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Record Detail

Call Number:

PH-00266

Collection Name:

Daguerreotypes by Unidentified Photographers Photography Collection

No. of Items:

80 items

Span Dates:

1838-1991 (bulk 1840s-1860s)

Description:

The collection consists of daguerreotypes for which the photographer or studio is currently unknown. The subjects are primarily of people, many unidentified, including men, women, and children, but also included are landscapes and buildings. Identified subjects include: Sir Henry Bessemer, Colonel William Blake (Somerset), Mrs. Collins (mother of Arthur Collins of Drury Lane Theatre fame), Gioacchino Rossini, Scott Bower Scott, and Captain W. A. Thomas. The collection includes examples of hand-colored daguerreotypes, as well as a variety of case types, including embossed leather cases and union cases.

This record does not include daguerreotypes found in named collections or in any of the Literary File photography collections.

Access Restrictions:

Advance notice and curatorial approval are required to request 2017:0005:0001. To make an appointment, please contact the Curator of Photography.

Location(s):

Special permission required (2017:0005:0001)
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Cabinet Storage (stereo daguerreotypes 964:0864:0003-0008)
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Daguerreotypes Box 01 (964:0020:0001)
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Daguerreotypes Box 03 (964:0020:0034-0038)
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Daguerreotypes Box 04 (964:0020:0039-0049, 0051-0052)
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Daguerreotypes Box 05 (964:0020:0053-0054, 0058, 0062-0064)
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Daguerreotypes Box 06 (964:0020:0066-0067, 0069-0070)
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Daguerreotypes Box 07 (964:0020:0073-0074, 0080)
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Daguerreotypes Box 08 (964:0020:0081, 0088-0089)
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Daguerreotypes Box 09 (964:0020:0090-0091, 0093)
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Daguerreotypes Box 10 (964:0020:0094-0098, 0101-0105, 0107-0111)
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Daguerreotypes Box 11 (964:0020:0112-0113, 0115-0119)
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Daguerreotypes Box 14 (979:0039:0001; 982:0053:0001-0003; 985:0041:0001-0002; 997:0043:0001-0002, 0005-0008)
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Daguerreotypes Box 22 (964:0020:0092)
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Item(s):

964:0020:0001 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified young woman, seated], ca. 1840s-1860s. Daguerreotype, 8.2 x 7 cm ; 3 1/5 x 2 4/5 in .

964:0020:0034 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of British gentlewoman], [ca. 1847]. Daguerreotype, 9 x 6.6 cm ; 3 1/2 x 2 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0035 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of British gentleman], [ca. 1848]. Daguerreotype, 8.8 x 7.1 cm ; 3 1/2 x 2 4/5 in (oval).

964:0020:0036 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified woman], circa 1843. Daguerreotype, 10.1 x 7.6 cm ; 4 x 3 in .

964:0020:0037 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of British woman], [ca. 1846]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 8.7 x 6.2 cm ; 3 2/5 x 2 2/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0038 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Colonel William Blake (Somerset)], [ca. 1848]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 6.4 x 5.3 cm ; 2 1/2 x 2 1/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0039A -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of British woman], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 7 x 5.7 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0039B -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of British gentleman holding "Bell's Life & Sport"], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 7 x 5.7 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0040 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of elderly Anglo-Saxon gentleman], [ca. 1848]. Daguerreotype, 8.2 x 6.5 cm ; 3 1/5 x 2 3/5 in .

964:0020:0041 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon gentlewoman], [ca. 1852]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 9.5 x 6.9 cm ; 3 7/10 x 2 7/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0042 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon mother, father, and boy], [ca. 1853]. Daguerreotype, 6.6 x 8 cm ; 2 3/5 x 3 1/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0043 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of British gentleman], 1853.. Daguerreotype, 7 x 5.7 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0044 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon gentleman], [ca. 1846]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.5 x 4 cm ; 2 1/5 x 1 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0045 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon gentleman, profile view], [ca. 1848]. Daguerreotype, 5.2 x 4.3 cm ; 2 x 1 7/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0046 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon child], [ca. 1848]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.2 x 4 cm ; 2 x 1 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0047 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon group of two men and one woman], [ca. 1846]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 11.5 x 13.7 cm ; 4 1/2 x 5 2/5 in (notched corners).

964:0020:0048 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon gentleman], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 6.6 x 5.6 cm ; 2 3/5 x 2 1/5 in (rounded corners).

