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Leigh, John

Ambrotypes, Daguerrean Car, Daguerreian Stock and Materials, Daguerreotypes, , , , , , , , , , ,

1849                Mansion House, Augusta, Georgia.

1849                Address Unknown, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1849                Address Unknown, Abbeville, South Carolina.

1850                Spann’s Hotel, Edgefield, South Carolina.[1]

1850-1852       Metcalf’s New Building, Opposite Masonic Hall, Augusta, Georgia.

1851                Rooms at the Spann Hotel, Edgefield, South Carolina.

1853                Address Unknown, Edgefield, South Carolina.

1854-1855       Address Unknown, Edgefield, South Carolina.

1856                Public Square, Edgefield, South Carolina.

1856                Address Unknown, Augusta, Georgia.

1857                In front of the Odd Fellows & Masonic Building, Edgefield, South Carolina.

1857                Address Unknown, Edgefield, South Carolina.

1858                Address Unknown, Edgefield, South Carolina.

1858                Address Unknown, Abbeville, South Carolina.

1849 February 6.  Daily Chronicle & Sentinel.  (Augusta, Georgia.)  February 6, 1849, Vol. XIII, No. 32, P. 3.

Last Call.  Those Who Wish their lineaments portrayed in life-like colors, that will never fade,

We bid you come, and we will give the hue

Which future ages shall admiring view—

And all for two dollars.  Call soon at Leigh & Co.’s. Daguerrean Rooms, Mansion House, and secure the shadow, ere the substance fades.  Our stay will be limited to only a few days longer.  Come and come quick.  Leigh & Co.

Advertisement ran from February 6 to 17, 1849.

1849 July 21.  The Abbeville Banner.  (Abbeville, South Carolina.)  July 21, 1849, Vol. VI, No. 18, P. 3.

Leigh’s Beautiful; Daguerreotype.  Mr. Leigh (Late of New Orleans) respectfully announces to the ladies and gentlemen of Abbeville and vicinity that he is now ready for the reception of company and those wishing a fine likeness and a highly finished picture of themselves or friends would do well to embrace this opportunity, as another so favorable may not soon offer.

Mr. L.’s stay will be limited as other engagements will soon call him hence.

Ladies will find it would add much to their Pictures to dress in black or colored dresses.  July 6, 1849.

1850 December 21.  Daily Chronicle & Sentinel.  (Augusta, Georgia.)  December 21, 1850, Vol. XIV, No. 302, P. 2.

Premium Daguerreotypes.—Messrs Leigh & Tucker, grateful for patronage received the past season, beg leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Augusta and vicinity, that as soon as their new Daguerreotype rooms can be completed in the new building now being erected by Mr. Metcalf, opposite the Masonic Hall, they will be prepared (assisted by one of the first artists of New York) to wait upon all who may wish their Premium Sky-light Daguerreotypes.  Their Rooms are being arranged expressly for their business, and will afford superior facilities; and they flatter themselves that all will be pleased with the style, beauty, and finish of their pictures.

Advertisement ran from December 21, 1850 to January 17, 1851.

1851 February 6.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  February 6, 1851, Vol. XVI, No. 3, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.  Those who wish an excellent thing of this sort, would do well to call at Mr. Leigh’s rooms in the Spann Hotel.  We direct attention to his advertisement.  He is a South Carolinian by birth, and, beyond doubt, calculated to come up to his promises.

1851 February 6.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  February 6, 1851, Vol. XVI, No. 3, P. 3.

Premium Daguerreotypes!  Mr. Leigh of the firm of Leigh & Tucker, Augusta, Ga., whose Pictures was awarded the first Premium at the State Fair of Georgia, would respectfully announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Edgefield and vicinity, that he has taken rooms at the Spann Hotel, and would be pleased to wait on all that may favor him with their patronage.

Advertisement ran from February 6 to May 15, 1851.

1851 April 18.  Daily Chronicle & Sentinel.  (Augusta, Georgia.)  April 18, 1851, Vol. XV, No. 9, P. 3.

Premium Daguerrean Gallery.  Messrs. Leigh, Tucker & Perkins would respectfully announce to the citizens of Augusta, and vicinity, that their new and splendid Picture Gallery is now open for the reception of visitors.  By the aid of our greatly improved Sky-Light, we can produce a style of Daguerreotypes, unequalled by any that have ever before been offered in this city.  We would call attention, particularly to the specimens of our style of fine, large head.  Those are numerous other specimens of the Art, the Ladies and Gentlemen are cordially invited to call and examine, at our Rooms in Metcalf’s new Iron Front Building, opposite the Masonic Hall.

