hartnup (VP)

Christopher Bell (Treas)

J. A. Forrest (Secy)

G. R. Berry (Secy)

Chas. Corey (Corres. Secy)

J. McInnes (Council)

J. B. Edwards (Council)

Henry John Cauty (Council)

Thomas Inman (Council)

Thomas Higgin (Council)

J. T. Foard (Council)

Frank Howard (Assoc.)

Sylvester Samuel (Assoc.)

--List of rules

p. 29-31: Liverpool Photographic Society, Annual Meeting, March 6

--Listed as attending:

Frank Howard, in the Chair

Banner, T. (Rev.)

Berry, G. [George] R.

Cauty, -- [Henry John]

Higgin, -- [Thomas]

Keith, --

Saddler, --

Thomson, -- (Dr.)

--New officers proposed:

The Rt. Hon. Earl of Ellesmere (Pres.)

James Newlands (VP)

R. B. Preston (VP)

J. Hartnup (VP)

Christopher Bell (Treas)

J. A. Forrest (Secy)

G. R. Berry (Secy)

Chas. Corey (Corres. Secy)

J. McInnes (Council)

J. B. Edwards (Council)

Henry John Cauty (Council)

Thomas Inman (Council)

Thomas Higgin (Council)

J. T. Foard (Council)

Frank Howard (Assoc.)

Sylvester Samuel (Assoc.)

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Mr. Sheridan has gone to South America

~Mr. Newlands has gone to the Crimea

p. 31-?: Liverpool Photographic Society, monthly meeting, March 6

get rest --Listed as attending:

Mr. [Charles] Corey, in the Chair

Berry, -- [George R.]

p. 43: Correspondence: Ltr. to Ed. from “J.B.E.” [J. B. Edwards?] in re London

exhibition. Photographers mentioned:

Bedford, [Francis] (plants)

Bisson Freres

Bourne, J. C. (Russia)

Cundall, -- [Joseph] (Fountains Abbey)

Delamotte, -- [Philip Henry] (Fountains Abbey)

Fenton, -- [Roger] (“photographic romance”)

Kingsley, -- (Rev.) (microscopic views)

Laroche, -- [Martin] (life-size portraits)

Llewellyn, J. D. (waves & clouds)

Rejlander, O. J. [sic; Oscar Gustav]

Rosling, -- [Alfred]

Sanford, -- [J. C.]

Thompson, Thurston (arms from Windsor Castle)

Turner, B.B. [Benjamin Bracknell]

p. 43: Correspondence: Ltr. to Ed. from “L.” in re photographs of snow flakes,

includes illus.

p. 44 “b”: Ad: [extract]:

--Russell Sedgfield’s “Photographic Delineations of the Scenery,

Architecture, and Antiquities of Great Britain & Ireland” pub. by

Samuel. Highley, [London ]4 folios:

Folio 1:

Norman Tower, Bury St. Edmunds

Abbey Gate, Bury St. Edmunds

South Transept, Norwich Cathedral

W. Front Binham Priory, Norfolk

Cloisters, Norwich Cathedral

Precinct Gate, Norwich

Folio 2:

Norman Tower, Bury St. Edmunds #2

St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds

St. Benedict’s Abbey, Norfolk

Binham Priory, Norfolk

Bishop’s Bridge, Norwich

Walsingham Abbey

Folio 3:

West Tower, York Minster

West Door, York Minster

St. Helen’s Church, York

Conduit in High Street, Lincoln

Bishopthorpe Palace

The Jew’s House, Lincoln

Folio 4:

East End, Lincoln Cathedral

Chapter House, Lincoln Cathedral

Newport Arch (Roman), Lincoln

St. Mary’s Abbey, York

Knaresborough Castle

Wakefield Bridge

April 14, 1855, #16:

p. 45-? : Editorial leader

get rest --Photographic Society of Bombay, Capt. H. J. Barr,

(Pres.), has 100 members, journal and exhibition w/ photo

by Capt. Biggs of Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, lying in

state; W.H.S[tanley] Crawford gives paper

--Photographic Society formed at Norwich

p. 52: [Meeting of Bombay Photographic Society]:

--Dr. George Buist (member) suggests taking photos of individual

botanical specimens

p. 56: Correspondence:

--Ltr. To Ed. from “A Reader” w/ tech. question; Editorial reply—

[T.]Carr has not pub., Mayall and Negretti are pupils of

Ferrier in this matter

--Ltr. To Ed. from “Edinensis” re Sanders taking photos by gas

[light]

p. 56 “b”: Ads [extract]:

--F. M. Rimington, Bradford wants manager for photo gallery

p. 56 “d”: --J. C. Mercier, Manchester has photo gallery to let

p. 56 “e”: --Photo of Speke Hall made by Shadbolt’s process to appear in

June LPJ

May 12, 1855, #17:

T p. 58: “Photographs of the Sun "/p>

p. 58: “Caution to Photographers—Escape from Poisoning,” G. W. Greatrex and

his nephew nearly died from cyanide of potassium

p. 59-? Liverpool Photographic Society, monthly meeting, May 8

get rest --Listed as attending:

Mr. [George] Dawson, in the Chair

Bell, --

Berry, G. R.

Corey, --

Forrest, --

Higgin, --

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Viscount Brackley, honored he was elected Pres. of Soc.,

is too ill to serve

~Keith’s copies of Landseer’s “Peace & War” exhibited

~Berry exhibits stereos of ports., etc.

p. 66 “d”: Ads: [extract]:

--Beard & Foard reduced price of photos after verdict of Talbot vs

Laroche

June 9, 1855, #18:

p. 67-? Editorial Leader: [extract]:

--Devonport photographer requests photographic contributions for

benefit of Royal British Female Orphan Asylum

p. 70: “On the Permanence of Positive Prints from Photographs” –London

Photographic Society formed committee. Members:

Delamotte, -- [Philip Henry]

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

Hardwich, -- [Thomas Frederick]

Percy, -- [John] (Dr.)

Pollock, H. [Henry]

Shadbolt, -- [George]

p. 71-?: Liverpool Photographic Society, meeting June 5

get rest --Listed as attending:

Mr. Corey, in the Chair

Berry, -- [G.R.]

Forrest, J. A.

Stevens, --

Thomas, --

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Edward Knight of Manchester writes, wants to form

society like Liverpool’s

p. 76: “Stereoscopic Lockets” by S.F.[sic; J.F.?] Mascher, of Phila., Penna., US

[from Humphrey’s Journal]

p. 76-77: London Photographic Society, Ordinary Meeting, May 3

--Listed as attending:

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

Edwards, -- [J.B.]