964:0020:0049 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon girl], [ca. 1849]. Daguerreotype, 5 x 4 cm ; 2 x 1 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0051 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of European girl], [ca. 1849]. Daguerreotype, 5.4 x 4.4 cm ; 2 1/10 x 1 7/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0052 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of European woman, head only], [ca. 1849]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.7 x 4.4 cm ; 2 1/5 x 1 7/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0053 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon gentleman], circa 1845. Daguerreotype with applied color, 10.6 x 8.1 cm ; 4 1/5 x 3 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0054 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Anglo-Saxon gentleman in officer's outfit], [ca. 1848]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 8.3 x 6.7 cm ; 3 3/10 x 2 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0058 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon gentleman], circa 1845. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.3 x 4 cm ; 2 1/10 x 1 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0062 -- unidentified photographer. Capt. W. A. Thomas, 1860, [ca. 1847]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.3 x 4.2 cm ; 2 1/10 x 1 7/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0063 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a British gentleman], [ca. 1847]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7.2 x 5.9 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 3/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0064 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a British gentlewoman], [ca. 1853]. Daguerreotype, 6.5 x 5.3 cm ; 2 3/5 x 2 1/10 in (irregular floral).

964:0020:0066 -- unidentified photographer. [Gioacchino Rossini], [ca. 1850]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7.6 x 6.4 cm ; 3 x 2 1/2 in (arched top).

964:0020:0067 -- unidentified photographer. [Mrs. Collins as a young girl (mother of Arthur Collins of Drury Lane Theater fame)], [circa 1855]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7 x 5.7 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0069a -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an elderly Anglo-Saxon woman and two Anglo-Saxon girls], [ca. 1849]. Daguerreotype, 8.2 x 11.4 cm ; 3 1/5 x 4 1/2 in (rounded corners).

964:0020:0069b -- unidentified photographer. [Scott Bower Scott], [ca. 1850]. Daguerreotype, 7 x 5.6 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0070 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a British gentlewoman], [ca. 1854]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7 x 5.6 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0073 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an elderly Anglo-Saxon gentleman], [ca. 1854]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 13.2 x 9 cm ; 5 1/5 x 3 1/2 in (arched top).

964:0020:0074 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an elderly Anglo-Saxon gentlewoman], [ca. 1854]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 13.2 x 9 cm ; 5 1/5 x 3 1/2 in (arched top).

964:0020:0080 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a British gentlewoman], [ca. 1847]. Daguerreotype, 6.6 x 5.3 cm ; 2 3/5 x 2 1/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0081 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a British family group, four adult men and four adult women], [ca. 1852]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 16.2 x 21 cm ; 6 2/5 x 8 3/10 in (arched top).

964:0020:0088 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a British maid], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 7 x 5.7 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0089 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a British woman and British officer], [ca. 1850]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7 x 9.5 cm ; 2 4/5 x 3 7/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0090 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a British gentleman], [ca. 1850]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 9.2 x 6.7 cm ; 3 3/5 x 2 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0091 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon gentlewoman], [ca. 1850]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 10 x 7.5 cm ; 3 9/10 x 3 in (arched top).

964:0020:0092 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified man], ca. 1850. Daguerreotype, frame: 23.9 x 20.9 cm ; 9 2/5 x 8 1/5 in ; image: 13.5 x 11 cm ; 5 3/10 x 4 3/10 in .

964:0020:0093 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a European gentlewoman], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 9.1 x 6 cm ; 3 3/5 x 2 2/5 in (notched corners).

964:0020:0094 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon woman], September, 1851.. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.3 x 4 cm ; 2 1/10 x 1 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0095 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon gentleman], [ca. 1848]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7 x 5.7 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0096 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of four Austrian women], circa 1843. Daguerreotype, 8 x 6.3 cm ; 3 1/10 x 2 1/2 in (notched corners).

964:0020:0097 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of Austrian woman], circa 1845. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7.5 x 6.2 cm ; 3 x 2 2/5 in (notched corners).

964:0020:0098 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified family], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 11 x 8.8 cm ; 4 3/10 x 3 1/2 in .

964:0020:0101 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of three American Anglo-Saxon men], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 6.6 x 9 cm ; 2 3/5 x 3 1/2 in (rounded corners).

964:0020:0102 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of American Anglo-Saxon man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 6.5 x 5.3 cm ; 2 3/5 x 2 1/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0103 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an American Anglo-Saxon woman and man], [ca. 1848]. Daguerreotype, 6.6 x 5.3 cm ; 2 3/5 x 2 1/10 in (notched corners).

964:0020:0104 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified couple], ca. 1848. Daguerreotype, 8.2 x 6.5 cm ; 3 1/5 x 2 3/5 in .

964:0020:0105 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an American Anglo-Saxon girl], [ca. 1850]. Daguerreotype, 6.8 x 5.8 cm ; 2 7/10 x 2 3/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0107 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a European woman], [ca. 1852]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.4 x 4.3 cm ; 2 1/10 x 1 7/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0108 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a European woman], [ca. 1852]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.4 x 4 cm ; 2 1/10 x 1 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0109 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a European woman], [ca. 1852]. Daguerreotype, 5.1 x 3.9 cm ; 2 x 1 1/2 in (arched top).