Daguerreotype Stock and Instruments for sale at reduced prices.

Advertisement was recorded between April 18 to June 29, 1851.

1851 May 29.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  May 29, 1851, Vol. XVI, No. 19, P. 2.

Daguerreotype Car.  Mr. Leigh the Daguerreotypist, who has been for some time occupying rooms in the Spann Hotel at this place, has had a Daguerrean Car constructed at the carriage-manufactory of our enterprising townsman, Mr. Abner Bushnell.  It is indeed an admirably arranged and elegantly finished thing, reflecting credit upon those who devised as well as those who built it.  We doubt if a neater or more convenient specimen of the kind, has yet been made.   Its advantages for the business are manifest.  Having lights at the sides, and a sky light which can be regulated easily according to the judgment of the artist, the precise degree of light can be readily attained.  In travelling, pictures can be produced without the delay and trouble usually required to make the necessary arrangements.  Here is always an elegant little saloon, with velvet-cushioned seats, and silk curtains, ready fixed and exactly adapted to the purpose of operating speedily and successfully.  The establishment, although very large and commodious, can be easily drawn by four horses, over any ordinary road.  Its entire cost (with harness) is near $1000, and the whole affair is one of those daily increasing proofs, that “some things can be done well as others,” even in the back country of ours.

The front of the car is ornamented with a landscape view, and from the top arises a beautiful vari-colored stain banner, a fit ensign of the taste exhibited below.

We wish for Mr. Leigh, whose sojourn here has won for him the respect of our community, many a pleasant and profitable jaunt in his travelling gallery.  The present is Car, No. 2, of the firm of Leigh & Tucker.  In their No. 1, the pictures were taken, that bore off the premium at the Georgia exhibition.  In their No. 2, others may be taken, that will win the prize at the next annual fair of the South Carolina Institute.  We will see.

1852 January 1.  Daily Chronicle & Sentinel.  (Augusta, Georgia.)  January 1, 1851, Vol. XVI, No. 1, P. 1.

Leigh, Tucker & Perkins’ Improved Sky Light Daguerrean Gallery.—The Pictures now being taken at this establishment, by the aid of an entirely new Apparatus and Sky Light, arranged expressly for the purpose, are pronounced by all superior to any that have ever been offered in this city.

We have just received a new stock, consisting of every variety of plain and fancy cases, into which Pictures will be inserted in the neatest and most caring manner.

Particular care will be bestowed on the arrangementbof Family Groups, and to the attitudes of single Pictures.

A general assortment of Plates, Cases, Polishing Materials, &c., constantly on hand for sale.  o11.

Advertisement was recorded between January 1 to June 29, 1852.

1853 March 9.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  March 9, 1853, Vol. XVIII, No. 8, P. 2.

Mr. Leigh would respectfully announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Edgefield and vicinity that he is fitting up a New Car, and will be ready in a few days to offer to them a New and Superior Style of Pictures!  having an advantage of a recent improvement in the finish and polish of the Plate, he feels confident that he will be able to offer to them a very Superior Picture.

He has also made arrangements for an instrument, by which he will be enabled to take Pictures of Children in the short time of one second.  J. Leigh.         

Advertisement ran from March 9 to April 6, 1853.

1853 July 6.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  July 6, 1853, Vol. XVIII, No. 25, P. 1.

Leigh’s Beautiful Daguerreotypes, Mr. Leigh would respectfully announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Edgefield and vicinity, that he is now ready to serve all that may be desirous of obtaining one or more of his Unrivalled Daguerreotypes.

Mr. L. is prepared to take any of the different styles of Pictures the Art is capable of.

Ladies will find that black or dark dressing will add much to the beauty of the Picture.  May 1.

Advertisement ran from July 6, 1853 to February 1, 1854.

