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Engravings and ephemera related to the early history of photography in Britain

MS. 22905/1

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Title

Engravings and ephemera related to the early history of photography in Britain

Shelfmark

MS. 22905/1

Summary

Comprises

An engraving of Thomas Chalmers, from a Daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet, 1873

An engraving of Joseph Paxton, from a Daguerreotype by W.E. Kilburn, c.1851

An engraving of Constantine of Russia, from a Daguerreotype by Richard Beard, 1847

An engraving of the Lord Bishop of Norwich, from a Daguerreotype by Richard Beard, c.1849

An engraving of the transept of the Great Exhibition, from a Daguerreotype by J.E. Mayall, 1851

A Camera Lucida drawing of the Lodor Falls at Derwentwater, Cumbria, by Alfred Swaine Taylor, 1833

A Camera Lucida drawing of Peak Cavern in Derbyshire, by Alfred Swaine Taylor, 1833

An engraving of Henry Mayhew, from a Daguerreotype by Richard Beard, c.1851

A hand-coloured engraving of an arrangement of vases at the Great Exhibition, from a Daguerreotype by J.E. Mayall, 1851

Stuffed Frogs from Wirtemburg, an engraving from a Daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet, 1851

An engraving of Louis Daguerre, from a Daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet, 1851

An engraving of five Tyrolese minstrels, from a Daguerreotype by Richard Beard, 1851

An engraving of William Hyde Wollaston, 1830

An engraving of Humphrey Davy, 1830

An engraving of Richard Arkwright, 1830

An engraving of Thomas Young, 1830

An engraving of Byron, 1830

An engraving of Wellington, 1830

An engraving of David Brewster, 1830

An engraving of William Wordsworth, 1830

An engraving of Thomas Lawrence, 1830

An engraving of Thomas Moore, 1830

An engraving of Jeremy Bentham, 1830

An engraving of Henry Brougham, 1830

A hand-coloured engraving of Charles Walter Couldock as Richard III, from a Daguerreotype by McClees and Germon, 1851

A hand-coloured engraving of E.L. Davenport as Benedick, from a Daguerreotype, 1851

A hand-coloured engraving of Ellen Ternan and Lewis Ball as the Countess Roussillon and her clown, from a Daguerreotype by William Paine, 1851

A hand-coloured engraving of Emma Fitzpatrick as Katharina, from a Daguerreotype by J.E. Mayall, 1851

An engraving of Charles Kean as Hamlet, from a Daguerreotype by William Payne, 1851

An engraving of Charles Dillon as Hamlet, from a Daguerreotype, 1851

An engraving of George Bennet and Jane Bennet as Othello and Desdemona, from a Daguerreotype by William Payne, 1851

An engraving of Charles Dillon as Othello, from a Daguerreotype, 1851

An engraving of Lájos Kossuth, from a Daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet, 1851

An envelope with a stamp featuring a portrait of Lájos Kossuth, from a Daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet, 1851

An engraving of Lájos Kossuth, from a Daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet, 1851

'Australia: News from Home', a hand-coloured engraving after Harden Melville's painting: 'The squatter's hut: news from home', 1850-51

Associated place

Great Britain -- Politics and Government -- 19th century

Hungary

Date

1830-1873

Language

English

Physical extent

36 items

Subject

Great Britain -- Science -- 19th century

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Collection contents

Early photographs and ephemera collected by Geoffrey Batchen

Engravings and ephemera related to the early history of photography in Britain

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  • Arkwright | Sir | Richard | 1732-1792 | Engineer
  • Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva | Lajos | 1802-1894 | Statesman
  • Davenport | Edward Loomis | 1816-1877 | Actor
  • Ternan | Ellen Lawless | 1839-1914 | Actor
  • Daguerre | Louis-Jacques-Mandé | 1787-1851 | Painter and Photographer
  • Bennett | George John | 1800-1879 | Actor
  • Brougham | Henry | 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | 1778-1868 | Lord High Chancellor
  • Ball | Lewis | 19th Century | Actor
  • Couldock | Charles Walter | 1815-1898 | Actor
  • Fitzpatrick | Emma | d.1868 | Actor
  • Bentham | Jeremy | 1748-1832 | Philosopher
  • Mayhew | Henry | 1812-1887 | Journalist
  • Kean | Charles | 1811-1868 | Actor
  • Dillon | Charles | 1819-1881 | Actor and Theatre Manager
  • Young | Thomas | 1773-1829 | Scientist
  • Davy | Sir | Humphrey | 1778-1829 | Chemist
  • Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766-1828

  • Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850

  • Brewster, David, 1781-1868

  • Byron, George Gordon, 1788-1824, 6th Baron Byron

  • Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

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