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Call Number:

PH-02496

Collection Name:

The Evolution of Photography: with a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminiscences Extending over Forty Years

Creator:

Werge, John, 1854-1890 (1854 - 1890)

No. of Items:

15 items

Span Dates:

1890

Description:

Werge, John. The Evolution of Photography: with a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminiscences Extending over Forty Years. London: Piper & Carter, 1890. Photographically illustrated book containing one albumen print, one woodburytype, and thirteen collotypes by John Werge and unidentified photographer(s). Titles follow:

958:0306:0001 -- The Juvenile Quartette Party;
958:0306:0002 -- Cat’s Cradle;
958:0306:0003 -- [Images of fifteen notable photographers];
958:0306:0004 -- Thomas Wedgwood, 1771 - 1805;
958:0306:0005 -- Joseph Niepce, 1765 - 1833;
958:0306:0006 -- Rev. J. B. Reade, 1801 - 1870;
958:0306:0007 -- Henry Fox Talbot, 1800 - 1877;
958:0306:0008 -- Sir John Herschel, 1792 - 1871;
958:0306:0009 -- L. J. M. Daguerre, Used Iodine 1839, 1787 - 1851;
958:0306:0010 -- John Frederick Goddard, Applied Bromine 1840, 1795 - 1806;
958:0306:0011 -- New York. Copy of Instantaneous Daguerrotype, 1854;
958:0306:0012 -- Frederick Scott Archer, 1813 - 1857;
958:0306:0013 -- Hever Castle, Kent. Copy of Glass Positive Taken by Mr. Archer in 1849;
958:0306:0014 -- Dr. R. L. Maddox, Gelatin Bromide Emulsion 1871, 1816 - 1902;
958:0306:0015 -- R. Kennett, Gelatin Bromide Pellich 1873, Dry Plates 1874, 1817 - 1896.

Accession No(s):

958:0306:0001-0015

Location(s):

TR 146 H833 1861 HRC-P (958:0306:0001-0015)
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