1854 November 16.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  November 16, 1854, Vol. XIX, No. 44, P. 3.

The Daguerrean Car, Mr. Leigh would respectfully announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Edgefield and vicinity that he will be ready by Monday the 20th inst., to furnish all that may favor him with a call, with a Correct Daguerreotype Likeness, in any of the different styles they may desire.                                                     

November 16, 1854 to January 24, 1855.

1856 October 9.  Daily Chronicle & Sentinel.  (Augusta, Georgia.)  October 9, 1856, Vol. XX, No. 241, P. 2.

Pictures!  Pictures!!—Run to the Chalmers Daguerrean Gallery, and get a first rate Ambrotype for one dollar.

Photographs taken in superior style.  Call and examine specimens.

All kinds of Ambrotype Goods for sale—Sensitive Collodeon [sic.]—a number one article manufactured by ourselves, always on hand fresh.  Leigh & Chalmers.

1856 November 12.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  November 12, 1856, Vol. XXI, No. 44, P. 2.

Leigh & Co.’s. Ambrotype Car.  This beautiful and most complete Car is now on our Public Square, under the management of Mr. A. T. Lyon, a skillful artist, and one well prepared to take Ambrotypes of every description in a style second to none.  We bespeak for Mr. Lyon an extensive patronage, first because he is a native of our Town, and secondly, because his specimens of Ambrotypes are highly creditable to any one.  See advertisement in another column.

1857 April 15.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  April 15, 1857, Vol. XXII, No. 14, P. 2.

Serious Loses By Fire.  On Sunday morning last, about day-break, Mr. John M. Whitt’s Machine and Cabinet Shop, in this place, was discovered to be in flames past all possibility of being saved.  The fire rapidly spread to his Steam-mill adjoining, and to the Coach Manufactory and Black-Smith shops of Mr. John Leigh; also on the other side, to a cottage building occupied by Mr. Stanmore B. Griffin.  All of these were entirely consumed, together with a large portion of their contents.  The loss in machinery and tools of all kinds was very severe Messrs. Leigh, Witt, Griffin, Riddell, Covar, Paul and Hurlbut being the sufferers.  Some of them lost their entire implements of trade.  The whole loss is estimated at about twenty-five thousand dollars, and no insurance.  Messrs. Leigh and Witt are the principle losers their damages being reckoned by them at a sum not short of twenty thousand dollars.  The fire company was out and all possible exertions made lessen the disaster, which came near at one time being much more extensive.  It is not known how the fire originated, but supposed to be the work of an incendiary.

1857 April 29.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  April 29, 1857, Vol. XXII, No. 16, P. 2.

Leigh’s Ambrotypes.  The Ambrotypes, now being taken by Mr. Leigh in his Car, are pronounced the very best that have yet been exhibited here.  Mr. Leigh, our readers know, suffered a heavy loss by the late fire.  We suggest that there is a way here to help him in his difficulties and get full value received for the kind act.  Sit for one of his very beautiful ambrotype likenesses.  It will be a favor to the worthy operator and a gratification to yourself.  The car stands in front of the Odd Fellows & Masonic Building.

1857 May 27.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  May 27, 1857, Vol. XXII, No. 20, P. 2.

Absent.  Mr. John Leigh requests us to state that he is necessarily compelled to be absent from the Village and his Ambrotype Car until Monday next.  All in want of fac simile Ambrotypes will therefore not call until next week when they can be accommodated “pretty briefly,” and in a satisfactory manner.

1857 July 8.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  July 8, 1857, Vol. XXII, No. 26, P. 3.

The Car Is Off!  The Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and all indebted to him for Ambrotypes, that he will positively leave Edgefield in a few days, and they are particularly requested to call and settle without delay.  John Leigh.                

1858 March 17.  Edgefield Advertiser.  (Edgefield, South Carolina.)  March 17, 1858, Vol. XXIII, No. 10, P. 2.

Mr. Leigh’s Daguerrean Car left yesterday and will be located for a short time at Mr. Carson Warren’s.  Thence it will proceed towards the Ridge.

1858 December 10.  The Independent Press.  (Abbeville, South Carolina.)  December 10, 1858, Vol. 6, No. 32, Whole No. 292, P. 2.

Ambrotypes.  We are requested by Mr. Leigh, the well known Ambrotypist, to say that he will be in our village in the course of 10 or 15 days, and will than give our citizens the opportunity of obtaining Ambrotype Likenesses finished on the highest Style of his art.

