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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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'The Horse in Motion'

'The Horse in Motion'

1882
Plantation Workers, Ceylon

Plantation Workers, Ceylon

1875-1879
Elderly Woman

Elderly Woman

circa 1845
Hogg and Three Children

Hogg and Three Children

circa 1845
Magic lantern projector

Magic lantern projector

Large Carte-de-visite album of Victorian Personalities

Large Carte-de-visite album of Victorian Personalities

1860-1899
Jabez Hogg with Walter and Nellie Hogg

Jabez Hogg with Walter and Nellie Hogg

1849-1850
Jabez Hogg's Father

Jabez Hogg's Father

circa 1845
Self Portrait Jabez Hogg

Self Portrait Jabez Hogg

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

Girl With Doll

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

Woman and Dog

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

Woman in Bonnet

1840-1850
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
A collection of 22 annotated albums of snapshots taken between 1908 and the Russian Revolution, in 1917, by Herbert Galloway Stewart. The albums were compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866 -1960), who was employed by the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875-1960) as a tutor for her son, Prince Andrew Alexandrovitch Romanoff (1897-1981) between 1908 and 1916.

Stewart Albums

1908-1917
'The Moon, Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite' by James Nasmyth and James Carpenter, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, published 1864. The book was based on their observations of the moon through drawings, photographs and models.

The Moon, Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite

1864
A photograph of 'Le Sphinx Armachis, Caire', or The Sphinx Armachis, Cairo, taken in Egypt in about 1880 by Henri Béchard. This albumen print is part of an album.

Le Sphinx Armachis, Caire

circa 1880
Hand tinted quarter plate ambrotype of man with guinea pig and wife.

Man with Wife and a Guinea Pig

circa 1850
A photograph entitled 'Ba'lbek, Collones du Grande Temple, vue du sud' showing the six columns of the Great Temple at Baalbek, Lebanon, taken by Wilhelm Hammerschmidt in the 1860s. This albumen print is part of an album.

Ba'lbek, Collones du Grande Temple, vue du sud

circa 1865
Tinted Cartes-de-Visites of Royal Family in a leather acordion-style case and box, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, 1860s. Part of Rickett's collection. Photographs of 'The Queen HRH The Prince Consort', 'The Queen HRH Princess Beatrice', 'The Queen', 'HRH The Prince Consort', 'HRH The Princess Fredercik William of Prussia', 'HRH The Prince of Wales HRH Princess Alice', 'HRH The Prince of Wales', 'HRH Prince Alfred', 'HRH Princess Helena HRH Princess Louisa', 'HRH Princess Helena', 'HRH Princess Louisa', 'HRH Prince Arthur HRH Leopold', 'HRH Prince Arthur', HRH Princess Beatrice'.

Tinted Cartes-de-Visites of Royal Family in Leather Case

1860-1869
Photographically illustrated album: 'Views of H H The Nizam's Dominions: Hyderabad (Deccan), 1889. Incoporating photographs by Lala Deen Dayal. 77 photographs in total. 'Purchased from the family library of Wm Wordsworth'.

Views of H H The Nizam's Dominions: Hyerabad (Deccan)...

1889
Ambrotype portrait of a Boy wearing a top hat by J Hickling. Ninth plate. Label on reverse reads 'J Hickling, Photograph Artisit. 26 Harbour Street, Ramsgate and No 5 Lamb Place. Kingsland. London'.

Boy Wearing a Top Hat

circa 1850
Carte de visite and cabinet card album.

Carte de visite and cabinet card album

Photogravure entitled 'The Steerage', by Alfred Stieglitz, 1907. Print made 1915.

The Steerage

1907 (1915)
Photograph album containing views of New Zealand, mostly commercially available prints. Undated. Also a number of photographs of Australia: pages 2-3 George Caney two photographs of the Blue Mountains, near Sydney; pages.4-9 Charles Bayliss, five photographs of Sydney Harbour; Anson Brothers, one photograph of Cape Raoul, Tasmania.

Photograph album containing views of New Zealand

1860-1930
Hand coloured daguerreotype, quarter plate, portrait of a middle aged man by window, taken by Napoleon Sarony.

Middle Aged Man By Window

circa 1860
Miscellaneous group consisting of 3 daguerreotypes, 7 ambrotypes, 1 brooch, 1 case wih pair of carte-de-visite and photograph printed on the enamel.

Collection of Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes etc

Book: 'The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory and Construction' by Sir David Brewster, 1856. Containing 50 wood engravings. Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, printed by T Constable, Edinburgh.

