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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 923 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 923

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 923
Title:
Daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits.
Scope & Content:
Collection three daguerreotypes and one ambrotype. Only one of the sitters is identified (no. 1). Process = Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes Photographers = Newland (Calcutta), John Edwin Mayall (London);
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
4 items

2. Photo 923(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 923(1)
Title:
Stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of Lieutenant James Graham, Bengal Staff Corps. Photographer: Newland, J.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait, hand-coloured, with viewer built into case. A handwritten note in the case reads: 'My father's portrait taken in Calcutta in his new full dress uniform on Christmas Day 1856. It cost nearly £100. He had...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
25 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 923(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 923(2)
Title:
Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified young military officer. Photographer: Newland, J.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length seated daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified young man in uniform. With some light hand colouring. Subjects = daguerreotypes; daguerreotypes (hand-coloured); military (general)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 923(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 923(3)
Title:
Hand-coloured ambrotype (collodion positive on glass) portrait of an unidentified young man. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of an unidentified young man, probably the same sitter as seen in 4.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 923(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 923(4)
Title:
Hand-coloured daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified young man. Photographer: Mayall, John Jabez Edwin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders daguerreotype portrait of a young man, lightly hand-coloured. Oval image, 17x20mm. Subjects = daguerreotypes; daguerreotypes (hand-coloured)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item