Mr. Leigh is an Artist of peculiar aptitude for his profession, and from his long experience has established a high character as a proficient in his art.

[1] Partners with the Sun South Carolina Photographers 1840-1940. P. 74.

Legal, Eugene

Daguerreotype plate importer, Retailer, , , ,

1845                William Street, New York, New York.

1846                54 Beaver Street, New York, New York

1847-1853       86 William Street, New York, New York.

1850 September 19.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  September 19, 1850, Whole No. 5945, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Plates.—For sale Cheap, A small consignment of Daguerreotype Plates.

Legal & Bouland, 86 William street, up stairs.

Advertisement ran on September 19 & 20, 1850.

New York City Directories.  (New York, New York.) 

Published by—John Doggett, Jr., 1854-1850.

Published by—Doggett & Rode, 1851.

Published by—John Fowler Trow1852-1855.

1844.  Not listed.

1845.  Importer–__ William, h-6 Beach.

1846.  Importer (Legal & Bouland)—54 Beaver, h-Hoboken.

1847.  Importer (Legal & Bouland)—86 William, h-Hoboken.

1848.  Importer (Legal & Bouland)—86 William.

1849.  Importer (Legal & Bouland)—86 William.

1850.  Importer (Legal & Bouland)—86 William.

1851.  Importer (Legal & Bouland)—86 William.

1852.  Fancy Goods (Legal & Bouland)—86 William, h-237 Broadway.

1853.  Fancy Goods (Legal & Bouland)—86 William.

1854.  Secretary—4 Bowling Green, h-Judson’s House.

1855.  Not listed.

Leeman, N. S.

Ambrotypes, ,

1857                Crockett Building, Rockland, Maine.

1857 April 16.  Rockland Gazette.  (Rockland, Maine.)  April 16, 1857, Vol. 12, No. 16, P. 3.

Something New.  The subscriber wishing his friends and the public generally to know of his whereabouts, takes this method of informing them that he is at present to be found at the Crockett Building, where he is putting up some of the best pictures to be found in the city.

Also,—A new style which in many respects are far in advance of the Ambrotype and which at the present time are taking the lead of all others in large cities where they are best known.

Please call and see for yourselves.  N. S. Leeman.

Advertisement ran from April 16 to May 7, 1857.

Letters, James B.

Daguerreotypes, ,

1847-1848       101 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York.

1849                164 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York.

1850                101 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York.

1851-1852       25 Atlantic, Brooklyn, New York.

1847 September 8.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  September 8, 1847, Vol. 6, No. 213, P. 2.

J. B. Leathers, Daguerreian Artist, respectfully announces to his friends and the public generally, that he is prepared to take Daguerreotypes in his superior style, at the lowest prices of any other establishment in this city of New York.  He has made addition to his room, which makes it the largest and best ventilated room in this city.

Persons wishing a likeness, will find it to their advantage to call and examine his specimens, as all his pictures are warranted to give perfect satisfaction.

Likenesses of invalids, or deceased persons, taken at residences.  Call at 101 Fulton st, junction of Main st.

Advertisement ran from September 8 to 15, 1847.

1847 September 27.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  September 27, 1847, Vol. 6, No. 229, P. 2.

Superior Daguerreotypes, At James B. Leathers’, 101 Fulton street, Brooklyn.  Sick or deceased persons taken at their residences.  Daguerreotypes copied.

Advertisement ran from September 27 to April 21, 1848.

1847 December 24.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  December 24, 1847, Vol. 6, No. 304, P. 2.

Local Intelligence: &c.  Places Where You Can Buy Good Articles.—….Daguerreotypes.

Leathers, 101 Fulton.

Crowell’s, 63 Fulton.

Stanbury, Corner Fulton and Front.

1848 May 29.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  May 29, 1848, Vol. 7, No. 127, P. 3.

Burglary.—The daguerreotype establishment of J. B. Leathers, at the corner of Fulton and Front streets, was burglariously entered last evening, and a quantity of apparatus taken.

Brooklyn, New York City Directories.  (Brooklyn, New York.) 

