Call Number:

PH-00020

Collection Name:

John Spiller and Sir William Crookes Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

108 items

Span Dates:

1850s-1870s

Description:

The collection consists of landscapes, portraits, solar, and spectrographic images in early experimental photographic processes made by Sir William Crookes (British, 1832-1919) and John Spiller (British, 1833-1921). The photographs include salted-paper and uranium prints, calotypes, and prints made using other processes. Select item-level information follows.

964:0074:0331 -- Two portraits of John Spiller, Gelatin silver print mounted on card (carte-de-visite format);
964:0074:0332, 0334 -- [Cartes-de-visites of Crookes].
964:0021:0008 -- Spiller, John. My father--J. H. Spiller. Ambrotype, 5.7 x 4.4 cm (2.2 x 1.7 inches) (sixth plate) (visible image); 15 x 12.7 cm (5.9 x 5 inches) (frame);
964:0383:0011 -- Portrait of three children, 1880. Platinum print, 16.2 x 11.1 cm.

Access Restrictions:

Light sensitive materials must be viewed under low-level lighting.

Location(s):

Special permission required Light Sensitive Materials Box 2 (964:0390:0001-0024)
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Special permission required Light Sensitive Materials Box 7 (964:0384:0001)
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Special permission required Spiller & Crookes Box 1 (964:0382:0001-0013; 964:3508:0001)
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Special permission required Spiller & Crookes Box 2 (Manuscripts and Ephemera)
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Special permission required Spiller & Crookes Box 3 (964:0381:0001-00012, 0018-0031)
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Special permission required Spiller & Crookes Box 4 (964:0383:0001-0030)
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Special permission required Glass Neg. Box (964:0387:0001-0003, 964:0388:0001-0003, 964:0389:0001-0019)
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Ambrotypes Box 1 (964:0021:0008)
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Special permission required Crookes & Spiller Box (964:0387:0004)
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Cabinet Storage (964:0385:0001-0002; 964:0386:0001-0002)
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Cabinet Storage (Scientists 964:0074:0331-0332, 0334)
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Special permission required (964:0389:0020)
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Special permission required Flat File (964:0381:0013-0017)
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See Also:

Ambrotypes Photography Collection

Card Photographs (Cabinet Cards and Cartes-de-visite) Photography Collection: 964:0074:0331

Stereographs Photography Collection: 964:0803:0001-0012 ; 964:0837:0001-0009

Helmut and Alison Gernsheim Papers and Photography Collection: Related manuscript materials by and about Crookes and Spiller are located in the Helmut and Alison Gernsheim Papers and Photography Collection (PH-02378).