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 THE DAGUERREOTYPE: AN ARCHIVE OF SOURCE TEXTS, GRAPHICS, AND EPHEMERA


  The research archive of Gary W. Ewer regarding the history of the daguerreotype

BIOGRAPHIES (and obituaries, by name)
25 March 1908
New York Times
Ewer archive: N9080001
subject: Bogardus, Abraham
text title: "Obituary notes - Abraham Bogardus"
notes: An obituary notice for the noted New York daguerreotypist/photographer, Abraham Bogardus
keywords: Abraham Bogardus
January 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510010
subject: Brady, Mathew B.
text title: "M. B. Brady and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Brady.
keywords: Mathew B. Brady, Charles Edwards Lester, Gallery of Illustrious Americans, ivorytype
April 1891
World (New York)
Ewer archive: N8910001
subject: Brady, Mathew B.
text title: "Still Taking Pictures"
notes: An lengthy interview with Mathew B. Brady at the age of sixty-seven.
keywords: Mathew B. Brady
3 March 1893
Sun (New York)
Ewer archive: N8930001
subject: Brown, James Sidney
text title: "Artist Brown Very Ill"
notes: Biographical information regarding the daguerreotypist, James Sidney Brown.
keywords: James Sidney Brown, 181 Broadway, Mathew Brady, John H. Fitzgibbon, Richard A. Lewis
May 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510011
subject: Cook, George S.
author name: A. D. Cohen
text title: "George S. Cook and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Cook.
keywords: George S. Cook
26 July 1851
Illustration London News
Ewer archive: P8510007
subject: Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande
text title: "M. Daguerre"
notes: Biographical information, and a wood-engraving portrait of Daguerre based on a daguerreotype by Meade.
keywords: Jacques Mande Daguerre, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, Francis Bauer, Isidore Niepce, Vincent Chevalier, Diorama
4 August 1851
Sun (New York)
Ewer archive: N8510038
subject: Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande
text title: "Death of Daguerre"
notes: Notice of Daguerre's death (as provided in a letter from the Meade Brothers).
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade, Henry W. M. Meade, Meade Brothers
February 1852
Phrenological Journal
Ewer archive: P8520003
subject: Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande
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 Mande Daguerre, Joseph Nicephore Francis Bauer, Niepce, Isidore Niepce, Vincent Chevalier, Diorama
1856
Ewer archive: B8560001
subject: Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande
book title: The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel (selected text)
text title: "M. Daguerre."
notes: The encyclopedia entry from Daguerre, accompanied by a wood-engraving portrait of Daguerre based on a daguerreotype by Charles R. Meade.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, Diorama, Charles R. Meade
September 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510016
subject: Davie, D. D. T.
author name: J. W. Tracy
text title: "D. D. T. Davie; First President of the Association of Daguerreotypists"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Davie.
keywords: Daniel D. T. Davie
5 September 1857
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Ewer archive: P8570002
subject: Fitzgibbon, John H.
text title: "J. H. Fitzgibbon, of St. Louis"
notes: A brief biography of John H. Fitzgibbon accompanied by a wood-engraving portrait
keywords: John H. Fitzgibbon, "Justice"
1858
Ewer archive: B8580003
subject: Fitzgibbon, John H.
book title: Sketch Book of Saint Louis
text title: "Fitzgibbon's Gallery"
notes: A profile of John H. Fitzgibbon.
keywords: John H. Fitzgibbon, electrotype, Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau
15 August 1882
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ewer archive: N8820001
text title: "Died of Heart Disease"
notes: A notice of the death of John H. Fitzgibbon.
keywords: John H. Fitzgibbon
17 June 1847
New-York Tribune
Ewer archive: N8470001
subject: Gouraud, François
text title: "Dead"
notes: An obituary for François F. Gouraud.
keywords: François Gouraud, François Fauvel-Gouraud, Francois Gouraud, Francois Fauvel-Gouraud, Francis Gouraud
10 July 1847
Littell's Living Age (Boston)
Ewer archive: P8470001
subject: Gouraud, François
text title: "Death of Professor F. F. Gouraud"
notes: An obituary for François F. Gouraud.
keywords: François Gouraud, François Fauvel-Gouraud, Francois Gouraud, Francois Fauvel-Gouraud, Francis Gouraud
June 1903
Wilson's Photographic Magazine
Ewer archive: P9030001
subject: Gutekunst, Jr., Frederick
text title: "Philadelphia's Share in American Photography"
notes: Primarily a brief bio of Frederick Gutekunst, Jr., but also provides other information regarding early daguerreotypy in Phildelphia.
keywords: Frederick Gutekunst, Jr., Robert Cornelius, Robert C. Cornelius, Samuel F. B. Morse, John W. Draper, Paul Beck Goddard, Dr. Isaac Norris, Marcus A. Root, Washington Peale, Buckeye Blacksmith, John W. Bear, John C. Browne, Samuel Sartain, Joachim Bishop, Frederick DeBourg Richards, John Moran, James E. McClees, Washington Lafayett Germon, David C. Collins, Thomas P. Collins, Frederick A. Wenderoth, Robert Newell, Robert N. Keeley, William Bell (or John Bell?), Samuel Van Loan, John Jabez Edwin Mayall, Howard Peale
June 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510009
subject: Hale, Luther Holman
text title: "Luther Holman Hale and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Hale.
keywords: Luther Holman Hale, Benjamin French
March 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510012
subject: Harrison, Gabriel
author name: S. J. Burr
text title: "Gabriel Harrison the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Harrison.
keywords: Gabriel Harrison, Samuel Jones Burr, John Plumbe, William H. Butler, Martin M. Lawrence, 203 Broadway, John Sartain, Eliza C. Hurley
April 1898
Demorest's Family Magazine
Ewer archive: P8980001
subject: Hawes, Josiah Johnson
author name: Rufus Rockwell Wilson
text title: "A Famous Photographer and his Sitters"
notes: An article of some length regarding Josiah Johnson Hawes, with copies of daguerreotype portraits including a portrait of Hawes.
keywords: Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Sands Southworth, Rufus Rockwell Wilson
10 August 1901
New York Times
Ewer archive: N9010001
subject: Hawes, Josiah Johnson
text title: "Oldest Photographer Dead"
notes: An obituary notice for Josiah Johnson Hawes
keywords: Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Sands Southworth, François Gouraud
September 1901
Photo Era
Ewer archive: P9010001
subject: Hawes, Josiah Johnson
text title: "The Past and Present: Death of Josiah Johnson Hawes"
notes: A profile of the career of Josiah Johnson Hawes
keywords: Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Sands Southworth
September 1906
Photo Era
Ewer archive: P9060001
subject: Hawes, Josiah Johnson
text title: "Stray Leaves from the Diary of the Oldest Professional Photographer in the World"
notes: A text based on a manuscript autobiography of Josiah Johnson Hawes
keywords: Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Sands Southworth
1894 (year of death)
Ewer archive: P8950002
subject: Insley, Henry E.
book title: Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1894
notes: An obituary notice for the daguerreotypist Henry E. Insley.
keywords: Henry Earle Insley, Samuel F. B. Morse, George W. Prosch
November 1894
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin
Ewer archive: P8940001
subject: Insley, Henry E.
notes: An obituary notice for the daguerreotypist Henry E. Insley.
keywords: Henry E. Insley, George W. Prosch, Insley & Prosch, blue glass
February 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510013
subject: Lawrence, Martin M.
author name: S. D. Burchard
text title: "Martin M. Lawrence and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Lawrence.
keywords: Martin M. Lawrence, Gabriel Harrison
April 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510014
subject: Morand, Augustus
author name: D. P. Kidder
text title: "Augustus Morand and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Morand.
keywords: Augustus Morand, Jr., Rev. Daniel Parish Kidder, James R. Chilton, Junius Brutus Stearns, Tithonotype, 132 Chatham, Henry Inman
14 March 1890
Photographic Times
and American Photographer