Published by Lees & Foulkes (1846-1849)

Published by Henry R. & William J. Herrnes (1850-1854)

1846.  Not Listed.

1847.  Daguerreotypist 101 Fulton.

1848.  Daguerreotypist 101 Fulton.

1849.  Daguerreian Gallery 164 Fulton.

1850.  Daguerreotypist 101 Fulton, h-Franklin House.

1851.  Daguerreotypist 25 Atlantic.

1852.  Daguerreotypist 25 Atlantic.

1853.  Not Listed.

1854.  Not Listed.

Le Bleu, F.

Daguerreotypes, ,

1847                Address Unknown, Honolulu, Hawaii.

1847 January 30.  The Polynesian.  (Honolulu, Hawaii.)  January 30, 1847, Vol. 3, No. 37, P. 3.

Senor F. Le Bleu, the Daguerreotype artist, we hear was robbed on Wednesday night, between 9 and 10 o’clock, of $250.

2021 January 7.  Honolulu Magazine. (Honolulu, Hawaii.) January 7, 2021.

The History of Hawai‘i From Our Files: Honolulu’s First Official Photographer Arrived in 1846

HONOLULU Magazine emerged from predecessor “Paradise of the Pacific,” which began in 1888, fulfilling a commission by King Kalākaua. That makes this the oldest continuously published magazine west of the Mississippi with an enviable archive worth diving into each month. Here’s a look back at January 1946.  By Christi Young.

Noted photographer Ray Jerome Baker writes about the history of Honolulu’s first photographer in the January 1946 issue of Paradise, 100 years after the ship that arrived in December 1846.

“The passenger list was a very meager one which included the name F. LeBleux, a native of France. Circumstantial evidence indicates that this citizen of France who arrived on the brigantine ʻBeatrice’ two days before Christmas, 1846, was none other than Senor L. LeBleu, Daguerreotype artist and subject of this brief review of Honolulu history.

“Senor LeBleu lost no time in setting himself up in business and he must have prospered from the start. On January 30th, 1847, the Polynesian, a Honolulu newspaper, reported that a couple of days previously LeBleu had been robbed of $250. No information is available as to whether or not the photographer’s money was recovered or the thief apprehended. Neither do we know where LeBleu’s studio was located. Honolulu was a mere village at the time and since everybody knew everybody else it was unnecessary for business people to state their location when soliciting business.

“From the Sandwich Island News, February 3rd, 1847. ‘DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAITS. The arrival of Senor LeBleu and his camera seems to have created quite an excitement in our little town, and we congratulate him upon the avidity with which our fellow residents naturalized and ‘unnaturalized’ crowd to his room to exchange the coin of the realm for his well executed little specimens of photographic immortality.

“We understand that the Senor has been very successful in his likenesses, producing pictures as accurate as possible and beautiful as may be; and it is certain the Daguerreotype mania is at present the most prevalent among us. Instead of the ordinary greetings of the day, people enquire whether you have ‘been taken yet’ or when you are going ‘to be taken’—questions which to the uninitiated have a somewhat common sound; and we confess that on hearing the other day, before we were up to the new order of things, that His Excellency, the Minister of Foreign Relations had ʻbeen taken,’ an inexpressible shock thrilled through our entire corporosity, and it was with difficulty that we could sufficiently command our nervous sensibility to make the anxious enquiry whether it was with a colic, a constable or a lucid interval.

“Our distress was presently allayed however, by the consoling information that he had only been taken by Senor LeBleu, and that his Excellency’s sole suffering had been the difficulty he found in getting so much of his person as could be crowded into the narrow compass of a photographic portrait, all the ornaments and insignia which his exalted office, the order in council and his own strict sense of propriety necessarily obliges him to wear. We are told, however, that in the exigency of the case, he contented himself with the red riband (four inches wide) across his shoulder, that the white star upon his left breast, those yellow crowns upon the collar of his coat, and the crescent, vying with the moon in size and brilliancy, in his neck kerchief—a carelessness of frivolities and humility in ornament which those who have seen the gold cord with tassels besides, will know how to appreciate.”

Other research found an 1845 ad in The Polynesian in which Theophilus Metcalf offers his daguerreotype services. But LeBleu’s images, including one of Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Crichton Wyllie, are notable additions to the archives. The first reigning monarch to be photographed in Hawai‘i was Kamehameha III. That daguerreotype is in the Hawai‘i State Archives.

Layton, B. F.

