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 THE DAGUERREOTYPE: AN ARCHIVE OF SOURCE TEXTS, GRAPHICS, AND EPHEMERA


  The research archive of Gary W. Ewer regarding the history of the daguerreotype

TEXTS FROM 1851
1851
Ewer archive: F8510001
author name: Robert H. Vance
title: Catalogue of Daguerreotype Panoramic Views in California
notes: The pamphlet catalogue accompanying the New York exhibition of the Robert H. Vance collection of 300 panoramic daguerreotype views of California.
keywords: Robert H. Vance, Catalogue of Daguerreotype Panoramic Views in California, three hundred 300 lost daguerreotypes, California views
1851
Ewer archive: B8510001
author name: James H. Martin
title: The Orthoepist: Containing a Selection of All Those Words of the English Language Usually Pronounced Improperly, with a Reading Exercise Following Each Letter (selected text)
notes: A small publication of correct pronunciations and reading exercises with a quirky, humorous entry for the daguerreotype.
keywords: James H. Martin, The Orthoepist, Drummond light
1851
Christian Parlor Magazine
Ewer archive: P8510005
header: "Daguerre"
notes: A very brief text accompanied by an embellished wood engraving of Daguerre after a daguerreotype by Charles R. Meade.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles Richard Meade
1851
Ewer archive: B8510002
author name: Rebecca S. Nichols
title: Songs of the Heart and the Hearth-Stone (selected text)
text title: "The Daguerreotype"
notes: A poem dedicated to the daguerreotypist, E. C. Hawkins. Includes a portrait of the author from a daguerreotype by Hawkins.
keywords: Rebecca S. Nichols, Ezekiel C. Hawkins, John Sartain
January 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510010
author name: C. Edwards Lester
text title: "M. B. Brady and the Photographic Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Brady.
keywords: Mathew B. Brady, Charles Edwards Lester, Gallery of Illustrious Americans, ivorytype
January 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510022
notes: Three paragraphs regarding Francis D'Avignon's lithography associated with the daguerreotype.
keywords: Francis D’Avignon, Mathew B. Brady, Gallery of Illustrious Americans, Charles Edwards Lester
January 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510024
author name: Caleb Lyon
text title: "Stanzas,"
notes: A poem "suggested by a visit to Brady’s Portrait Gallery."
keywords: Caleb Lyon, Mathew Brady, Francis D’Avignon
8 January 1851
Sacramento Transcript
Ewer archive: N8510005
text header: "Daguerreotypes"
notes: A brief notice regarding the Sacramento gallery of George H. Johnson.
keywords: George H. Johnson
19 January 1851
Daily Alta California (San Francisco)
Ewer archive: N8510027
text title: "Daguerreotype of San Francisco"
notes: Editorial comment regarding a five-plate panorama of San Francisco taken by S. C. McIntyre.
keywords: Sterling C. McIntyre
28 January 1851
Daily Alta California (San Francisco)
Ewer archive: N8510028
text title: "View of the Plaza"
notes: Editorial comment regarding a daguerreotype of the Plaza (Portsmouth Square) taken by S. C. McIntyre.
keywords: Sterling C. McIntyre
February 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510013
author name: S. D. Burchard
text title: "Martin M. Lawrence and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Lawrence.
keywords: Martin M. Lawrence, Gabriel Harrison
February 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510019
author name: Anna L Snelling
text title: "The Baby in Daguerreotype"
notes: A poem of typical sentiment.
keywords: Anna L. Snelling, Jenny Lind, Edward Anthony
March 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510012
author name: S. J. Burr
text title: "Gabriel Harrison the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Harrison.
keywords: Gabriel Harrison, Samuel Jones Burr, John Plumbe, William H. Butler, Martin M. Lawrence, 203 Broadway, John Sartain, Eliza C. Hurley
3 March 1851
California Daily Courier
(San Francisco)
Ewer archive: N8510012
text title: "Daguerre"
notes: A brief discussion of Daguerre and the portraits of Daguerre made by Charles Richard Meade. Cited from the New York Sun.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles Richard Meade
23 March 1851
Daily Alta California (San Francisco)
Ewer archive: N8510008
text title: "Accidental Shooting and Death"
notes: An account of an accidental shooting by a man employed by the daguerreotypist, Frederick Coombs.