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

p. 80: “Stereoscopic Photographs” – Robert Dickson pivots camera for stereo

affect

p. 82: Ads: [extract]

--Notes & Queries [journal w/ portion devoted to photographic

info. etc.]

p. 82 “b”: --Werge of Glasgow wants daguerreotype operator

--Ad for vocal duets, “The Fairy Revel,” & “What are the Wild

Waves Saying? "/p>

July 14, 1855, #19:

p. 83-84: Editorial leader [extracts]:

--Brochure from Rev. A. S. Marshall on using photography to

preserve national monuments of history and art; exhibited

photos of Canterbury and Croyland abbey

--Exhibition of photos at British Association, in Glasgow, Sept.12

p. 84: “Measuring the Height of Clouds” [using photography, by Pouillet]

p. 85-?: Liverpool Photographic Society, meeting July 3

get rest --Listed as attending:

Frank Howard, in the Chair

Forrest, J. A.

Leithead, --

O’Brien, --

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Bombay Photographic Soc.(Capt. Barr, Pres.) offers

honorary membership to members of Liverpool Society;

Brackley, Berry, Bell, Newlands, Corey and Howard

selected. Reciprocal honor returned to Bombay.

p. 92-93: “Photography for Ladies” [basic technical information on process; how

does this apply to ladies?]

p. 93: “Award of Medals to Photographers at Amsterdam” [from “Cosmos”]

Photographers referenced:

Aguado, -- [Comte]

Baldus, -- [Edouard]

Bisson [Freres]

Claudet, -- [Antoine]

Disderi, -- [Andre…]

Lesecq, -- [Henri]

Lutte & Witte (Prussia)

Lyte, Maxwell

Miller, --

Minutoli, De

Montizon, Count de

Neigre [Negre?] (France)

Oppenheim, F.A. (Saxony)

Wagner, -- (Holland)

p. 94: “Photography in Russia” [from “Cosmos”] Photographers listed:

Alexanrowski, --

Bianchi, --

Levitsky, Serge

Pissarewsky, --

Sckowalof, le Comte

Spacowski, --

p. 94: “Application of Photography to Porcelain” by Lafon de Camarsac

p. 96 “b”: Ads [extract]:

--Photographic Exhibition at the British association for the

Advancement of Science meeting, Sept. 12, Glasgow;

William Church, Secy to Photog.Committee

Aug. 11, 1855, #20:

p. 99-102: Liverpool Photographic Society, meeting, Aug. 7:

get p. 100-101 --Listed as attending:

Mr. [Thomas] Higgin, in the Chair

Berry, -- [G.R.]

Mayall, -- [John Jabez Edwin]

Rosling, -- [Alfred]

Shadbolt, -- [George]

--Exhibits, discussion, notices, etc.:

~Berry reads circular by Rev. L. Hill, Westkill, NY in re

colored Hillotypes; also ltr. From Samuel F. B. Morse in re

same.

Dec. 8, 1855, #24:

p. 160: [Ads] Farmer’s Photographic Views of Brighton, Its Beach and Its

Buildings. Robert Farmer, 59 North St., Brighton

--Buys paper and glass negatives

--Offers the following views, format mostly not noted:

1. King’s Road

2. Brighton Beach after a Storm

3. Fishing Boat

4. Group of Twelve Netters

[5. not listed]

6, 8, 10, 11. Brighton Beach

7. Brill’s Baths

9. Bethel Arch

12. The “Welcome Brothers,” Brighton Beach

13. Flint Houst

[14. Not listed]

15. Wood’s Birmingham Depot

16. Unicorn Inn

17. The celebrated Trotting Mare “Shag” (size 8x6)

18. Queen’s Square Chapel (fine window)

19. Group of Boars

20. Three Children, Beauty and Ugliness

21. The Begging Mother and Twins

22. The Bathing Women

23. Mother and Infant (the child naked)(size 8x6)

24. Boatman with Oars

25. Priming the Fun

26. Clergy man in White Surplice

27. The Lecturer

28. Railway Guard

29. Gentleman Writing

30. Lady in Watered Dress (size 5x4)

1855 PHOTOGRAPHIC AND FINE ART JOURNAL, Vol. VIII

April, 1855, #4:

T p. 124-125: “Daguerreotyping on the Rocky Mountains,” S.N. Carvalho

[Letter to the Editor dated March 20, 1855]

August, 1855, #8:

T p. 252-253: “Daguerreotyping On the Mississippi,” Sam. F. Simpson

[Letter to the Editor dated July 18, 1855]

December, 1855, #12:

T p. 377: “Photographs from Sebastopol.” [reprinted from the London Art

Journal

TIMES [London]: 1856

ver. 1/26/2021 (PF NOTE: DONE)

NOTES:

--Data has been gathered from printouts of photographic ads that were located, as well as online using various word searches in the [London] Times. Word searches are somewhat hit-and-miss. Sometimes relevant entries were missed with one search but found with others.

--Data has been organized by name or company title. This is easier for researchers as multiple ads with new information is usual. Word searches on variations of “daguerreotype,” “photograph”, “stereograph” have been used to locate entries. Frequently word searches 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.

--Anonymous photographer entries: Ads for photographs etc. for which a

photographer is unknown are entered under as “anonymous”.

~Anonymous buying & selling entries: These ads have only addresses and

initials or pseudonyms. Those whose initials cannot be identified as a

specific photographer or company, are entered here, first by numbered

address and secondly when unnumbered. They appear after NAMES.

--Addresses are in London or Middlesex unless noted. “nag” = No address given "/p>

--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.

* Data from online source is marked with an * ; otherwise data gathered from hard copy

NAMES/TITLES from ADS:

FULL NAMES/Company titles:

ANONYMOUS: [see below for anon. buy-and-sell ads]

--Photo views of Cologne Cathedral pub. By F.C. Eisen, by unid.

photog.: (8/26)

~Views: (8/26)

1. South East Side

2. West Side

3. West Entrance

4. South Side

5. East Side

6. Grand Relief by Schwanthaler and Mohr, from south

side of cathedral

no # South side, largest view extant as specimen of

photography

~Set £3 or 10s ea.; largest view £3

~For sale in London at these print sellers--Colnaghi, Fores & Co.,

S. & J. Fuller, Henry Grave & Co., Joseph Hogarth, John

Mitchell Royal Library, Thomas M’Lean, William

Spooner, Trubner & Co., Williams and Norgate, and Otto

C. Morous (8/28)

* ARNOLD, Henry & Co.:

* --32 Stanley St., near Great Western Terminus (11/21)

* --Daguerreotype and photographic art taught (11/21)

* --Baths of developing solutions supplied (11/21)

* --Works of art, statuary, portraits copied (11/21)

* --Will go to private residences (11/21)

BEARD, -- [prob. Richard, Sr.]:

--The London Poor, ed. by Henry Mayhew with illus. of scenes and people

from special daguerreotypes by Beard. (5/18)

BLAND & LONG:

--153 Fleet St. (3/13)

--“Practical Photography” on glass, paper, etc., manual by Charles A.