Ewer archive: P8900001
subject: Moulthrop, Major
text title: "Major Moulthrop"
notes: An obituary for Moulthrop followed by a very useful survey of still-living "old-time photographers."
keywords: Major Moulthrop, Enoch Long, Albert Sands Southworth, John H. Hallenbeck, Meade Brothers, Henry D. W. Marks, Alexander Hesler, Charles DeForest Fredricks, Jeremiah Gurney, Abraham Bogardus, Mathew Brady, Benjamin L. H. Dabbs, John B. Gardner, Frederick A. Wenderoth, Samuel Broadbent, John Carbutt, William Shew, Myron Shew, James Lett, Levi Chapman, John Barnet, Benjamin French, Samuel T. Blessing, Richard A. Levi
1858
Ewer archive: B8580004
subject: Outley, John J.
book title: Sketch Book of Saint Louis
text title: "Daguerrean and Ambrotype Gallery: J. J. Outley, Proprietor."
notes: A profile of J. J. Outley.
keywords: J. J. Outley
8 February 1862
Scientific American
Ewer archive: P8620001
subject: Root, Marcus Aurelius
text title: "Fortunes and Misfortunes of an Artist"
notes: An informative biography of M. A. Root, one of most successful and influential daguerreotypists.
keywords: Marcus Aurelius Root
August 1851
Photographic Art-Journal
Ewer archive: P8510015
subject: Whipple, John A.
author name: M. Grant
text title: "John A. Whipple and the Daguerrean Art"
notes: Biographical information and a lithograph portrait of Whipple.
keywords: John Adams Whipple