Photography -- History -- 19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
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Anthotype experiments by Mary Somerville
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…
Collection:
Mary Somerville Collection
Found in:
Scientific writings
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 354*
Extents: 11 items
Dates:
[c.1826-c.1872]
Collection
Archive of Colin Ford and his work on Julia Margaret Cameron
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
Collection
Archive of William Henry Fox Talbot and the Talbot family
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.
Single Item
The Brighton Cats Cartes de Visite
Carte de Visites of cats by Henry 'Harry' Pointer
Shelfmark: MS. 23500 Photogr. 1
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1860-1870
Single Item
Daguerreotype by J.W. Newland
Daguerreotype by J.W. Newland.
Shelfmark: MS. 21206 Photogr. 1
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
c. 1845
Single Item
Daguerreotype Portrait of a Woman
Daguerreotype of a woman.
Shelfmark: MS. 23407 Photogr. 1
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
c. 1840
Collection
Early photographs and ephemera collected by Geoffrey Batchen
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
Collection
Eugene Ostroff collection of Talbot photographic materials
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
Collection
Henry Minn 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
Collection
Horatia Gaisford's Collection of Talbot Photographic Materials and Ephemera
Gaisford-St Lawrence Collection of Talbots: Horatia Gaisford's Collection of Photographs and Ephemera.
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres
Dates:
1835-1848
Collection
The John Dillwyn Llewelyn collection of Talbot photographic materials
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]
Single Item
Letters from John Ruskin to Ada C. Dundas, 1879-86, pasted into an album with photographs of Ruskin and of his study at Brantwood
Letters from John Ruskin to Ada C. Dundas, 1879-86, pasted into an album with photographs of Ruskin and of his study at Brantwood
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. d. 138
Extents: 165 Leaves
Dates:
1879-1886
Collection
The Michael and Jane Wilson Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographs
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
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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]
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.…
Collection:
Mary Somerville Collection
Found in:
Scientific writings
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 354
Extents: 1 box (6 folders)
Dates:
1828-1851 and n.d. [c.1830-c.1872]
Collection
Two albumen prints by Julia Margaret Cameron plus a salt print of Brading Church by an unidentified photographer
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.
Single Item
Two artotypes of Jumbo
Two artotypes of Jumbo.
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 572, fols. 43-44
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
1882
Collection
Two photographic portraits of Alice Liddell by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Photographic portraits of Alice Liddell by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson [Lewis Carroll], 1858-1860.
Extents: 0.5 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates:
1858-1860