Victorian Studio Photographs

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National Media Museum, Bradford ( www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk ) has limited photographer information but is a useful place to consult publications Young" Downey (he was always known as "Young" Downey to distinguish him from his father) was a big man – or so he seemed to me then – with a bald head. He was an artist in his work, and used to say that he always knew the best side of anybody's face after one good look at them. He certainly made some fine photographs of the famous beauties of his time, and possessed the art of retaining character in the face of his sitter...

Both stereo-viewers and images were an instant success with visitors, who were enchanted by the new three-dimensional effect. The best source on London photographers 1841-1901, includes an extensive and detailed database of around 9000 London photographers (and allied trades) with plenty of biographical information. No longer updated but remains useful and plenty of references to more sources. Census of Great Britain, 1841-1911, available on-line through various providers. Ancestry.com is probably the best known. There is also free census information available. Each review score is between 1-10. To get the overall score that you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of review scores we’ve received. In addition, guests can give separate ‘subscores’ in crucial areas, such as location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value for money and free Wi-Fi. Note that guests submit their subscores and their overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them. Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.Above: Box Brownie roll-film camera, made by Eastman Kodak Company, New York, c.1900. This is the first in the series of Eastman Kodak’s Brownie cameras. Made of leatherette-covered cardboard and selling for a dollar, it popularised low-cost photography and over 250,000 were sold. The digital revolution

This article traces the many different photographers that occupied this studio continuously in this magnificent Arcade in Bath from 1852 to 1993. These include the humble as well as the famous such as William Friese-Greene. Anyone else who spots something suspicious can always report it to our Customer Service team, so our Fraud team can investigate.Downey used Joseph Swan's carbon process for their best work. In the 1880s Mawson, Swan & Morgan of Newcastle, was the world's largest manufacturer of photographic dry plates, the convenience of which made photography a commercial reality. George Eastman spent some time there during the eighties and afterwards invented the Box Brownie and roll film, ending the monopoly of studios on permanent images. Mailing list discussion and sharing of information regarding the dating of photographs produced by portrait and studio photographers in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland between 1850 and 1950 Patents. The UK patents are largely not online from before the 1890s but can be consulted at the British Library or at larger regional libraries. Those that are online can be searched for here: http://gb.espacenet.com The Cabinet Portrait Gallery, London: Cassell & Co., 1890–94 5 vols., 4to, with 180 mounted photographs by W. & D. Downey Raymond V. Turley, Isle of Wight Photographers 1840-1940, (University of Southampton Libraries, 2001)

William Downey's son, William Edward Downey (1855–1908), managed most of the royal sittings during the Edwardian era. [5] Gladys Cooper, a child photographic model of the time, reminisces about the Downeys in her autobiography: [6]Above: Daguerreotype of two boys and two girls, by Julius Brill of New York, 1852-60. From the Howarth-Loomes Collection at National Museums Scotland. After further work, he discovered the possibility of developing an invisible latent image (formed during much shorter exposure times), and patented his improved process in February 1841. This process – known as the calotype – is the ancestor of nearly all photographic methods using chemistry, until the emergence of digital photography during the late 1990s. A glass plate is coated with the wet collodion solution containing light-sensitive silver salts and exposed whilst the plate is still wet. Photographs have to be taken within 15 minutes of coating the plate so a portable dark room is needed; however, the exposure time is less than for daguerreotypes and calotypes, making outdoor photography easier. A sharp glass negative image is created that captures microscopic detail. Positive copies can be made from this, usually of albumen prints on paper. These prints are sharper than those created by Talbot’s calotype process and less liable to fade. Card-mounted photos often bear printed photographer/studio details and we may try to date old photos from studio operational dates found online. This can help, but studio data may be elusive, patchy or too broad to pinpoint a close date for a given photograph. All available evidence should be considered, but often most useful for accurate photo dating are the picture clues, especially the fashions worn by their subjects: clothes, accessories and hairstyles.

I did the Artists Houses Walking Tour with David, and what a tour it was. I have lived almost 15 years around this area, walked past so many of the houses and never knew why there were so many artists within an enclosed proximity. Now I know, I can educate my sons on our school run." A daguerreotype is a single reversed image, made as a direct positive onto a silvered copper plate. Its reflective surface is an easy way to tell the difference between a daguerreotype and an early photograph taken using a different technique. The image is made of a combination of silver and mercury, resting on that plate. It is extremely vulnerable to damage, and can easily be brushed off, even after being ‘fixed’. Because they were so fragile, they were usually protected with a cover-glass and held in small leather-bound cases as treasured objects, in many ways similar to miniature painted portraits.It’s often difficult to establish the details of Victorian photographic studios, but there are some helpful clues and resources that may help you identify them. Crisp white walls and quality laminate flooring in urban grey tones run throughout the space, and the kitchen complements this with glossy white units topped with practical slate grey surfaces. The ceramic hob has been inlaid to these, and the oven and washer/dryer have been fitted below leaving space for a fridge freezer, and the almost full height window fills the space with natural light. The chic bathroom is also separate with a tall, curved cubicle and plenty of storage for your towels and toiletries in the vanity unit below the basin.