Ambrotypes, , ,

1857                Address Unknown, Boonesboro, Iowa.

1857                Address Unknown, Fort Dodge, Iowa.

1857 September 24.  Fort Dodge Sentinel.  (Fort Dodge, Iowa.)  September 24, 1857, Vol. 2, No. 4, P. 3.

Ambrotypes!  The Undersigned Will be in Fort Dodge, on the 15th of September, with his Ambrotype apparatus, and will remain only one week.  Persons who are desirous of obtaining Miniatures, must be prepared at the time of his arrival.—The Type is warranted not to fade.  They are beautiful and brilliant, presenting all the natural appearance of the person, showing every feature plain and distinct.  Gentlemen and Ladies, old and young, should avail themselves of this opportunity.  B. F. Layton, Boonesboro, Aug. 17, 1857.

Lay, Frederic L.

Ambrotypes, Daguerreotypes, Photographs, Portrait Painter, , , , ,

1857-1858       173 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

1861-1865       31 Winter Street, Boston, Massachusetts.1

1866-1867       36 Winter Street, Boston, Massachusetts.1

1857 January 19.  Boston Daily Chronicle.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  January 19, 1857, Telegraph Vol. V, No. 764, Chronicle Vol. X, No. 1353, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype And Daguerreotype Gallery.  Messrs. Lay & Heywood will give their attention to making all the different styles of Pictures that are made at the present day.

And Mr. Lay, being an Artist that, received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, will give his attention to finishing Portraits from Miniatures and Life Size in Oil, Pastile, [sic.] Water Colors and Indian Ink, and would invite all to call and examine specimens at 173 Washington Street, (Formerly Chase’s Old Stand,) Boston.

Advertisement ran from January 19 to April 10, 1857.

1857 January 22.  Boston Daily Chronicle.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  January 22, 1857, Telegraph Vol. V, No. 767, Chronicle Vol. X, No. 1355, P. 2.

Thalberg’s Portraits.  Messrs. Lay & Heywood, at 173 Washington street, have succeeded in taking an admirable photographic likeness of this celebrated artist, and are prepared to receive orders from his friends for his pictures in all of the different styles, from miniature to the side of life.  Music dealers supplied on reasonable terms.

1857 March 17.  The Union Democrat.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  March 17, 1857, Vol. 7, No. 322, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 17 to April 14, 1857.

1857 March 19.  Lowell Daily Journal and Courier.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  March 19, 1857, Vol. XXII, No. 5232, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement was recorded five times between March 19 to April 17, 1857.

1857 March 19.  St. Albans Messenger.  (St. Albans, Vermont.)  March 19, 1857, Vol. 20, No. 18, Whole No. 1006, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 19 to April 16, 1857.

1857 March 20.  Vermont Journal.  (Windsor, Vermont.)  March 20, 1857, Vol. XIII, No. 40, Whole No. 664, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 20 to April 17, 1857.

1857 March 20.  Vermont Watchman and State Journal.  (Montpelier, Vermont.)  March 20, 1857, Vol. 51, No. 17, Whole No. 2631, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 20 to April 17, 1857.

1857 March 26.  National Eagle. (Claremont, New Hampshire.)  March 26, 1857, Vol. XXIII, No. 24, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 26 to April 23, 1857.

1857 March 27.  Ellsworth American.  (Ellsworth, Maine.)  March 27, 1857, Vol. III, No. 9, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 27 to May 1, 1857.

1857 April 2.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  April 2, 1857, Vol. 12, No. 49, P. 4. 

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype Ad Daguerreotype Gallery, o. 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Advertisement ran from April 2 to 23, 1857.

1857 April 30.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  April 30, 1857, Vol. XXVIII, No. 8283, P. 4. 

Ambrotype, Photograph, And Daguerreotype Gallery.  Lay & Heywood  173 Washington street.

Advertisement was recorded between April 30, 1857 to January 7, 1858.

1857 May 9.  The Granite Farmer And Visitor.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  May 9, 1857, Vol. IX, No. 18, P. 2.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype, And Dagudrreotxpe (sic.) Gallery.  No. 173 Washington St., Boston.

Advertisement ran from May 9 to June 6, 1857.

