Calotype Portraits

Made:
1841-1844

Bound volume entitled 'Calotype Portraits', bound in maroon leather with decorative gilt embossing on cover. Pages gilt edged. Contains thirteen calotype portraits by Henry Collen, 1841 to 1844. Collen was the first person to license the Calotype process from William Henry Fox Talbot in 1842.

Calotype salt print portrait entitled 'Miss Emma Melhuish', photographed, overpainted and retouched by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Collen was the first person to license the Calotype process from William Henry Fox Talbot in 1842.

Miss Emma Melhuish

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait entitled 'The Earl of Beverley', photographed, overpainted and retouched by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. Monogrammed 'HC'. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Subject is Geroge Percy (1778-1867), 5th Earl of Northumberland, styled Lord Lovaine 1790 to 1830, and Earl of Beverley between 1830 and 1865.

The Earl of Beverley

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait of Dr Boyd, photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Dr Boyd

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait of Miss Louisa Fletcher, photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Miss Louisa Fletcher

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait entield 'Wm Haslam Esq', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Wm Haslam Esq

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait entitled 'M M Quetelet', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. Monogrammed 'HC'. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Subject is possibly Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874) a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.

M M Quetelet

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait entitled 'The Honble Mrs Chas Bruce, nee Pitt', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

The Honble Mrs Chas Bruce, nee Pitt

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait entield 'Thos Crommelin, Esq', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Sitter is possibly Thomas Lake Crommelin (1805-1877).

Thos Crommelin, Esq

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait entield 'G J (sic) Children Esq', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. Initialed 'C'. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'. Subject is John George Children (1777-1852), chemist and mineralogist and father of photographic pioneer Anna Atkins.

G J (sic) Children Esq

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait entield 'Mrs Taylor', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Mrs Taylor

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait entield 'Dr John Urquhart RN', photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Dr John Urquhart RN

1841-1844
Calotype salt print portrait of a balding man, photographed by Henry Collen between 1841 and 1844. Four corners clipped. One of thirteen prints from the photographic album 'Calotype Portraits'.

Portrait of Balding Man

1841-1844

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1937-367
Materials:
paper (fibre product) and leather
Measurements:
overall: 160 mm x 162 mm
type:
photograph album and calotype process
credit:
Matilda Talbot

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