The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory and Construction

1856
A photograph entitled 'Karnak - The Amon Temple' taken by Lehnert & Landrock of Cairo in the 1920s.

Karnak - The Amon Temple

circa 1925
Daguerreotype portrait entitled 'Luise Gaederhens', by Carl Ferdinand Stelzner, 1845. Inscription on reverse, photographer date and subject.

Luise Gaederhens

1845
Photograph by Francis Bedford labelled with the inventory number '1612' showing Ffestiniog Slate Quarries.

Ffestiniog Slate Quarries

1815-1894
Photograph entitled 'The Forth Bridge from the South East, May 2 1889' by Evelyn George Carey. Albumen print.

The Forth Bridge from the South East, May 2 1889

1889-05-02
'Egypt through the Stereoscope: A Journey Through the Land of the Pharoahs' conducted by James Henry Breasted PhD, 1908. Made by Underwood and Underwood, printed in the United States.

Egypt Through the Stereoscope

1908
A photograph of an Egyptian woman with a water jug, taken in Egypt in about 1880. The photographer is probably Émile Béchard. This albumen print is part of an album.

Egyptian woman with a water jug

circa 1880
Photograph, entitled 'Delhi - Colonnade of Hindoo Pillars, at the Kirlub?, North side', by Samuel Bourne, taken c. 1865, depicting the courtyard of pillars of a Hindoo temple. Part of Ricketts Collection.

Delhi - Colonnade of Hindoo Pillars, at the Kirlub?, North Side

Photograph, entitled 'A bit on the new Rod at Rogi, near Chini, Himalaya', by Samuel Bourne, taken in 1866, depicting a hillside and mountains above the Sutlej Valley in the Chini region of India. Part of Ricketts Collection.

A bit on the new Rod at Rogi, near Chini, Himalaya

1866
Ambrotype, quarter plate.Three Friends, young gentlemen. Sticky label with No 115.

Three Friends

circa 1850
Photographically illustrated album: 'Photographs Illustrating the Residence of Sir Andrew and Lady Buchanan at St. Petersburgh', 1869.

Photographs Illustrating the Residence of Sir Andrew and Lady Buchanan at St. Petersburgh

1869
Twleve (?) daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, ninth & sixth plate (including one pair cased together)

Twelve Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes of The Baigent Family

circa 1850
Carbon transfer print of old houses in Aldgate, London, by Henry Dixon. Inscription print in ink along bottom of print. Japoniste outlines around print edge. Taken for the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London. The Society for Photographing Relics of Old London (SPROL) was set up to record historical buildings threatened with demolition. There are 120 carbon prints in the series, published between 1875 and 1886.

Old Houses, Aldgate

1879-1883
Photograph, entitled 'Tomb of Akbar - Agra', by Samuel Bourne. Part of Ricketts Collection.

Tomb of Akbar - Agra

Book entitled 'Researches on Light: An Examination of all the Phenomena connected with the Chemical and Molecular changes Produced by the Influence of Solar Rays Embracing all the Known Photographic Processes and New Discoveries in the Art' by Robert Hunt, 1844. Published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Bound by A Spottiswoode, New Street Square, London and Kennant & Edmonds, London.

Reserches on Light...

1844
Photograph entitled 'Kashmir Gate - Delhi - where General Nicholson was killed - 1857' by Samuel Bourne, taken in 1871. Part of Ricketts Collection.

Kashmir Gate - Delhi - where General Nicholson was killed - 1857

1871
Photograph, entitled 'The Great Imambarah, Lucknow' taken c. 1865. Part of Ricketts Collection.

The Great Imambarah, Lucknow

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
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
Daguerreotype entitled 'Mr & Mrs Crosby' by an unknown photographer. Sixth plate. Written in ink note pinned to inside of case 'Mr & Mrs Crosby who came across the ...? Of Panama from Newark n.j. To Calif in the early 1850s. Settled in Oakland.'

Mr And Mrs Crosby

circa 1855
A photograph of an Egyptian woman taken by Émile Béchard in about 1880. This albumen print is part of an album.

Femme du Luxor

circa 1880
Stereo daguerreotype in leather case, portrait of an old woman, by Thomas Richard Williams, 236 Regent Street, London.

Portrait of Old Woman

circa 1850
Photograph album: South American Trip, 1904. A collection of commercially available prints and personal photographs with hand written captions.

South American Trip

1904