1857 May 14.  Dover Enquirer.  (Dover, New Hampshire.)  May 14, 1857, Vol. XXX, No. 51, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype And Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Advertisement ran from May 14 to June 11, 1857.

1857 May 14.  National Eagle.  (Claremont, New Hampshire.)  May 14, 1857, Vol. XXIII, No. 31, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington street, Boston.

Advertisement ran from May 14 to June 11, 1857.

1857 May 15.  Bennington Banner.  (Bennington, Vermont.)  May 15, 1857, Vol. XVII, No. 11, Whole No. 843, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington street, Boston.

Advertisement ran from May 15 to June 12, 1857.

1857 June 10.  Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 10, 1857, Vol. CVII, No. 7959, P. 3.

Ambrotype, Photograph, Daguerreotype Gallery.  Lay & Heywood  173 Washington street.

Advertisement was recorded on June 10 & July 18, 1857.

1857 June 16.  Coos Republican.  (Lancaster, New Hampshire.)  June 16, 1857, Vol. II, No. 28, Whole No. 70, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype, And Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street, Boston.

1857 August 13.  Boston Daily Bee.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 13, 1857, Vol. XXXI, No. 4748, P. 1.

Ambrotype, Photograph And Daguerreotype Gallery.  Lay & Heywood 173 Washington street.

Advertisement ran from August 13 to December 16, 1857.

1857 August 22.  Boston Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 22, 1857, Vol. XXVIII, No. 8379, P. 2.

An artistically Executed Picture.  The attention of promenaders down Washington street is sure to be directed to the splendid photograph of the Orpheus Glee Club, by Lay & Heywood.  Its flue tone, life-like expression and tasteful adornment are acknowledged by all.  We think it the best arranged group of large size that ever came under our cognizance.  A large number of persons may at any time be seen gazing at the picture in the window of Wade’s music store where it is now placed.

1857 September 11.  Vermont Watchman and State Journal.  (Montpelier, Vermont.)  September 11, 1857, Vol. 51, No. 42, Whole No. 2656, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 11 to October 9, 1857.

1857 September 12.  Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics.  (Portsmouth, New Hampshire.)  September 12, 1857 Vol. LXVIII, No. 37, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Haywood, (sic.) Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.  Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran five times between from September 12 to October 24, 1857.

1857 September 15.  The Union Democrat.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  September 15, 1857, Vol. 7, No. 348, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Haywood, (sic.) Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 15 to October 13, 1857.

1857 September 17.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 17, 1857, Vol. 13, No. 21, P. 3. 

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 17 to October 22, 1857.

1857 September 17.  St. Albans Messenger.  (St. Albans, Vermont.)  September 17, 1857, Vol. 20, No. 45, Whole No. 1031, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 17 to October 15, 1857.

1857 September 18.  Ellsworth American.  (Ellsworth, Maine.)  September 18, 1857, Vol. III, No. 34, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 18 to October 16, 1857.

1857 September 18.  Vermont Journal.  (Windsor, Vermont.)  September 18, 1857, Vol. XIII, No. 40, Whole No. 664, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement was recorded three times between September 18 to October 9, 1857.

1857 October 14.  Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 14, 1857, Vol. CVII, No. 7995, P. 3.

Photographs.—The extent to which the wonderful invention of the daguerreotype has been pushed, is remarkable, and nowhere has the art of taking portraits been more successful pursued than in this country.  The French and Italian artists seem to have been most happy in their views of public buildings, ruins, and of statuary; we have seen no stereoscopic views of natural scenery, or of family groups, more skilfully done than the English; but for portraits our American artists thus far, we believe, are acknowledged to be unrivalled throughout the world.  This is doubtless owing to the fact that especial pains has been devoted in this country to this department of the art.  Photographic views of faces are now taken with such facility and accuracy that families are greatly to be blamed if they neglect to provide themselves with a faithful memorial of those whom absence or death may soon withdraw, perhaps unexpectedly, from the family circle.  There was a time when the miniature of a friend was a luxury only to be possessed by those who could afford to pay liberally for the painting, and who were willing to exact from the sitter the patient tribute of affection required by his oft-repeated visits to the painter’s studio.  Now they may be obtained for an expenditure of time and money altogether inconsiderable.