Long for sale (3/13)

BURFIELD, Henry: [typo, “Binfield”]

--180 Strand, cor. Norfolk St. (7/6)

--Photo*graphic chemist/ apparatus; complete set for collodion and paper

processes, English lens for views and portraits £5; French lens £4

10s; school set £2 10s. Stereoscope with views from 10s per

doz. (7/6)

--Largest and best stock of paper and glass views in London, 9s/doz.

CALOT, Mark:

--Potters Bar, near Barnet (4/17)

--Photographic papers ready for use

CAMUS, M. P. & Co.: [typo “Lamus, M.P. & Co.”, later corrected]

--10 Charles St., Middlesex Hospital (6/7); 476 Now Oxford St. (12/22)

--Stereoscopic views of Portugal on sale (6/7)

* --Wholesale photography and stereoscopy supplies (12/22)

CARPENTER & WESTLEY: [ -- Carpenter; William Westley]

--at Royal Polytechnic (12/22)

--Phantasmagoria Effects by Carpenter & Westley; also J.H. Pepper

performing (12/22)

[Chaplin, Jonathan = see PARIS INSTITUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHY]

CLARKINGTON, -- [Charles]

* --[69] Regent Gallery, Quadrant (9/3)

--Portraits 10s 6d (9/15)

[CUNDALL & HOWLETT][“Photographic Institution”]:

--168 New Bond St. [only address given, but CD ids as Cundall &

Howlett] (4/26)

--Photographic exhibition now open admission 6d (4/26)

--Exhibition of English, French & Italian photographs open; adm. with

catalogue 1s (6/4)

FENTON, Roger: [see also NEWS]

--unspecified location in London for upcoming exhibit (8/22)

--In announcing his return from the Crimea, gives notice that

arrangements made for exhibition in London of views, incidents

and portraits connected with siege of Sebastopol taken by him

during the last six months. (8/22)

--Inquiries etc. to be sent to his publishers Messrs. Thos. Agnew & Sons,

Exchange St., Manchester. (8/22)

--Fenton photographs of the Crimea to open Sept. 20 at Gallery of the

Water Colour Society, Pall Mall (9/19)[see NEWS; two stories]

--Preparing for immed. publication, port. of William Russell, Esq., the

Times’ correspondent, price half a guinea; ”The Council of War”

held at Lord Raglan’s Hq. on the morning of taking of Mamelon;

Portraits of late Lord Raglan, General Pelissier and Omar Pasha,

price one guinea. Sold by Thomas Agnew & Sons, pub. and at the

exhibition 5 Pall Mall east. (10/1)

--Photographic Society’s Annual Exhibition of photos to open early in

January at the gallery of the old Water Colour Society 5 Pall Mall

east. Regulations sent to members, others can obtain at the

Society’s rooms, 21 Regent St. (12/5)

--Exhibition of all 350 photos in the Crimea at Gallery 5 Pall Mall

adm 1s (12/22)

FLEMING, Gilbert:

* --498 Oxford St. (5/3)

* --“First Step in Photography” (5/3)

--Complete apparatus with warranted double achromatic lens, chymicals

etc. £3, £5 5s and £11 11s (9/10)

--Author of “First Steps in Photography” (10/15)

GAUDIN, Alexis and Bro. [Marc Antoine]

* --26 Skinner St., Snowhill (7/18); & 9 Rue de la Perle, Paris (9/1)

--Wholesale Photographic Depot (7/18)

--Large assortment of stereoscopes, slides and every article connected with

Photography (7/18)

* --French, English, American and German photographic Depot (9/1)

--First class silver medal at Paris Exhibition (12/18)

--Photographic researches of Niepce de St. Victor trans. into English for

4s 3d (12/18)

--Estb. 1843 (12/18)

GOGERTY, -- [Robert]:

--72 Fleet St. (5/9)

--Complete set of apparatus £5 including camera, double achromatic lens,

portable stand, bath, etc. chymicals in case. Instruction free (5/9)

* GREENHALGH, J.J. [John James]

* --338a Oxford St., opp. John St. (5/14)

* --Teaches collodion process on glass (5/14)

* --Portraits taken daily (5/14)

HENNEMAN & CO.: [Nikolaas Henneman]

* --122 Regent St. (5/14)

* --Selling pair of Voigtlander lenses with cameras suitable for stereo

purposes. Also some 2^nd hand apparatus (5/14)

--Estb. 1843 (7/11)

--Photographers to the Queen (7/11)

HOBCRAFT, William:

--419 Oxford St.

* --Dozen photographic stereos 9s; mahogany scopes 4s 6d; together 13s.

complete apparatus £2 10s (12/17)

HOGARTH [John Joseph Jr. & Co. photographic printers]:

--5 Haymarket (7/30)

--Two photographs of Crimea showing Sebastopol with part of 97^th

regiment on 19^th of June just received; 5s (7/30)

HORNE, -- [Fallon]: [See NEWS]

--123 Newgate St. (1/13)

--Member of Photographic Defence Fund supporting Laroche (1/13)

HORNE & THORNTHWAITE:

--122 and 123 Newgate St., City (6/26)

--Photographic apparatus and chymicals (6/26)

--Trade catalogue avail., free (8/22, might not be first listing)

HUGHES, Cornelius Jabez:

* --432 and 433 West Strand, between Lowther Arcade and King William

St. (11/21)

* --Photos on paper, plain and coloured at moderate prices (11/21)

KILBURN, --:

--Moved from 234 Regent St. to 228 Regent St., south cor. Argyll

Place (7/6)[see ad below for Regent St. studio for sale; 17 Bedford

Row is address of agent]

--Photographer to the Queen (7/6)

--Exhibition of Crimean photos by Robertson opened, adm 1s w/

catalogue (12/17)[see NEWS]

--Subscriptions for Robertson’s Crimean photos. 5 views £1 10s or entire

series of 60 views £15 (12/21)

KNIGHT’S, Messrs.:

--2 Foster Lane, Cheapside (7/6)

--Cameras for sale including sliding and folding camera, frames, stands,

etc. (7/6)

[LAMUS, M. P., & Co. = typo, SEE Camus]

LAROCHE, --[Martin][a.k.a. William Henry Silvester]:

--65 Oxford St., three doors down from Wells St. (3/30)

--Successful in lawsuit against Talbot (3/30)

--Superior portraits can be seen at his rooms incl. life-size (3/30)

LONDON SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY [Charles Wm. Quinn & Co. per 1857

CD; but Samuel Prout Newcombe also listed as proprietor in PhotoL]:

* --78 Newgate St., near General Post Office (5/30)

--Apparatus from £5 to £20; instruction free; school sets £2 2s; elementary

* apparatus 8s 6d (5/24)

LONDON STEREOSCOPE COMPANY & LONDON STEREOSCOPIC CO.:

--313 Oxford St., few doors west of Regent St. (2/2); two doors West of

Hanover Sq. (3/16); Royal Exchange, eastern entrance under the

clock, second pillar to the left (4/17); “Artistic Repository”(6/19);

city agency at 29 Moorgate St. (8/4)

--Improved stereoscope with 6 views, 1 guinea; stereoscope with diagrams

1s 6d (2/2)

--Immense variety of slides (2/2)

--Joseph Hume life-like in the stereoscope (3/16)

--The “iron bronze and improved stereoscope” and slides from 1s up (4/6)

--10,000 models, figures and groups by first European artists in iron and

photography (4/6)

--Monkey Shaving His Brother; the Fox in the Poultry Yard, etc. for

sale (4/17)

--Immense reduction stereoscopes; mahogany 4s 6d (4/18)

--Photographic views 11s/doz. (4/18)

--Stereo view of the Queen, Prince, Emperor and Empress in one

group (5/12)

--Italian and Venetian views (5/12)

--Stereos of objects of art, Rome, Florence, Venice, Padua, Como,

Coblentz, Nice, Genoa; Crystal palace (70 varied views), panoramas, ruined temples, old castles, cathedrals (6/8)

--Stereos of groups – military, domestic, religious, pathetic, pugnacious,

convivial (7/8)

--Artistic Repository section selling ca. 10,000 artistic iron bronzes from

1s ea. (6/19)

--Just out “Albert Smith as Guy Faux”, “Holmes as the Dead Guy” as

played before Her Majesty at Drury Lane. Those two slides plus

mahogany stereoscope 10s 6d. (7/6)

--New view: “Rabbits on the Wall” (7/14)

--Purchased entire stock of German, Italian, French and English stereos

from Moran and Quinn who have retired from retail (7/23)

--Do you have a stereoscope? If not add a new pleasure to your home and

secure charming discovery of Sir David Brewster. No family or

school should be without one (8/4)

--New slides Crystal Palace Fountains (8/4)

--New slides Her Majesty at Versailles and Paris—the Grand Ball Room

in the stereoscope (9/15)

--[NAME CHANGE] London Stereoscopic Co, first time name change

located (10/1)[But “London Stereoscope Co.” is still used

occasionally in ads]

--Just out: Spanish Dancers in various attitudes; selection for 20s (10/1)

[Oct. 2 Theatre Royal, Haymarket included performances from the

renowned Spanish Dancers Senora Perea Nena, Manuel Perez and

others in “The Pretty Gypsy and the Bullfighter” and “The Abbe in

Love”. Miss Blanche Fane was in “Court Favour”]

--Macbeth [presume is new stereo view] (10/11)

--New prize essay—20 guineas offered for 50 page essay on the

stereoscope; Sir David Brewster will be arbitrator. Essays due

Dec. 1 (10/17)

--Just out, the Queen’s Visit to Paris and Palace of Versailles (10/24)

--Monday next [Nov. 12^th] new stereoscopic views ready of Switzerland –

grandest glaciers, nooks and dells, most charming series ever

issued. Also Pompeii, Naples, Venice, Heidelberg, the Rhine;

antique statuary, ruins and old castles, Crystal Palace, French

Exhibition, Spanish dancers, groups, military, social, domestic and

comic in endless variety from 1s to 3s (11/8)

--Vues de Suisse just out (11/15)

--Just out: Pompeii and Switzerland (12/3)[although see 11/8]

--Stereoscopes for Christmas festivities [still listed as London Stereoscope

Co.] (12/18)

* --“A gentleman is required, to take the management of a concern in the

city, now establishing. He should possess a knowledge of option

and optical instruments, especially those relating to photography.

He must be of strict business habits, possess an excellent address

and pleasing manners. The business is of an elegant character, and

the purchaser will be of a superior class. As this will be a highly

confidential position, the most unexceptional guarantees will be

required. Reply, station qualification, terms, &c., to K.H. care of

Mr. Williams, 29, Mooregate St. [Williams is manager of LSC’s

City Agency at this address] (12/3)

LONG, -- [Charles Albert]: [See NEWS]

--153 Fleet St. (1/13)

-- Member of Photographic Defence Fund supporting Laroche (1/13)

* --Just published “Practical Photography on Glass and Paper”. Directions

for portraits and views with collodion, albumen, calotype, waxed

paper and positive paper (3/17)

* [LYTE, F. Maxwell = see NEWS]

MARION, A. & CO. / Papeterie Marion

--152 Regent St. (4/6)

--[Not yet into photography papers] Selling potichamanie [painted paper

applied to glass to give appearance of porcelain]; French tissue

papers for making flowers (4/6)

--Crucifixion by Bisson Freres printed on Marion & Co’s photographic

paper (5/9)

--Photo papers used by Bisson Freres, Belloc, Le Gray, Billordeau (6/7)

--Prepared and unprepared neg. and pos. papers, mounts on paper and

card, filters, stereoscopes, stereoscopic views (6/7)

--Selling bronzes, inkstands, cups, candlesticks, ornaments, novelties by

best artists in Paris; articles for Christmas trees (12/18)

* --L’Amateur Photographe – box with items for printing, instruction book,

etc.18s, double size 36s; instruction separate 6d, thus enabling

amateurs to perform readily and cheaply the most interesting

operation of photography (12/13)

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

--224 Regent St., cor. Argyll Place (1/10)

* --Removed entirely from West Strand TO 224 Regent St. cor. Argyll

Place (6/21)

--Daguerreotype and stereoscopic miniatures (1/10)

-- Member of Photographic Defence Fund supporting Laroche (1/13)

-- New photographic portraits – life size on display (3/16)

