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Ricketts Collection of photographs, equipment and ephemera

Collection of photographs, equipment and ephemera assembled by Howard and Jane Ricketts and reflecting their interest in topographic, ethnographic and industrial subjects. This Collection concentrates on British nineteenth century photographs, particularly in the first fifty years after its invention in 1839, it is unusually strong in documentary and ethnographic material.

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Elderly Woman

circa 1845

Self Portrait Jabez Hogg

1840-1850

Jabez Hogg's Father

circa 1845

Hogg and Three Children

circa 1845

Jabez Hogg with Walter and Nellie Hogg

1849-1850

Large Carte-de-visite album of Victorian Personalities

1860-1899

Magic lantern projector

Plantation Workers, Ceylon

1875-1879

'The Horse in Motion'

1882
Cased daguerreotype. Image of a young girl leaning against a leather chair. Hand tinted. Maroon case with plush interior and gold, oval mount. Made by Mr. Kilburn, 222 Regent Street.

Girl Leaning Against Chair

1840-1850
Hand coloured daguerreotype in ormulu frame of girl with doll. Kilburn, 234 Regent Street.

Girl With Doll

1840-1850
Ambrotype. Woman and dog. Hand painted.

Woman and Dog

circa 1850
Framed daguerreotype of a French officer. The soldier's hat, epaulets and buttons are hand tinted with gold. Framed with an ornate black plaster and wood frame with gold oval mount.

French Officer

circa 1850
Daguerreotype of woman in bonnet, by Claudet, Adelaide Gallery, The Strand.

Woman in Bonnet

1840-1850
Daguerreotype, possibly French, man with large hat.

Man With Large Hat

circa 1850
Ambrotype, quarter plate, woman, same woman sitter as A47.

Woman

circa 1850
Daguerreotype. Quarter plate Young man in cap. Hand tinted. By ...? and Woodward.

Young Man in Cap

circa 1850
Daguerreotype. Details on sticky label `1/4 Dag - Barbados - c1847 Chas Corbin (32), Mary (31) CJ (6), Edith (4), W Hayes C (2) S. Bel 12/71 L.205 Ex fam t99'.

Barbados Family

circa 1847
Ambrotype, quarter plate.Three Friends, young gentlemen. Sticky label with No 115.

Three Friends

circa 1850
Ambrotype, quarter plate. Girl by Garden gate.

Girl By Garden Gate

circa 1850
Daguerreotype portrait entitled 'Luise Gaederhens', by Carl Ferdinand Stelzner, 1845. Inscription on reverse, photographer date and subject.

Luise Gaederhens

1845
Ambrotype, quarter plate, boy with fishing rod and sister. Ormula mount.

Boy With Fishing Rod and Sister

circa 1850
Hand coloured daguerreotype, quarter plate, portrait of a middle aged man by window, taken by Napoleon Sarony.

Middle Aged Man By Window

circa 1860
Daguerreotype, quarter plate. Student with striped waistcoat. Leaf emblem in front of case.

Student With Stripped Waistcoat

circa 1850
Ambrotype, quarter plate, man with chequered waistcoat.

Man With Chequered Waistcoat

circa 1850
Daguerreotype, sixth plate. Man with daughter. Hand tinted. Sticky label No 5.

Man With Daughter

circa 1850
Daguerreotype, quarter plate. Young man to dexter (ie to his right). Hand tinted. Sticky label No.19

Young Man

circa 1850
Daguerreotype, large half plate. Man stood by column. Inscribed on reverse `Robert Freeman taken 1852'.

Robert Freeman

1852
Ambrotype, sixth plate. Girl on seat. Inside case `Alma Inkerman Balaclava'

Girl on Seat

circa 1860
Daguerreotype. Sixth plate. Young man.

Young Man

1840-1860
Daguerreotype `George Thomson (sic), English, Anti Slavery Champion'. Sixth plate.Typewritten note in case. Portrait of George Thompson (1804-1878) MP and anti-slavery campaigner.

Portrait of George Thomson (sic), English, Anti Slavery Champion

circa 1850
Stereo daguerreotype of a basket maker by unknown photographer.

Basket Maker

circa 1850
Hand tinted stereo daguerreotype of a girl with binoculars by unknown photographer. Sticky label '15'.

Girl With Binoculars

circa 1850
Stereo daguerreotype of an outdoor tea group, by T Schneider & Sohne. Embossed 'Stereoscop von T Schneider and Sohne.'

Outdoor Tea Group

circa 1850
Hand tinted stereo daguerreotype portrait of two girls by Broadbent & Co, 1852. Mashers Patent, Broadbent & Co's, 136 Chestnut Mashers Improved Stereoscope. Embossed '1852'.

Portrait of Two Girls

1852
Four hand tinted stereo daguerreotypes of French showgirls by Gladwell, 87 Gracechurch Street.

Four Daguerreotypes of French Showgirls

Stereo daguerreotypeof interior of room by unknown photographer. Sticky label '139'.

Interior of Room

circa 1850
Hand tinted daguerreotype portrait of a nurse by an unknown photographer. Ninth plate. Sticky label No 105.

Nurse

circa 1850
Ambrotype. Bakers Boy with basket `The Hygienic Bakery' on cart.

Baker's Boy With Basket

circa 1850
Hand tinted quarter plate ambrotype of man with guinea pig and wife.

Man with Wife and a Guinea Pig

circa 1850
Ambrotype of a woman reading a book by a table, by unknown photographer. Sticky label on reverse No 12.

Woman Reading a Book By a Table

circa 1850
Ambrotype of a pony stood outside a stable

Pony Stood Outside Stable

circa 1850
Daguerreotype 'Peyton W Clement', 1854.One Sixth plate hand written note with title and date. Sticky label No 124

Peyton W Clement

1854
Hand tinted ambrotype 'Dr Frank Douglas' by an unknown photographer. Quarter plate. Inscription on note inside case 'Dr Frank Douglas of ....? (Kello). Friend of JH Sherriff. 1866 or 1885.' Date written on a paper Dr Douglas is holding in the image 1857 -

Dr Frank Douglas

1857-11-27
Twleve (?) daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, ninth & sixth plate (including one pair cased together)

Twelve Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes of The Baigent Family

circa 1850
Daguerreotype, Framed, One eighth. Girl with book, German. Delicately designed mount. Brown wooden frame. Sticker on the reverse 688/A63 16

Girl With Book

circa 1850
Hand tinted daguerreotype portrait of a stout man by an unknown photographer. Ninth plate.

Stout Man

circa 1850
Hand tinted daguerreotype portrait of woman with bonnet by an unknown photographer. Ninth plate.

Woman With Bonnet

circa 1850
Hand tinted daguerreotype portrait of man with a half smile, by an unknown photographer. Ninth plate. Sticky label No 87.

Man With Half Smile

circa 1850
A collodion positive (ambrotype) of a smartly-dressed boy carrying a walking cane. Ninth plate. Label on reverse reads 'J Hickling, Photograph Artisit. 26 Harbour Street, Ramsgate and No 5 Lamb Place. Kingsland. London'.

Smartly Dressed Boy

1850-1860