keywords: Frederick Coombs
26 March 1851
California Daily Courier
(San Francisco)
Ewer archive: N8510011
text title: "Enduring Shadows"
notes: An editorial puff for Frederick Coombs, regarding the "pleasure we experience through this medium."
keywords: Frederick Coombs
April 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510014
author name: D. P. Kidder
text title: "Augustus Morand and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Morand.
keywords: Augustus Morand, Jr., Rev. Daniel Parish Kidder, James R. Chilton, Junius Brutus Stearns, Tithonotype, 132 Chatham, Henry Inman
April 1851
Southern Literary Messenger
(Richmond)
Ewer archive: P8510023
notes: A brief mention of a daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe by William A. Pratt. Also a brief paragraph about Pratt's gallery and his daguerrreotypes exhibited at the London Crystal Palace.
keywords: William A. Pratt, 145 Main, Edgar Allan Poe
1 April 1851
Daily Union (Sacramento)
Ewer archive: N8510006
text header: "Daguerreotypes"
notes: A brief notice regarding the Sacramento gallery of George H. Johnson.
keywords: George H. Johnson
9 April 1851
Sacramento Transcript
Ewer archive: N8510009
text header: "Johnson's Daguerrean Gallery"
notes: A brief notice regarding the Sacramento gallery of George H. Johnson.
keywords: George H. Johnson
18 April 1851
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Ewer archive: N8510039
text header: "Cheap Daguerreotypes"
notes: A brief notice regarding the emergence of the "fifty cent" operators and thier product; also mentions Levi Hill's announcement of a color process.
keywords: fifty-cent daguerreotypes, Levi L. Hill
19 April 1851
Daily Union (Sacramento)
Ewer archive: N8510010
notes: A brief notice regarding daguerreotypes of chirography (hand-writing) of the "Lord's Prayer."
keywords: George H. Johnson
26 April 1851
Spirit of the Times (New York)
Ewer archive: P8510021
author name: "Mattakeesett" (pseud.)
text title: "Late from California"
notes: The letter, dated 12 March 1851, mentions an eight-plate panorama of San Francisco by Robert H. Vance, and Vance's intent to exhibit the panorama at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London.
keywords: Robert H. Vance, California, 1851 Great Exhibition, London Crystal Palace
29 April 1851
Daily Union (Sacramento)
Ewer archive: N8510029
text header: "Beautiful Boquet of Flowers"
notes: A notice regarding daguerreotypes of flowers taken by George H. Johnson.
keywords: George Howard Johnson
May 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510011
author name: A. D. Cohen
text title: "George S. Cook and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Cook.
keywords: George S. Cook
16 May 1851
Daily Union (Sacramento)
Ewer archive: N8510015
notes: A notice regarding a daguerreotype of the Daily Union office and surrounding buildings. The notice compares the daguerreotype to the "finest pictures of 'Plumbe.'"
keywords: George H. Johnson
20 May 1851
Daily Union (Sacramento)
Ewer archive: N8510017
notes: A notice regarding Johnson taking daguerreotype views of Sacramento.
keywords: George H. Johnson
June 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510009
author name: R. W. Keyes
text title: "Luther Holman Hale and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Hale.
keywords: Luther Holman Hale, Benjamin French
June 1851
Western Journal
(St. Louis)
Ewer archive: P8510017
author name: John H. Fitzgibbon
text header: "Daguerreotyping"
notes: The daguerreotypist John H. Fitzgibbon discusses the daguerreian art.
keywords: John H. Fitzgibbon, Voightlander, Charles C. Harrison, James L. M. Scovill, Edward Anthony, Louis Beckers, Levi L. Hill
12 June 1851
Daily Union (Sacramento)
Ewer archive: N8510019
text title: "A Good Idea"
notes: A notice proposing the taking of daguerreotypes of criminals.
keywords: rogue gallery
20 June 1851
(manuscript)
Ewer archive: S8510001
author name: E. S. Hughes
notes: “R. D. Benton’s Recipes in the Daguerreotype Science.”