MAYER BROS.:

--133 Regent St. (4/18)

* --Photographers to H.M. Napoleon III (4/11)

--Photographic portraits on paper, coloured and plain (4/18)

--Lessons in collodion process (4/18)

--Reproduction of pictures (4/18)

McMILLAN, Daniel:

--132 Fleet St., wholesale photographic depot (3/16)

--Selling apparatus, mountings, chymicals etc (3/16)

--Portraits taken daily (8/14)

--Large variety of frames, cases, brooches, lockets for portraits (8/14)

--Lenses by Lerebours and Secretan (8/14)

[Melville, Alexander = see Sharp & Melville]

MORAN & QUIN: [-- Moran & Richard Quin (appar. not Chas.Wm.Quin)]

--56 and 29 Myddelton St., Clerkenwell (3/30)

--Clerkenwell wholesale photographic depot and manufactory (4/6)

--Stereoscopic pictures of the Continent and England; best Crystal Palace

on paper 2s. (3/30)

--Greatest variety of stereoscopes in London. (3/30)

--Sole manufacturer of folding pocket stereoscopes. (3/30)

--French polished mahogany stereoscopes with brass eye pieces

7s ea. (4/6)

--Will make custom apparatus of unusual dimensions, form or

finish (4/17)

* --Stereoscopic pictures on paper, of the continent & England, 1s (5/30)

--Retired from retail business and sold entire stock of German, Italian,

French and English stereos to London Stereoscope Co. (7/23)

--Sold wholesale and retail photographic business to Charles

Shepherd (7/30)

* MORPETH, J. [John]

* --432 Strand, 6 doors from Lowther Arcade (9/24)

* --From Beard’s; no connection with others on Strand (9/24)

* --Photos taken for 1s (9/24)

MOULE, M. & Co. [John Moule]:

--80 Cornhill (2/2)

--Life-like portraits, coloured, price 10s 6d (2/2)

NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA:

--11 Hatton Garden (4/23)

--Photographers to the [Crystal] Palace (4/23)

--Wonderful negatives of the Emperor’s visit with assistance of P. H.

Delamotte, stereoscopic and others, showing ceremony at the

palace. Portraits of Her Majesty, Prince Albert and the Emperor

and Empress. (4/23)

PARIS INSTITUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: [Jonathan Chaplin, Sec’y.]

--11 Argyle St., Regent St. (10/3)

--Framed photographic portrait 10”x8”, two guineas (10/3)

[Photographic Institution = see CUNDALL & HOWLETT]

* POTTINGER, Charles R. [Richmond]:

* --41 Ludgate Hill (5/24)

* --Photographic price list just issued; Nitrate of silver 4s 6d (5/24)

[Quin, Chas. Wm. = see London School of Photography]

REDMAN, -- [Theodore Smith]: [See NEWS]

--77 Cornhill (1/13)

-- Member of Photographic Defence Fund supporting Laroche (1/13)

--Selling complete apparatus by Horn and Thornthwaite, half plate size,

for collodion and dag. pictures, adapted for landscapes and

portraiture. (417)

RHODES, James:

--6 Macclesfield St., City Rd.

--Glass photographic portrait rooms built to any size and design;

so easy to move (10/11)

[ROBERTSON, James: see Kilburn & NEWS]

ROSS, -- [Andrew][See NEWS]

-- [2&3] Featherstone Buildings (1/13)

-- Member of Photographic Defence Fund supporting Laroche (1/13)

ROUSSEAU, J. [Jean Gustave]:

--91 Newman St., Oxford St. (1/10)

--Teaches collodion process of printing on paper (1/10)

--He will travel anywhere in England and paying his own expenses (1/10)

ROYAL PANOPTICON [of Science & Art]:

--[25, 26, & 27 Leicester Sq.][per 1856 CD]

--New arrangements for making photo portraits in every size and

colouring from 10s up. Persons having portraits taken admitted

free (10/11)

--“Ramble Through Venice” and “War in the Crimea” (12/5)

[Royal Photographic Establishment = see Telfer, William]

SANFORD, John:

--13 Paternoster Row (6/28); 13 Regent Sq., Gray’s Inn Rd. (7/17)

--Has fitted up estb. with large glass house to teach photography; calotype,

talbotypes, wax paper and collodion processes (6/28) This is at 13

Regent Square address (7/17)

--Selling second hand double bodied folding camera with Ross 6” lens,

double paper slide for views 24x18, tripod, copy frame in cases for

traveling. No price; (7/17)

SAYLOR, W. F.:

--Stereoscopic views of Her Majesty’s private suite of rooms in Windsor

Castle now on view. Illustrative Gallery, Windsor (6/4)

SCRIVEN, M. [Alfred Marcus]:

--125 Newgate St., city, two doors from Giltspur St. (6/7)

--Dag. and collodion portraits from 2s 6d; specimens on glass suitable for

Children (6/7)

--Instruction given on moderate terms (6/7)

SHARP & MELVILLE: [Cornelius Sharp; Alexander Melville]

--28 Old Bond St. (12/21)

--Photographic oil miniatures (they are artists and photographers)(12/21)

--Colouring old photos by new process to prevent fading and change

(12/21)

SHEPHERD, Charles: [typo, “Shepperd”]

--56 Myddelton St., Clerkenwell & manufactory of lenses and optical

instruments at 4 St. James’s Walk, Clerkenwell (7/30)

--Has taken the wholesale and retail photographic business of Moran &

Quinn of 56 Myddelton St. (7/30)

--Complete set of apparatus, with chymicals from £3 10s to £20 with

lenses he made and warranted for coincidence of visual and

chymical focus (8/14)

SHEW, James F. [Fludger]:

--[32] Rathbone Place (8/14)

--“The Photographer’s Guide” contains lowest prices for everything

required for daguerreotype, calotype and collodiotype processes,

free (8/14)

SIMPSON & MAULE: [George Simpson & George Maule]

--1 & 2 Kennington Rd., cor. Newington Crescent (7/6)

--Manufacturers of photographic chymicals (7/6)

--Chymical preparations produced on large scale for photography. (12/18)

SIMS, Thomas :

--Has moved from 44 Upper Albany St. to 7 Conduit Street, Regent

St. (7/23)

--Photos of every size and style on glass, opal, enamel tablets and

paper (7/23)

--Portraits on glass and photographs on enameled porcelain (10/11)

* --Having long experience with coloring glass photos, will be happy to give

instruction (10/16)

SOLOMON, J.:

--22 Red Lion Sq. (6/1)

