Photography -- History -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Anthotype experiments by Mary Somerville
File
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 354*
Twelve small paper strips with coloured emulsion painted on, created by Mary Somerville, discovered inside Dep. c. 354, MSSW-13, a notebook of experiments on plant-based photographic emulsions. The coloured emulsions are made from ground fruit and vegetable, making these strips among the earliest Anthotypes.The paper strips feature notes that correspond to ingredients listed in the back of the notebook.Anthotypes are plant-based photographs made from fruit and...
Extents: 11 items
Dates:
[c.1826-c.1872]
Archive of Colin Ford and his work on Julia Margaret Cameron
Collection
Archive of Colin Ford, photographic curator, his work on Julia Margaret Cameron, and his book Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs.
Extents: 2.94 Linear metres (42 boxes)
Dates:
1840-2016, n.d.; Majority of material found within 1974-2016
Archive of William Henry Fox Talbot and the Talbot family
Collection
The archive of six generations of the Talbot, Feilding and Burnett-Brown family, including photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot and original artifacts photographed by Talbot, as well as correspondence, research notes, drawing and botanical albums, and estate records.
Extents: 40.0 Linear metres (337 shelfmarks)
Dates:
1799-2000, n.d.
Braun Photographs
Collection
Photographs of the interior of the Sistine Chapel taken by Adolphe Braun (1812-1877), photographer, and his sons, Henri and Gaston, of Braun et Cie.
Extents: 0.264 Linear metres (6 containers)
Dates:
1869
The Brighton Cats Cartes de Visite
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 23500 Photogr. 1
Carte de Visites of cats by Henry 'Harry' Pointer
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1860-1870
Daguerreotype by J.W. Newland
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 21206 Photogr. 1
Daguerreotype by J.W. Newland.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
c. 1845
Daguerreotype Portrait of a Woman
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 23407 Photogr. 1
Daguerreotype of a woman.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
c. 1840
Early photographs and ephemera collected by Geoffrey Batchen
Collection
Daguerreotypes and ephemera collected by Professor Geoffrey Batchen, relating to the early history of photography in Britian and with particular emphasis on the relationship between photography and printing.
Extents: 2 Linear metres (10 boxes)
Dates:
1825-1950; Majority of material found within 1825-1873
Eugene Ostroff collection of Talbot photographic materials
Collection
Photographic and manuscript materials produced in the 1960s and 1970s by Eugene Ostroff, curator of photographic history at the National Museum of American History, while recording the photographic work of photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877).
Extents: 2.6 Linear metres (16 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
c. 1953-1967
Gift of Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson
Collection
A collection of over 1,000 photographic items from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Comprises loose prints, photographically-illustrated books, albums and photographic portfolios.
Extents: 8.71 Linear metres (198 boxes)
Dates:
1830-1986
Henry Minn Collection
Collection
The principal part of the collection consists of photographs (and original negatives) taken by Henry Minn. It also contains photographs taken by Sarah Angelina Acland and Henry Taunt. There are photographs belonging to C.F. Bell (possibly Charles Francis Bell).
Extents: 24.1 Linear metres (241 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
19th-20th century
Horatia Gaisford's Collection of Talbot Photographic Materials and Ephemera
Collection
Gaisford-St Lawrence Collection of Talbots: Horatia Gaisford's Collection of Photographs and Ephemera.
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres
Dates:
1835-1848
The John Dillwyn Llewelyn collection of Talbot photographic materials
Collection
The John Dillwyn Llewelyn collection of Talbot photographic materials, n.d. [c.1838-1842].
Extents: 1.00 Linear metres (42 boxes)
Dates:
n.d. [c.1838-1842]
Letters from John Ruskin to Ada C. Dundas, 1879-86, pasted into an album with photographs of Ruskin and of his study at Brantwood
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. d. 138
Letters from John Ruskin to Ada C. Dundas, 1879-86, pasted into an album with photographs of Ruskin and of his study at Brantwood
Extents: 165 Leaves
Dates:
1879-1886
Papers relating to On Molecular and Microscopic Science and work on sunlight, and other papers relating to publications, 1828-1851 and n.d. [c.1830-c.1872]
File
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 354
Comprises:
Folder MSSW-13 : experimental notes, 'Investigation of Effect of Sun Light on Vegetable & Flower Colours & Juices', Rome and Geneva, 1845
Folder MSSW-14: On the Action of the Rays of the Spectrum on Vegetable Juices. Extract of a Letter from Mrs M. Somerville to Sir J.F.W. Herschel, Bart., dated Rome, September 20, 1845. Communicated by Sir J....
Extents: 1 box (6 folders)
Dates:
1828-1851 and n.d. [c.1830-c.1872]
Two albumen prints by Julia Margaret Cameron plus a salt print of Brading Church by an unidentified photographer
Collection
Two albumen prints by Julia Margaret Cameron plus a salt print of Brading Church by an unidentified photographer.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[1865], n.d.
Two artotypes of Jumbo
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 572, fols. 43-44
Two artotypes of Jumbo.
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
1882
Two photographic portraits of Alice Liddell by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Collection
Photographic portraits of Alice Liddell by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson [Lewis Carroll], 1858-1860.
Extents: 0.5 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates:
1858-1860