keywords: E. S. Hughes, R. D. Benton, G. H. Wolcott, Recipes
16 June 1851
22 July 1851
28 June 1851
Daily Alta California (San Francisco)
Ewer archive: N8510018
text title: "A Large Wagon," "The Big Wagon," "The Daguerreotype Caravan,"
notes: Three notices regarding the moveable daguerreotype saloon built by the daguerreotypist, William Shew.
keywords: William Shew
1 July 1851
Daguerreian Journal
Ewer archive: P8510026
text title: “Panorama of San Francisco and the Gold Diggings”
notes: A description of two panoramas by S. C. McIntyre: a five-plate panorama of San Francisco, and a six-plate panorama of a mining scene.
keywords: Sterling C. McIntyre
26 July 1851
Illustration London News
Ewer archive: P8510007
subject: Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande
text title: "M. Daguerre"
notes: Biographical information and a wood engraving portrait of Daguerre based on a daguerreotype by Meade.
keywords: Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, Francis Bauer, Isidore Niepce, Vincent Chevalier, Diorama
August 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510015
author name: M. Grant
text title: "John A. Whipple and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Whipple.
keywords: John Adams Whipple
August 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510006
author name: Henry Hunt Snelling
text title: "The Daguerrean Art; Its Present State and Future Prospects"
notes: A summary of the state of the daguerreian art and business. Mentions many names prominent at that time, the taking of nude daguerreotypes, and the Hillotype.
keywords: Henry Hunt Snelling, John William Draper, Samuel F. B. Morse, Alexander Simon Wolcott, Edward Anthony, Jonas M. Edwards, Philip Haas, Jeremiah Gurney, John Plumbe, Alexander Beckers, Mathew B. Brady, Gabriel Harrison, Victor Piard, Nathan G. Burgess, Martin M. Lawrence, Augustus Morand, Edwin Bronk, Sials Wright Selleck, Daniel E. Gavit, John Adams Whipple, Luther Holman Hale, Lorenzo G. Chase, Marcus Aurelius Root, Samuel Broadbent, Jesse H. Whitehurst, William A. Pratt, Carey, George S. Cook, Chauncey Barnes, James Maguire, John H. Fitzgibbon, Enoch Long, Horatio H. Long, Alexander Hesler, Thomas Faris, George P. Hansen, John V. Polycarp Von Schneideau, John L. Lyon, D. D. T. Davie, John M. & Frederick J. Clark, Oliver B. Evans, McDonnell, Major Moulthrop, nude daguerreotypes, Hillotype, fifty-cent daguerreotypes
August 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510027
text title: "At a Large and Enthusiastic Meeting"
notes: Gabriel Harrison addresses a gathering of daguerreotypes on the topic of organization of the daguerreotypists. Representative appointed for a Utica convention. Resolution regarding the mourning of the death of Daguerre.
keywords: Daniel E. Gavit, S. E. Barker, Gabriel Harrison, Mathew B. Brady, Charles R. Meade, Henry W. M. Meade, William H. Perry, Silas Wright Selleck, James Perry, Andrew W. Paradise, James P. Weston, Mr. Stansbury [Joseph B. Stanbury], fifty-cent daguerreotypes
4 August 1851
Sun (New York)
Ewer archive: N8510038
text title: "Death of Daguerre"
notes: Notice of Daguerre's death (as provided in a letter from the Meade Brothers).
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade, Henry W. M. Meade, Meade Brothers
6 August 1851
New-York Daily Tribune
Ewer archive: N8510032
text title: "Respect for M. Daguerre"
notes: Commentary regarding the honoring of Daguerre's death by the New York daguerreotypists (wearing crepe on the left arm) as well as a comparison of American daguerreotypes and European daguerreotypes.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade, Henry W. M. Meade, Meade Brothers, Jesse H. Whitehurst
9 August 1851
New-York Daily Tribune
Ewer archive: N8510034
text title: "At a Large and Enthusiastic Meeting"
notes: A notice regarding the gathering of a few of the New York daguerreotypists wherein it was decided to wear crepe on the left arm for thirty days in mourning of Daguerre's death.
