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Call Number:

PH-02745

Collection Name:

Richard Beard Photography Collection

Creator:

Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)

No. of Items:

24 items

Span Dates:

1842-1853

Description:

The collection consists of twenty-three cased daguerreotypes and one stereo daguerreotype, most of which are unidentified portraits, by Richard Beard (English, 1801 or 1802-1885). Item-level information follows.

964:0020:0003 -- [Portrait of a woman], 1842. Daguerreotype in case, 5.1 x 3.9 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 7.3 x 6 cm (case);
964:0020:0004 -- [Portrait of a young man], circa 1842. Daguerreotype in case, 5 x 3.9 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 7.5 x 6.4 cm (case);
964:0020:0005 -- [Portrait of an elderly man], circa 1842. Daguerreotype in case, 6.4 x 5.1 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 7.5 x 6.2 cm (case);
964:0020:0006 -- [Portrait of a middle-aged man], circa 1842. Daguerreotype in frame, 3.8 x 5 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 13 x 12 cm (frame);
964:0020:0007 -- [Portrait of a young man], circa 1843. Daguerreotype in case, 5.5 x 4.3 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 7.2 x 6 cm (case);
964:0020:0008 -- [Portrait of a boy], circa 1843. Daguerreotype in case, 5.4 x 4.3 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 9.4 x 8 cm (case);
964:0020:0009 -- [Portrait of a young man], circa 1842. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 5.6 x 4.6 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 9 x 8 cm (case);
964:0020:0010 -- [Portrait of a man], circa 1842. Daguerreotype in case, 5.1 x 3.9 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 10 x 8.7 cm (case);
964:0020:0011 -- [Portrait of a man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype in case, 5.5 x 4.3 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 10.2 x 9 cm (case);
964:0020:0012 -- [Portrait of a man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 7.6 x 6.4 cm (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.9 x 8.7 cm (case);
964:0020:0013 -- [Portrait of a young man], October 1845. Daguerreotype in frame, 5 x 3.3 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 13 x 11.7 cm (frame);
964:0020:0014 -- [Portrait of a man], October 1849. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 8.6 x 6.8 cm (quarter plate) (visible image); 12 x 10 cm (case);
964:0020:0015 -- [Portrait of a woman], circa 1851. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 10.9 x 8.5 cm (quarter plate) (visible image); 12.2 x 9.5 cm (case);
964:0020:0016 -- [Portrait of a woman and a boy], circa 1852. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 9.1 x 6.6 cm (quarter plate) (visible image); 12.2 x 9.8 cm (case);
964:0020:0075 -- John Ormerod, circa 1841-1842. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in frame, 5.4 x 4.1 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 15.5 x 14.5 cm (frame);
964:0020:0076 -- Mrs. Fitz, circa 1841. Daguerreotype in case, 6.4 x 5 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 7.5 x 6.2 cm (case);
964:0020:0077 [Portrait of a naval officer], 1852. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 9.1 x 6.6 cm (quarter plate) (visible image); 12.2 x 9.7 cm (case);
964:0020:0079 -- [Portrait of a middle-aged man], circa 1843. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 6.2 x 5 cm (ninth plate) (visible image) 7.1 x 5.9 cm (case);
964:0020:0082 -- [Portrait of a young lady], circa 1843. Daguerreotype in frame, 5.5 x 4.2 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 13 x 11.7 cm (frame);
964:0020:0083 -- [Portrait of a man], circa 1841. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 5.1 x 3.7 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 7.4 x 6.2 cm (case);
964:0020:0084 -- [Portrait of a young gentleman], May 1853. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 8.7 x 6.8 cm (quarter plate) (visible image); 12 x 10 cm (case);
964:0020:0100 -- [Portrait of a gentleman], circa 1843. Daguerreotype in case, 5 x 3.8 cm (ninth plate) (visible image); 7.2 x 6 cm (case);
964:0864:0001 -- [Woman crocheting], 1852. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring (stereograph), 6.7 x 5.6 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.3 x 17.2 cm (overall dimensions);
997:0043:0003 -- [Portrait of a man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring in case, 9.4 x 6.7 cm (quarter plate) (visible image); 13.2 x 10.5 cm (case).

