1 January 1862 Humphrey's Journal (New York) Ewer archive: P8620002 |
text title: "The Daguerreotype—Its Present Position" notes: A discussion about the place of the daguerreotype in the then-current photographic market. The text mentions photographers still making daguerreotypes. keywords: Charles A. Seely, Abraham Bogardus, Rufus Anson, Jeremiah Gurney, Charles H. Williamson, Marcus A. Root |
8 February 1862 Scientific American Ewer archive: P8620001 |
text title: "Fortunes and Misfortunes of an Artist" notes: An informative biography of M. A. Root, one of most successful and influential daguerreotypists. keywords: Marcus Aurelius Root |
1863 Ewer archive: B8630001 |
author name: Virginia Penny book title: The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman’s Work text title: "Daguerreans"; "Photographists and Colorists" notes: Two sections discussing photographic-related occupations for women. keywords: Virginia Penny, John William Draper, ivorytype |
15 December 1863 British Journal of Photography Ewer archive: P8630001 |
author name: Jabez Hughes text title: "The Discoverer of the Use of Bromine in Photography: a few facts and an Appeal" notes: An argument for the priority of John Frederick Goddard as the discoverer of the use of bromine as an accelerator. keywords: John Frederick Goddard, Jabez Hughes, John Johnson, Alexander S. Wolcott, Samuel F. B. Morse, Richard Beard, William Carpmael, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Hippolyte Fizeau |
1864 (speech of 24 April 1840) Ewer archive: B8640002 |
author name: Samuel F. B. Morse (in title published by Marcus Root) book title: The Camera and The Pencil notes: Root provides an extract of a speech by Samuel F. B. Morse at the National Academy of Design, 24 April 1840. keywords: Samuel F. B. Morse |
1865 Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire Ewer archive: P8650001 |
author name: John T. Towson text title: "The History of Photography to the Year 1844" notes: A summary of process improvements. keywords: John T. Towson, John Baptist Porta, Thomas Wedgewood, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Joseph Nicephore Niépce, Robert Hunt, John W. Draper, William Henry Fox Talbot, John F. Goddard, Antoine Claudet |
May 1869 Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Ewer archive: P8690001 |
author name: T. B. Thorpe text title: "Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and Jackson: How They Sat for their Daguerreotypes" notes: Inidividual ancedotes of these four statesmen sitting for their daguerreotypes. keywords: Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, Mathew B. Brady |