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: |