Accession No(s):

964:0020:0003-0016, 0075-0079, 0082-0084, 0100; 964:0864:0001 -- Purchase from Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, 1963.; 964:0020:0003-0016, 0075-0079, 0082-0084, 0100; 964:0864:0001; 997:0043:0003; 997:0043:0003 -- Acquisition information unavailable.

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required 8 osb, Gernsheim Daguerreotype (Boxes 01-04, 07-09, 11)
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Curatorial permission required 1 osb, Non-Gernsheim Daguerreotypes Box 2 (997:0043:0003)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a woman]
Date	1842
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5.1 x 3.9 cm; 2 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0003

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a young man]
Date	circa 1842
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5 x 3.9 cm; 2 x 1 1/2 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0004

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Unidentified elderly man]
Date	circa 1842
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	6.4 x 5.1 cm; 2 1/2 x 2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0005

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Unidentified middle-aged man]
Date	circa 1842
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5 x 3.8 cm; 2 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0006

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a young man]
Date	circa 1843
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5.5 x 4.3 cm; 2 1/5 x 1 7/10 in (oval)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0007

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a boy]
Date	circa 1843
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5.4 x 4.3 cm; 2 1/10 x 1 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0008

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of Young Man]
Date	circa 1842
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	5.6 x 4.6 cm; 2 1/5 x 1 4/5 in (oval)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0009

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a man]
Date	circa 1842
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5.1 x 3.9 cm; 2 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0010

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of Man]
Date	circa 1845
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	5.5 x 4.3 cm; 2 1/5 x 1 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0011

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of Man]
Date	circa 1845
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	7.6 x 6.4 cm; 3 x 2 1/2 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0012

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a young man]
Date	circa 1845
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5 x 3.3 cm; 2 x 1 3/10 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0013

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a man]
Date	October, 1849.
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	8.6 x 6.8 cm; 3 2/5 x 2 7/10 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0014

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Unidentified woman]
Date	ca. 1851
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	10.9 x 8.5 cm; 4 3/10 x 3 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0015

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a woman and a boy]
Date	[ca. 1852]
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	9.1 x 6.6 cm; 3 3/5 x 2 3/5 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0016

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a British gentleman]
Date	circa 1841
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	5.4 x 4.1 cm; 2 1/10 x 1 3/5 in (oval)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0075

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	Mrs. Fitz
Date	circa 1841
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	6.4 x 5 cm; 2 1/2 x 2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0076

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a British gentleman in naval officer's outfit]
Date	September, 1852.
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	9.1 x 6.6 cm; 3 3/5 x 2 3/5 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0077

Title	[Unidentified middle-aged man with polka-dotted cravat]
Date	circa 1843
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	6.2 x 5 cm; 2 2/5 x 2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0079

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a British woman]
Date	circa 1843
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5.5 x 4.2 cm; 2 1/5 x 1 7/10 in (oval)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0082

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a British man]
Date	circa 1841
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	5.1 x 3.7 cm; 2 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0083

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a British gentleman]
Date	May, 1853.
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions	8.8 x 6.8 cm; 3 1/2 x 2 7/10 in (arched top)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0084

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Portrait of a British gentleman]
Date	circa 1843
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	5 x 3.9 cm; 2 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0100

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Woman Crocheting]
Date	1852 April 24
Medium	Daguerreotype with applied color (stereograph format)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0864:0001

Artist/Maker	Beard, Richard (1801 or 1802 - 1885)
Title	[Unidentified man, seated]
Date	ca. 1840s-1860s
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	12 x 9.3 cm; 4 7/10 x 3 7/10 in
Accession Number	997:0043:0003

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