Image
Category
Maker
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Crossed Muslin

1852

Proof print

Set of proofs depicting "Concorde" aeroplane

Glass Plate with Ruled Parallel Lines In Varnish

1852

Stages in photo engraving processes: photo-litho process: proof in black.

Stage in photo engraving processes: photo-litho process: proof in black.

Etchings with ruled line grounds (before 1852). Proof - trial grounds.

Proof of Ruled Steel Plate

1852

Etchings with muslin ground (before 1852). Steel photoglyphic plate - fern leaf, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Fern Leaf

1852

Etchings with muslin ground (before 1852). Steel photoglyphic plate - crossed muslin, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Crossed Muslin

1852

Earliest etchings without ground (before 1852). Steel photoglyphic plate - lace, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Lace

1852

Etchings with muslin ground (before 1852). Steel photoglyphic plate - uncrossed muslin, 5" x 3 3/4", with proof.

Uncrossed Muslin

1852

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Copper plate - View of Toledo, 5" x 3 3/4".

View of Toledo

1852-1864

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Proof - trial grounds, (experimental).

Trial Ground

1852-1864

Etchings with coarse resin ground (1858 onwrds). Steel plate - Alcazar of Seville, 5" x 3 3/4", with proof and wrapper for plate.

Alcazar of Seville

1858-1862

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). copper plate - portrait of man wearing spectacles, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof and original glass positive. Greig.

Portrait of Man Wearing Spectacles

1852-1864

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Steel plate - leaf of tree, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof marked No 2.

Leaf of Tree (No 2)

1852-1864

Etchings with muslin ground (before 1852). Steel photoglyphic plate - fern leaf, 5" x 8", with proof. Platinum visible in leaves.

Fern Leaf

1852

Etchings with reticulated resin ground (1862 onwards). Steel plate - Lion of Lucerne, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Lion of Lucerne

1862

Etchings with resin ground showing flow lines (1862 onwards). Steel plate - plant leaves ( early impression), 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Plant Leaves

1862

Etchings with coarse resin ground (1858 onwards). Copper plate - Paris, floating baths on Seinne, Pantheon in distance. Clouzard & Soulier, 5" x 3 3/4".

Floating Baths on Seinne

1858-1862

Etchings with coarse resin ground (later type: 1862 onwrds). Copper plate - sculptured panel, Barbareni Diptych, 6th Century, 6" x 8", with proof.

Barbareni Diptych

1862-1868

Etchings with ruled line grounds (before 1852). Steel plate - statuary group, 4" x 2 3/4" , with proof.

Statuary Group

1852

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Steel plate - leaf of tree, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof marked No 3.

Leaf of Tree (No 3)

1852-1864

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Steel plate - fern leaf, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Fern Leaf

1852-1864

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Experimental copper plate, 5" x 3 3/4", with proof.

Experimental Plate With Multiple Images

1852-1864

Etchings with reticulated resin ground (1862 onwards). Steel plate -Alcazar, Toledo ( stereoscopic), 5" x 3 3/4", with proof.

Stereo View of Alcazar, Toledo

1862

Etchings with coarse resin ground (later type: 1862 onwards). Copper plate - portrait, 4" x 2 3/4".

Portrait of Seated Man

1862-1868

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Copper plate - map of area of Penicuik (variant), 5" x 3 3/4 ", with proof.

Map of Area of Penicuik

1852-1864

Etchings with ruled line grounds (before 1852). Prepared as experimental trials of ground effect by ordinary mechanical means, no photo-etching involved. Proofs - three crossed line printings.

Three Crossed Line Printed Proofs

1852

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Experimental steel plate - leaves of Pittesporum Mayi Abbotsbury, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Two Leaves of Pittosporum Mayi, Abbotsbury

1852-1864

Etchings with muslin ground (before 1852). Proof from photoglyphic plate- crossed (folded) muslin ground, early impression.

Crossed Muslin

1852

Etchings with ruled line grounds (before 1852). Prepared as experimental trials of ground effect by ordinary mechanical means, no photo-etching involved. Steel plate (ruled on metal), 6" x 5", with proof. Plate marked 'Sellars, Sheffield'.

Steel Plate Ruled with Parallel Lines

1852

Etchings with reticulated resin ground (1862 onwards). Copper plate interior arch and statuary group, 5" x 3 3/4", with proof.

Detail of Interior

1862

Etchings with coarse resin ground (1858 onwards). Steel plate - Paris, floating baths on Seinne, Pantheon in distance. Clouzard & Soulier., 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Floating Baths on Seinne

1858

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Proof - 'The Institute of France'. Issued with 'Photographic News', 1862.

The Institute of France

1852-1862

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Steel plate - three fern leaves, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Three Fern Leaf

1852-1864

Etchings with crepe veil ground (before 1852). Copper photoglyphic plate - statuary group, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Statuary Group

1852

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Steel plate - leaf of tree, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof marked No1.

Leaf of Tree (No 1)

1852-1864

Etchings with muslin ground (before 1852). Faint early proof - fern leaf.

Fern Leaf

1852

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Steel plate - 'Court in the Alhambra, Granada', Clouzad & Soulier; 5" x 3 3/4", with 3 proofs: before burnishing (signed), after burnishing and with engraved title. Issued with 'Photographic News', 1862.

Court in the Alhambra, Granada

1852-1864

Etchings with coarse resin ground (1858 onwards). Steel plate - tower, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof. 8th May.

Tower

1858

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Experimental steel plate - fern leaf, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Fern Leaf

1852-1864

Etchings with coarse resin ground (later type: 1862 onwards). Copper plate - Alhambra, Granada, 5" x 3 3/4", with proof.

Alhambra, Grenada

1862-1868

Etchings with coarse resin ground (later type: 1862 onwards). Copper plate - The Great Bell Moscow, 5" x 3 3/4", with proof. Experiment 139.

Great Bell of Moscow

1862-1868

Experiment 622. Earliest etchings without ground (before 1852). Steel plate engraving - Aira Force waterfall, 5" x 3 3/4", with proof. 'Aspland, del, whiam, lon, 15 March 1861'.

Aira Force Waterfall

1852

Etchings with coarse resin ground (1858 onwards). Steel plate - bridge on the River Moldau, Prague, Clouzard & Soulier, 5" x 3 3/4", with proof and wrapper for plate.

Bridge on the River Moldau, Prague

1858

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Experimental glyph copper plate (copper with traces of Vanadium, Arsenic and Lead). Seeds, 5 inch x 3 3/4 inch, with proof. Dandelion Seeds, 'Taraxacum officinale' (Kraus, 'Sun Pictures', Catalogue 12). With proof.

Experimental glyph copper plate of dandelion seeds 'Taraxacum officinale'

1852-1864

Etchings with resin ground (1853-1864). Steel plate - Tuileries, Paris, 10" x 8".

The Tuileries, Paris

1852-1864

Etchings with resin ground (1852-1864). Experimental steel plate - building, 4" x 2 3/4", with proof.

Building

1852-1864

Etchings with coarse resin ground (later type: 1862 onwards). Two proofs - buildings, dated 'Steel 1864' in pencil.

Two Buildings

1864

Etchings with coarse resin ground (later type: 1862 onwards). Proof - trial ground, fern leaves, (experimental).

Proof From Trial Ground, Fern Leaves

1862