1852 Ewer archive: B8520002 |
author name: Benjamin Pierce Johnson book title: Report of Benj. P. Johnson, Agent of the State of New-York, Appointed to Attend the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nation, held in London, 1851 (selected text) notes: Text regarding American daguerreotypists who exhibited in the London exhibition in 1851, three of whom won medals. keywords: Benjamin Pierce Johnson, Mathew B. Brady, Martin M. Lawrence, John A. Whipple, Charles R. Meade, Henry W. M. Meade, Meade Brothers, Oliver B. Evans |
1852 Ewer archive: B8520001 |
author name: Anna Hanson Dorsey volume title: Woodreve Manor: or, Six Months in Town notes: Two passages in this work of fiction describe a daguerreotype gallery identified by the author as "Whitehurst's handsome gallery" keywords: Anna Hanson Dorsey, Jesse Whitehurst |
February 1852 Phrenological Journal Ewer archive: P8520003 |
text title: "Louis J. M. Daguerre, his Character and Biography" notes: A phrenological description of Daguerre, some biographical information, and a wood-engraving portrait of Daguerre based on a daguerreotype by Meade. keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, Francis Bauer, Isidore Niepce, Vincent Chevalier, Diorama |
April 1852 Photographic Art-Journal Ewer archive: P8520012 |
author name: M. M. text title: "To Mr. Zealy, the Distinguished Artist . . ." notes: A poem expressing thanks to the daguerreotypist J. T. Zealy for a portrait daguerreotype. keywords: J. T. Zealy |
May 1852 Photographic Art-Journal Ewer archive: P8520007 |
author name: Gabriel Harrison text title: "The Dignity of Our Art" notes: An essay regarding the artistic qualifications of a daguerreotypist. keywords: Gabriel Harrison |
May 1852 Photographic Art-Journal Ewer archive: P8520008 |
notes: A brief description of Gabriel Harrison's new gallery in Brooklyn. keywords: Gabriel Harrison, Fulton Street |
May 1852 Photographic Art-Journal Ewer archive: P8520001 |
author name: John A. Whipple text title: "Preparing Daguerreotype Plates by Steam" notes: A description of Whipple's use of a steam engine in his gallery operations. keywords: John Adams Whipple, steam |
July 1852 Student Ewer archive: P8520002 |
header: "Daguerre" notes: A text accompanied by an wood-engraving of Daguerre after a daguerreotype by Charles R. Meade. keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles Richard Meade, John A. Whipple, Marcus A. Root, Samuel Root |
October 1852 Photographic Art-Journal Ewer archive: P8520011 |
header: "Daguerreotypes at the Fair" notes: A review of daguerreotypes exhibited at the Fair of the American Institute. keywords: Marcus Aurelius Root, Samuel Root, Jeremiah Gurney, Meade Brothers, Charles R. Meade, Henry W. M. Meade, Silas A. Holmes, Henry E. Insley, Brinkerhoff & Co., John DeWitt Brinkerhoff (Brinckerhoff), George W. A. Holt, William H. Butler |
November, December 1852 National Magazine (New York) Ewer archive: P8520005 |
text title: "Photography: its Origin, Progress, and its Present State" notes: A lengthy text written by a British author providing an overall history from the 18th century on. keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, William Henry Fox Talbot, (Carl) Karl Wilhelm Scheele, Thomas Wedgwood, Humphrey Davy, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, M. Isidore Niepce, Miles Berry, Robert Hunt, John Herschel, John William Draper, John T. Towson, John F. Goddard, Antoine Claudet, Claude Félix Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor, Ross and Thompson, Gustave Le Gray, Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Évrard, Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau, Edmond Becquerel |
November 1852 Republic (New York) Ewer archive: P8520009 |
notes: Brief comments regarding Gurney and his new gallery at 289 Broadway (with three operating rooms). keywords: Jeremiah Gurney, 189 Broadway, 349 Broadway |
December 1852 Photographic Art-Journal Ewer archive: P8520010 |
author name: Marcus A. Root text title: "The Various Uses of the Daguerrean Art." notes: Commentary about the daguerreotype's social effect, its usefulness to artists, and its place among the fine arts. keywords: Marcus Aurelius Root |