964:0020:0110 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 5.4 x 4.1 cm ; 2 1/10 x 1 3/5 in (oval).

964:0020:0111 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype with applied color, 9.3 x 6.7 cm ; 3 7/10 x 2 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0112 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype, 5.2 x 4 cm ; 2 x 1 3/5 in (rounded corners).

964:0020:0113 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an elderly Anglo-Saxon woman], [ca. 1853]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7 x 5.7 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0115 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a caucasian man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7 x 5.6 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (oval).

964:0020:0116 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.3 x 4 cm ; 2 1/10 x 1 3/5 in (arched top).

964:0020:0117 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon woman], [ca. 1852]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5.2 x 4.3 cm ; 2 x 1 7/10 in (oval).

964:0020:0118 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of an Anglo-Saxon man], [ca. 1848]. Daguerreotype with applied color, 7 x 5.5 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 1/5 in (irregular floral).

964:0020:0119 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a caucasian man], circa 1845. Daguerreotype with applied color, 5 x 4.2 cm ; 2 x 1 7/10 in (rounded corners).

964:0864:0003 -- unidentified photographer. [Woman in Low Décolletage], circa 1852. Daguerreotype with applied color (stereograph format), .

964:0864:0004 -- unidentified photographer. [A lady in Eastern dress, semi-nude, lying on divan], circa 1852. Daguerreotype with applied color (stereograph format), .

964:0864:0005 -- unidentified photographer. [Sir William Hamilton], circa 1853. Daguerreotype with applied color (stereograph), .

964:0864:0006 -- unidentified photographer. [Still life], circa 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph format), .

964:0864:0007 -- unidentified photographer. [Bust of Queen Victoria], circa 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), .

964:0864:0008 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a young man], circa 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph format), .

979:0039:0001 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified woman and child], ca. 1840s-1860s. Daguerreotype, 6.6 x 5.3 cm ; 2 3/5 x 2 1/10 in .

982:0053:0001 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified image], ca. 1840s-1860s. Daguerreotype, 8.2 x 7 cm ; 3 1/5 x 2 4/5 in .

982:0053:0002 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified man], ca. 1840s-1860s. Daguerreotype, 11 x 8.5 cm ; 4 3/10 x 3 3/10 in .

982:0053:0003 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified bearded man], ca. 1840s-1860s. Daguerreotype, 6.3 x 5.1 cm ; 2 1/2 x 2 in .

997:0043:0001 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified bearded young man], ca. 1840s-1860s. Daguerreotype, 6.3 x 5 cm ; 2 1/2 x 2 in .

997:0043:0002 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified buildings], ca. 1840s-1860s. Daguerreotype, 8.3 x 6.9 cm ; 3 3/10 x 2 7/10 in .

997:0043:0005 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified man and two boys], ca. 1840s-1860s. Daguerreotype, 7 x 8.3 cm ; 2 4/5 x 3 3/10 in .

997:0043:0006 -- unidentified photographer. [Sculpture of a woman], ca. 1840s-1850s. Daguerreotype, 8.1 x 6.7 cm ; 3 1/5 x 2 3/5 in .

997:0043:0007 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified young man], ca. 1840s-1850s. Daguerreotype, 8 x 6.5 cm ; 3 1/10 x 2 3/5 in .

997:0043:0008 -- unidentified photographer. [Unidentified middle-aged man], ca. 1840s-1850s. Daguerreotype, 11.1 x 9.3 cm ; 4 2/5 x 3 7/10 in .

John Benjamin Dancer Photography Collection

Colonel Mark T. Muller Photography Collection: 985:0027:0175-0179

Sarah Williams Photography Collection: 960:0001:0021

Edward Larocque Tinker Photography Collection: 958:0071:1021-1025 in Box 135.8

Paul Bowles Literary File Photography Collection: 957:0027:0447-0449

George Barr McCutcheon Literary File Photography Collection: 997:0043:0009

Edgar Allan Poe Literary File Photography Collection: 997:0043:0013

Carson McCullers Literary File Photography Collection: 997:0043:0010-0011

Browning Family Literary File Photography Collection: 981:0077:0005, 0011-0012

Ernest Hemingway Literary File Photography Collection: 975:0089:0001-0004; 997:0043:0012

Carlton Lake Literary File Photography Collection: 2001:0039:0080, 0083

Stereographs Photography Collection: Stereo daguerreotypes 964:0864:0001-0010; 964:0865:0001-0015; 964:0867:0001-0002

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