--Wholesale photographic catalogue, gratis (6/1)

ST. JOHN & RANSOM, Messrs. [Henri St. John & John Allen Ransom]

--431 Oxford St. (7/30)

--American Photography. Celebrated photographers and daguerreotypists

from Academic Associations of New York and Philadelphia have

opened portrait gallery (7/30)

--Experienced doorsman required (7/30)

TELFER, William: [“Royal Photographic Establishment”]

--194 Regent St. (9/10)

--Silver photographs, non-reflective (9/10)

--Stereoscopic and other photographs avail. In seconds (9/10)

THORNTHWAITE, -- [William Henry][See=Horne & Thornthwaite;

see = NEWS]

-- 123 Newgate St. (1/13)

-- Member of Photographic Defence Fund supporting Laroche (1/13)

[Westley = see Carpenter & Westley]

WHITE & DALTON’s GALLERY:

--52 Rathbone Place (5/9)

--Photographs 3 feet high on view; subjects are architectural, historical

and landscape (5/9)

WOOD, -- [Edward George]:

--117 Cheapside (1/13)

-- Member of Photographic Defence Fund supporting Laroche (1/13)

--Views for the stereoscope on glass and paper from Italy, Switzerland,

France, Algiers, Crystal Palace (12/14)

* --Stereos with pictures 6s., 7s 6d., 10s 6d. (12/26)

--Views of Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, Algeria, Pompeii’ groups

and numerous subjects (12/28)

ANONYMOUS (unid. initials and non photographers):

* --2 Scott’s Place, Islington (5/24):

* ~Mr. Barber wants to buy 2^nd hand photographic apparatus (5/24)

--2 Strand, Mr. Field [a jeweler]:

~Mr. Field selling glass house for photographers. 20 feet long, seven

rooms attached to leading thoroughfare; rent £50.

* --4 Brudenell Place, New North Rd., Hoxton (6/26)

~G.W.G. wants photographers immed. for provincial town in south of

England. Good operator with daguerreotype and collodion

processes. Required to board in the house. (6/26)

* --4 Sermon Lane, Doctor’s Commons, Mr. D. Johnson’s Academy:

~Offers fashionable dancing classes, daguerreotype portraits taken;

photographic art taught (1/3)

--10 Nelson Sq. [address of Miss Phoebe Dawes](4/6)

~H.S. L. selling photographic apparatus, complete sets nearly new,

chymicals, etc. Cameras 12 x 10 and 8 x 6, and one stereoscopic.

Double and single lens (4/6)

* --13 [Bee?/Dee?] St., Euston Square (9/13)

* ~G.K. selling photographic apparatus for portraits and views £22, cost

nearly double. Will teach with purchase (9/13)

* --13 [Gen?] St., Euston Square (10/16)

* ~S.S. is selling photographic apparatus for views 8x7 and portraits 6 ½ b

4 ¾ for £10 10s; cost £17

* --13 Regent Sq., Gray’s Inn Road (12/28)

* ~Gentleman [John Sanford, [Esq. per CD] selling 10x8 landscape folding

camera and portrait camera. 10 guineas

* ~Sandford selling large double-bodied camera with Ross lens for 24x12

views, double paper slide, stand, printing frame, all in case for

––traveling (5/15)

--15 Parliament St. (address is Geo. Trollope & Sons, decorators)(5/9)

~H. B. Wants second hand folding camera with #3 Ross lens for taking

calotype views ca. 10 x 8 (5/9)

* --17 Bedford Row (5/11)

* ~Messrs. Parker, Rooks & Parker are agents selling by private contract the

goodwill and stock in trade of [unnamed; Kilburn?] photographic

estb. in the best part of Regent St. (5/11)

--30 Upper Manor St., King’s Rd., Chelsea [address not loc](9/19)

~Half size lens and camera, two quarter size lenses and cameras complete

for glass or plate with coating box, mercury box, lathe and holders,

buffs, camera stands, head rest, printing frame, bath, dishes and

chymicals, scales and weights etc. £25

* --[34] Bouverie St., Fleet St. (6/21)

* ~Everett & Son [agent & bookseller] on behalf of W, wants cheap

cameras for portraits, landscapes and stereos(6/21)

* --35 Islington, Liverpool, Mr.[Stranson?]:

~Wants to purchase Otterwill’s double-bodied folding camera and small

view lens Ross #1 (5/30)

--36 Hercules Buildings, Westminster Rd. (4/20)

~Mr. Fines, a house agent has glass house for sale for daguerreotype

artists (4/20)

* --45 Charrington St. [not loc.](5/14)

* ~F. P. wants photographic apparatus (5/14)

* --45 Nelson Square, Blackfriars Rd. [address of Arthur West, lithographic

engraver(5/24)

* ~Anon. selling photographic apparatus nearly new with three cameras,

lenses (one stereoscopic) for portraits and views up to 12s10,

chymicals, dark tent, etc. 25 guineas, cost 60 guineas (5/24)

--56 Napier St., near the Eagle, City Rd [address not loc.] (10/11)

~Folding camera 8 1/2x6 legs for landscape or portrait 2 ¼ diam with

stand; no price (10/11)

* --63 Cheapside (3/3)

~Anon. photographer wants to lease for several years upper part of house

* with private entrance on Regent St.; possession required on or

before “Lady Day.” [March 25, the day the Virgin Mary learned

she had immaculately conceived](3/3)

--70 Welbeck St., Cavendish Sq. [address of a harness maker and a professor of

music] (5/9)

~Miniature painter, female, exhibitor at Royal Academy giving lessons in

colouring photographs to look like miniatures. Offers lessons at her

house or student’s. Price 1 guinea/3 lessons (5/9)

--123 Chancery Lane [address for various surveyors, patent agent, auctioneer,

architect, barrister and solicitor](4/6)

~Wants 2^nd hand folding camera with landscape lens and case plus Ross

lens 10”x8” or 10” x 12” (4/6)

--159 Tottenham Court Rd. (8/14)

~Mr. Gardner, an estate and house agent selling large glass studio,

complete with furnished apartments adapted for first class business

at the west end. (8/14)

* --256 Oxford St. [address of Samuel Last, trunk maker](1/23)

~AAA selling glass studio and photographic apparatus in connection w/

comfortably furnished apartments well situated for business in

large town in West of England (1/23)

* --Bishopgate St. (5/14)

* ~L.J. wants second hand camera and apparatus for portraits (5/14)

* --Camden Town (9/1)

~Photographic apparatus wanted for portraits only. Will meet at Mr.

Trimmer’s [news agent] (9/1)

* --High Street, Poole (9/22)

* ~H, Bayley, ironmonger wants young man of scientific practice and

respectability, desirous of conducting photographic art for any

respectable estb. in town or country. Moderate yearly salary,

boarding provided for.

--New North Rd., Islington (8/14)

~“A.B.” at Mr. Cross’s, a chymist, wants to purchase camera for taking

stereoscopic pictures (8/14)

* --Primrose House, Primrose St., Bishopsgate (9/19)

~Mr. Gross’s dance academy; ladies taught by Miss Gross. Correct

daguerreotype portraits taken 3s 6d and up (9/19)

--Sandbach, Cheshire (3/16)

~W.C.G. wants second hand #2 or #3 Ross landscape lens (3/16)

--Thame, Oxfordshire (8/28)

~A.B. c/o Mr. Heybourn wants complete set of collodion apparatus for

portraits and views, lens at least 4 ½” and warranted (8/28)

--West Brompton post office (9/10)

~L.X. is selling portable glass house 15’x8’ that can fit into a small place.

Cost £35, selling for £25 (9/10)

NEWS STORIES:

--Jan. 13, 1855 p. 4:

Photographic Defence Fund. Meeting held Jan. 3 in London for purpose of considering the present position of the photographic art in reference to claims of Talbot and the course which should be pursued by those who are interested in the art, to support the important verdict obtained in the action “Talbot v. Laroche”. Resolutions agreed on:

-Group feels deep regret at Talbot’s attempt to embrace the collodion process

within the meaning of his 1841 patent. Said process is superior to his. They are in

agreement with the verdict.

-Progress of photographic art depends upon resistance to Talbot’s claim and all should

help Laroche in defraying expenses.

-Committee formed to collect subscriptions. Committee consists of Matthew Marshall,

Treas., Bank of England; Mr. Horne, 123 Newgate St.; Mr. Long 153 Fleet St.;

Mr. Mayall, Regent St.; Mr. Redman, 77 Cornhill; Mr. Ross, Featherstone Bldgs.;

Mr. Wood, 117 Cheapside and Mr. Thornthwaite, Hon.Sec., 123 Newgate St.

Other members can be added as necessary.

--Feb. 6, 1855, p. 6:

* Daguerreoytype exhibition used to show existing road system that needs to be upgraded with paving etc.

--Sept. 20, 1855, p. 7:

Photography in the Crimea. Although photographic art has been already applied to an almost boundless range of subjects, it has produced nothing at all comparable in importance to the large collection of views now exhibiting at the gallery of the Water Colour Society in Pall Mall East. The artist to whom we are indebted for this extraordinary illustration of the war is Mr. Roger Fenton, who, regardless of danger and difficulty, has spent the spring and summer of the present year in taking photographic views of every figure and every scene at the seat of war likely to prove of interest to the public, and has just returned to England with the results of his labours, which completely fill the large Pall Mall Gallery. Portraits, not only of Generals, but of obscure persons, illustrative of the present life in the Crimea, extensive landscapes, and characteristic interiors have all come in for a share of his attention, and have been transferred to paper with all the accuracy that belongs to the most modern of pictorial arts. As the pictures are nearly 300 in number, it may fairly be said that such a detailed representation of the state of existence about Sebastopol has never yet been presented to public inspection. We can only regret that Mr. Fenton did not remain a little longer on the borders of the Euxine, as he might then have had an opportunity of employing his talents and his industry in the interior of the now fallen city. The whole series is to be published under the patronage of the Queen, the Emperor of the French, and Prince Albert.

--May 31, 1855, p.7:

* The Siege of Sebastopol [by anon.]:

“…The events of this war, or rather the scenery of the camp and of the country round about us, will be amply illustrated by numerous artists, and the daguerreotype has been used by skillful hands to perpetuate the incidents of camp existence and the groupings and still life of the tents. One gentleman who came out here with a great reputation, and who brought out a letter from Prince Albert to facilitate his arrangements, fixed his tent at headquarters; but he received very little encouragement there, and, as he could not get even the temporary attendance of a servant, he soon moved to other quarters, and has been making the rounds of the camp. He has produced some excellent landscapes, and has even succeeded in ‘fixing’ the effect of the smoke of the guns, but his portraits are not so successful. These are artists for the pictorial journals out here, and amateur sketchers, so that London will soon be made familiar with the external aspect of ‘the camp before Sebastopol’. "/p>

--Nov. 29, 185, p. 9:

* The Vatican Manuscripts. To the Editor of the times.

Writer, S. Leigh Sotheby, The Woodlands, Norwood, sends photograph of one of the designs of the Ars Moriendi (Black book), which his wife, Mrs. Sotheby has done as a trial of how far photography might be useful for his forthcoming book. The photo is one of many facsimile plates of nearly 100 executed for his work and shows its accuracy. “There are, however, some objections to its application, namely, the great expenses of printing and mounting; also the great uncertainty of the permanency of the impressions, and the difficulty of obtaining the impressions of a uniform colour. The fading of photographs is one of the greatest drawbacks to all amateurs and professional men in their photographic pursuits. It is a subject, however, that is now being brought under the consideration of the most eminent photographers in this country, and it is to be hoped that the result of their experiments being made it will render the now very unsatisfactory and somewhat expensive pursuit one of the most gratifying and most useful invention ever discovered. "/p>

--Dec. 6, 1855, p.7:

* Photographing Documents. To the Editor of the Times.

“In The Times of November 29 is a letter on the subject of the application of photography to the facsimile reproduction of old documents. Appended thereto is an observation in regard to the fading of photographs, and which is the cause of my addressing you on this subject. I can speak with some authority, having had considerable practice in the art. Experience convinces me that the fading only arises from an improper treatment; and, were it not for trespassing too much upon your patience, I could add a mode of preparation which defies the effect of time.

The grand obstacle which I find, and which it is far more difficult to overcome, arises from the condition of the old documents themselves. It is the fact that the size of old paper becomes yellowed by age, whereas the ink becomes lighter; and, since yellow and black are both, even at the best, but very little removed from each other in their power of producing a photographic impression, so the older the manuscript or type the greater the difficulty of obtaining from it an effective photograph—the difference of the colour between the ink and the paper often being but a mere shade, visible to the eye, but in power of reflecting actinic rays identically the same.

I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, F. Maxwell Lyte, St. Germain-on-Laye, 12, Rue Chateau Neuf, Nov. 30 "/p>

--December 17, 1855, p. 10:

Crimean Photographs.

Another photographic exhibition connected with the war, and mad extremely interesting by the fact that the pictures are chiefly taken from Sebastopol since its capture, has just been opened at Mr. Kilburn’s, 222 regent St. There are 58 views in this collection, which has been got together by Mr. Robertson, chief engineer of the Turkish Mint at Constantinople. As everybody who has been recently to the East is well aware, Mr. Robertson is a most successful photographer, and he has made a truly admirable and felicitous use of his art in the present series. They enable those who examine them with any degree of care to trace minutely the aspect of the most remarkable spots within and near Sebastopol as they appeared a few days after the place fell. You see the Redan and the Malakhoff from several different points of view, shivered by the powerful artillery of the allies—the enormous guns, some in position, and curiously protected by mantelettes of cordage against the Minie; others dismounted and useless. You can note the immense gabioned parapets, bulged in or burst asunder by shot, and the debris of wickerwork, loose earth, and the exploded shells scattered wildly around. One impression shows the bombproof hut in a the [sic] Russian General sheltered himself from the fierceness of our cannonade; another the salient to which with desperate courage our broken regiments clung on the 9^th of September. The more painful evidences of the carnage had been removed before these views were taken, but every object in them bears token to the fury of the contest; and, though the minuteness with which details are rendered may on a superficial survey create feelings of disappointment, visitors who take the trouble to search the photographs closely will gain from them a far more accurate conception of the siege than can possible by acquired in any other way. It is curious to contrast the orderly, unruffled appearance of our batteries with the damaged look of the Russian defences, as indicated in these sun pictures. Besides the views relating more immediately to the siege works, there are others showing the state of the town, of the Karabelnaia suburb, and of the principal public buildings after the fall of the place. There are also extremely interesting photographs of such subjects as the burial ground on Cathcart’s hill, Kamiesch Bar, Cape Fiolenti, the Monastery of St. George, the British Encampment, Kadikoi, and Balaklava. There are very few portraits in the collection, and in that respect it is distinguished from Mr. Roger Fenton’s in Pall-mall. Mr. Fenton shows the three Commanders-in-Chief, struck off on the camera while sitting in council, and fiery little General Bosquet in melo-dramatic pose, as if issuing an order, and nearly all the celebrities of the Crimean campaign, not omitting our own special correspondent, Mr. Russell. His exhibition has a peculiar interest as showing the state and condition of the British army and of its chiefs in the spring of the year after passing through a terrible winter of suffering and exposure. In this point of view he has left little further to be desired; but the moment had not then arrived for photographing the Redan and the Malakhoff, the Barrack Battery, the mamelon Vert, and the town and buildings of Sebastopol, as affected by so many bombardments. To all these objects an overwhelming interest now attaches, and the public will, therefore, welcome the appearance of Mr. Robertson’s collection with unqualified pleasure. We could wish to see it exhibited in a more spacious apartment than Mr. Kilburn has at his disposal, and that to it should be added a selection of views taken by the same artist within and around Constantinople. But this becomes of less importance as the series is about to be published. Indeed we may here observe that from their minute microscopic character photographs are not well adapted for public exhibition; only one person can examine each at a time, and in this respect they belong more to the library than to the gallery of art. The application of the discoveries of Fox, Talbot, and Daguerre to illustrate the scenes and incidents of the great war in which we are engaged forms one of the most interesting and remarkable features amid the many novelties which the present momentous contest offers, as compared with those of part times, and we hope to see the example set by Mr. Fenton and Mr. Robertson followed up with increasing energy and success. It appears quite practicable to render Wheatstone’s and Brewster’s stereoscopic invention available so as to give an effect nearly equal to reality of the impressions of the camera. Sun pictures without the aid of that wonderful instrument, are apt to be flat, hard, and devoid of atmosphere. By its aid these defects are overcome, and not only so, but the objects represented are magnified to such a degree as to remove entirely the objections which many people not altogether unreasonably entertain to the microscopic character of the art. It is worthy of remark that in peace and in war Russia seems destined to furnish the inciting motives to our extension of photography. Mr. Vignoles, the civil engineer, first employed it there as a means of ascertaining the progress of great works which he was conducting for the late Emperor, and now the spirit of private enterprise engages it to help the British nation in appreciating the triumph of the allied arms in the Crimea.

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THEATER & ENTERTAINMENTS:

--Crystal Palace:

~Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Emperor and Empress of France

to visit April 20 (4/20)

--Dr. Kahn’s Grand Anatomical Museum (9/19)

~1,000 models representing every part of the body in health and disease;

also various races of men. Open for gentlemen only (9/19)

--Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly: [previously Bullock’s Museum]

~Albert Smith’s Mont Blanc

~Albert Smith’s Swiss landscape and garden, Holland, Up the Rhine, Paris

--Great Globe:

~Siege of Sevastopol (7/6)

~Fortress of Cronstadt and surrounding shores; Russian Infernal Machine;

Russian arms and trophies not on exhibit. Adm. 1s (9/19)

--Leicester Square:

~Aztecs and the Earthmen, first of either race ever seen in Europe

~Burford’s Battle of the Alma, Bernege Alps, Panorama of Sebastopol

--Madame Tussaud & Sons:

~Gen. Canrobert, King of Denmark, Duke of Cambridge, Emperor and

Empress of French, Emperor and empress of Austria, Emperor and

Empress of Russia, Marshal St. Arnaud, Lord Raglan, Omar Pasha,

Sultan, etc. Adm. 1s, Napoleon rooms 6d extra)9/19)

--Polygraphic Hall:

~W. S. Woodin’s “Olio of Oddities” (8/8)

--Royal Polytechnic Institution:

~J.H. Pepper lecturing on Wheatstone’s experiments with sound; splendid

optical diorama of Voyages of Sindbad with phantasmagoria

effects and music, diorama views of war in Crimea, Franklin’s

Arctic Voyages, and others (1/8)

~Duboscq’s illum. Cascade, the Diorama illus. the Voyage Across the

Atlantic and the Cities in the U.S. (6/4)

--Theatre Royal, Haymarket:

~Performances by the renowned Spanish Dancers Senora Perea Nena,

Manuel Perez and others in “The Pretty Gypsy and the Bullfighter”

and “The Abbe in Love” (10/2)[LSC starts selling stereos of 10/1]

Spanish Dancers

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Balls and dances/Grand Bal Masques

Conchology and other natural objects on exhibition and for sale

Magic Lanterns and dissolving views

Phrenology

Toys and games including “Zoave Swalloing Cossacks "/p>

Ventriloquists

Wax figures and flowers