University of Texas at Austin

Photography Collections Database

Record Detail

Call Number:

PH-00361

Collection Name:

Early Photographic Processes Photography Collection

Creator:

Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton) (1843 - 1908)

Weisbrod, Friedrich (1828 - 1913)

No. of Items:

163 items

Span Dates:

1750s-1910s

Description:

The collection includes examples of painted salted paper prints, as well as photographs on a variety of supports including: aluminum (2), metalloid (4), cloth (10), ceramic (including opal) (26), silhouettes (23), painted paper (13), physionotrace (20), medals (15), Abraham Lincoln campaign buttons (9), orotone (2), miscellaneous cased paper-based photographs (11), and painting on glass (2). Additionally there are two crayon portraits (998:0054:0048-0049).

Access Restrictions:

Includes light sensitive materials which must be viewed under low-level lighting.

Location(s):

Special permission required Salted Paper Prints with Applied Color Boxes (964:0202:0001-0004)
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Gernsheim daguerreotype (unaccessioned)
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Period frame containing 15 cased portraits (979:0070:0001)
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Ceramics, enamel, porcelain, opal glass (C1-C22; 2010:0007:0001)
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Ceramics (C23-C25); 958:0270:0001-0002; Abraham Lincoln campaign buttons; Cloth (C1-C10)
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Medals (M1-M15)
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Orotones Box (986:0047:0001; 983:0044:0001, 996:0046:0008-0006)
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Enameled portrait (C13)
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Empty union cases (boxes 1-2)
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Physionotraces (P1-P20); Silhouettes (S1-S25)
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Metalloid (M3-M4); Metallic (M1-M2); Aluminum (A1-A2)
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Paintings (P1-P2); Painted salted paper print; Painted albumen print in case (958:0235:0001; 2010:0006:0001)
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Cased Paper-based Photographs Box (974:0004:0001)
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Miniature book containing 12 albumen prints (958:0268:0001-0012)
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Painting on glass; 3 miniatures (2010:0008:0001; unaccessioned)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title [Three-quarter length portrait of older man, seated, facing left]
Date likely between 1840 and 1855
Medium Salted paper print with applied color in damask frame
Dimensions image: 18 x 15 cm ; 7 1/10 x 5 9/10 in (approximately)
Accession Number 964:0202:0001
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title [Three-quarter length portrait of older woman with floral hat, seated, facing right]
Date likely between 1840 and 1855
Medium Salted paper print with applied color in damask frame
Dimensions image: 18 x 15 cm ; 7 1/10 x 5 9/10 in (approximately)
Accession Number 964:0202:0002
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title [Three-quarter length portrait of older woman, seated in front of a mountainous landscape, facing left]
Date circa 1849
Medium Salted paper print with applied color in wood frame
Dimensions image: 20 x 16 cm ; 7 9/10 x 6 3/10 in (approximately)
Accession Number 964:0202:0003
Artist/Maker Weisbrod, Friedrich (1828 - 1913)
Title [Three-quarter length portrait of man, seated, arm resting on small table with book, facing right]
Date likely between 1840 and 1855
Medium Salted paper print with applied color in wood frame
Dimensions image: 20 x 16 cm ; 7 9/10 x 6 3/10 in (approximately)
Accession Number 964:0202:0004


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