We have been led to these remarks by the examination of some fine photographic portraits executed by Messrs. Lay & Heywood, whose gallery is at No. 173 Washington street.  They are possessed of every facility for the successful prosecution of their art, they are patient and persevering in their efforts to please their sitters, and in the cases which have fallen under our eye, their executions have been crowned with remarkable success.

1859-1860.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860.  P. 389.

Bavarian portrait painter, born about 1836, working in Boston 1859-1860. 

1863.  Boston Directory (Boston, Massachusetts.)  P. 65. 

F. L. Lay’s Photographic Atelier, No. 31 Winter Street, Boston.

At this Establishment particular attention is given to the Artistic Arrangement of Sitters, and making Highly Finished Portraits, especially Copies of Daguerreotypes or other Pictures.

Cartes De Visite Of Superior Quality.

[1] A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers 1839-1900.

Lawyer, R.

Daguerreotypes, ,

1852                Room over Hodge & Stevens’ Hat Store, Syracuse, New York.

1852 August 5.  Religious Recorder.  (Syracuse, New York.)  August 5, 1852, Vol. IX, NO. 14, Whole No. 431, P. 4.

Last Call!  Read all of this.  Farmers leave your Plows!  Ladies do not delay to call at Lawyer’s Daguerreotype Rooms and have your Likenesses taken, and put up in the most beautiful Cases that you ever saw; the most beautiful cases that are made, of Morocco, lined with rich red silk velvet, and gilt inside and out, for One Dollar.

Likenesses included.  French Papier Mache Cases, such as I have always sold for Four Dollars, for One Dollar And Fifty Cents.

Likenesses included.  Larger sizes of the same kind that have always sold at Six Dollars, for Three Dollars, Likenesses included.  Larger sizes, such as always sold at Ten Dollars, for Four Dollars, Likenesses included, and the most beautiful Papier Mache of Rosewood Frames, Six Dollars Less than the usual price, on one Likeness.  I want all to come and see for themselves and see if I come up to what I advertise.

The subscriber is going to New Orleans in a few months and is selling a large lot of the most beautiful Papier Mache Cases for a mere song.  Call soon if you want a=bargains, such asvwere never offered before.

Eight years practice in our Eastern, Southern and western cities, give me full confidence that I can suit the most fastidious, and I have one of the largest and best Skylights in the World to execute work by.  R. Lawyer.

Room over Hodge & Stevens’ Hat Store, nearly opposite the Railroad Depot.

Lawton, J.

Daguerreotypes, ,

1841-1842       Rooms over the Post Office, Saxtons River, Vermont

1841 December 6.  Bellows Falls Gazette.  (Bellows Falls, Vermont.)  December 6, 1841, Vol. 4, No. 159, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Miniature.  Painting.  The Subscriber has taken rooms for two weeks over the Post Office at Saxtons River Village—then at Walpole, N. H. for a few weeks, where he will take Miniature Likenesses on the photographic process.  By his success in obtaining clear pictures and exact likenesses, he hopes to obtain public patronage.

Gentlemen and Ladies of this vicinity are respectfully invited to call and examine his specimens. J. Lawton.

Advertisement ran from December 6, 1841 to January 24, 1842

Lawton, Henry

Ambrotypes, ,

1859                Over A. G. Lord’s Store, Springfield, Massachusetts

1860                First door north of Tinkham’s Dry Goods Store, Springfield, Massachusetts.

1860-1861       Pynchon Bank Block, Springfield, Massachusetts.[1]

1859 November 10.  Springfield Daily Republican.  (Springfield, Massachusetts.)  November 10, 1859, Vol. 16, No. 266, Whole No. 4779, P. 2.

Henry Lawton, the people’s favorite, has charge of the new 25 cent Ambrotype rooms over A. G. Lord’s Store, up one flight of stairs.  Satisfaction guaranteed.

Advertisement ran from November 10 to December 31, 1859.

1860 February18.  Springfield Daily Republican.  (Springfield, Massachusetts.)  February 18, 1860, Vol. 17, No. 42, Whole No. 4863, P. 4.

Go to the Branch Gallery (first door north of Tinkham’s Dry Goods store), for the cheapest Ambrotype made in the city.  15 cents will buy a good one.  Henry Lawton, Operator.

Advertisement ran from February 18 to March 13, 1860.

[1]  A Directory Of Massachusetts Photographers 1839-1900.