keywords: Daniel E. Gavit, S. E. Barker, Gabriel Harrison, Mathew B. Brady, Charles R. Meade, Henry W. M. Meade, William H. Perry, Silas Wright Selleck, James Perry, Andrew W. Paradise, James P. Weston, Mr. Stansbury [Joseph B. Stanbury]
September 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510016
author name: J. W. Tracy
text title: "D. D. T. Davie; First President of the Association of Daguerreotypists"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Davie.
keywords: Daniel D. T. Davie
September 1851
Western Journal
(St. Louis)
Ewer archive: P8510018
author name: John H. Fitzgibbon
text header: "Daguerreotypeing Simplified"
notes: The daguerreotypist John H. Fitzgibbon discusses his methods of daguerreotypy.
keywords: John H. Fitzgibbon, James L. M. Scovill
19 September 1851
New-York Daily Times
Ewer archive: N8510030
text header: "National Miniature Gallery"
notes: An advertisement for the New York gallery of David E. Gavit. The advertisement includes a lengthy list of inidividuals featured in the "National Miniature Gallery" collection assembled by Anthony, Edward, Chilton, and Clark (in various business combinations).
keywords: Daniel E. Gavit, National Miniature Gallery, 247 Broadway
October 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510002
text header: "Mr. Vance's California Views"
notes: A review of the New York exhibition of the "three hundred and one" daguerreotypes of California views by Robert H. Vance. Much of the text is provided by a reveiwer described as "one of our best landscape painters."
keywords: Robert H. Vance, three hundred 300 lost daguerreotypes, panoramic California views
1 October 1851
Daguerreian Journal
Ewer archive: P8510020
text header: "Address to Daguerre"
notes: A very effusive poem to Daguerre.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
7 October 1851
New-York Daily Times
Ewer archive: N8510001
text header: "Daguerrean Panoramic"
notes: An advertisement for the New York exhibition of Vance's daguerreotype views of California.
keywords: Robert H. Vance, three hundred 300 lost daguerreotypes, panoramic California views
7 October 1851
New-York Daily Times
Ewer archive: N8510002
text header: "The Fair at Castle Garden"
notes: An brief text regarding the daguerreotypes displayed at the 24th Annual Fair of the American Institute. Whitehurst is specifically mentioned.
keywords: Jesse Whitehurst, Marcus A. Root, Samuel Root, Charles C. Harrison
9 October 1851
New-York Daily Tribune
Ewer archive: N8510035
text header: "Daguerreotypes at the Fair"
notes: Commentary regarding the Root brothers daguerreotypes exhibited at Castle Garden, including the illustrative series, “The Old Arm Chair.”
keywords: Marcus Aurelius Root, Samuel Root, “Old Arm Chair”
9 October 1851
New-York Daily Times
Ewer archive: N8510031
text header: "Letter from Madame Daguerre"
notes: A letter by Madame Daguerre in response to a letter of condolence from the Meade Brothers regarding the death of Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre.
keywords: Madame Daguerre, F. Daguerre, Charles R. Meade, Henry W. M. Meade, Meade Brothers
14 October 1851
Morning Post (San Francisco)
Ewer archive: N8510024
notes: A notice of "daguerreotypes in oil" by the New York daguerreotypist, William H. Butler.
keywords: William H. Butler
18 October 1851
Literary World (New York)
Ewer archive: P8510003
notes: A review of the New York exhibition of Vance’s daguerreotype views of California in which the author states "lithographic engravings of this series . . . would be of the highest value."
keywords: Robert H. Vance, three hundred 300 lost daguerreotypes, panoramic California views
November 1851
United States Magazine
and Democratic Review

Ewer archive: P8510004
text header: "Vance's California Views"
notes: A brief review of the New York exhibition of Vance’s daguerreotype views of California.
keywords: Robert H. Vance, three hundred 300 lost daguerreotypes, panoramic California views
1 November 1851
Daguerreian Journal
Ewer archive: P8510001
text header: "Dagurreotype Panoramic Views in California" [sic]
notes: A review of the New York exhibition of Vance’s daguerreotype views of California in which the author details many specific views.
keywords: Robert H. Vance, three hundred 300 lost daguerreotypes, panoramic California views
15 December 1851
Daily Union (Sacramento)
Ewer archive: N8510003
text header: "Agreeable Surprise"
notes: A brief anecdote of a man receiving the daguerreotype of his children.
keywords: