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Hart, Alfred

Ambrotypes, Colorist, Daguerreotypes, Landscape Painter, Photographs, Portrait Painter, , , , , , , ,

1857-1859       337 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut.

N. D.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists In America 1564-1860.  (New Haven, Connecticut.)  P. 296.

Hart, Alfred.  Portrait painter and panoramist.  Born March 28, 1816, at Norwich (Conn.), he began his art studies there and continued them in NYC.  In 1848 he settled at Hartford (Conn.), where he painted a panorama of Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.  Another panorama by Hart, showing the New Testament and the Holy Land, was exhibited in NYC in 1852.  Hart was still living in Hartford in 1860, but soon after moved to the West, where he was active as an artist and inventor at least until 1878. 

1850 November 9.  Hartford Weekly Times.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  November 9, 1850, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1768, P. 3.

Premiums Awarded By The Hartford County Agricultural Society, Oct. 1850…

Fine Arts And Art…

Alfred Hart, Hartford, best original landscape in oil,             Gold Medal.

H. H. Bartlett, Hartford, best daguerreotype likenesses,             gold medal.

A. Washington, Hartford for daguerreotype likenesses,             silver medal.

1854 October 28.  Hartford Weekly Times.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  October 28, 1854, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1975, P. 1.

Premiums Awarded By The Hartford County Agricultural Society, Oct., 1854…

Fine Arts.  Gold Medals To…

Alfred Hart, Hartford, for fine Landscapes in Oil.

H. H. Bartlett, Hartford, Best Daguerreotype likenesses.

Silver Medals To…

R. D. O. Smith, Hartford, for Peroscopic [sic.] Daguerreotypes.

1857 July 18.  The Connecticut Courant.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  July 18, 1857, Vol. XCIV, No. 4826, P. 3.

Bartlett, Hart & Co.’s.  Old Established Gallery of Art, 337 Main St.  The proprietors have now on exhibition at their gallery, the largest and best variety of Daguerreotypes, Photographs, (colored and plain) Ambrotypes, and Photographic Portraits in oil, from the cabinet to life size, to be found in Hartford.  The public may rest assured that the well earned reputation of the gentlemen connected with the different departments of this establishment, will be maintained by the constant production of the “very best pictures” in every branch of the art.  Bartlett, Hart & Co., 337 Main street.

Advertisement ran from July 18, 1857 to March 19, 1859.

1857 October 10.  The Connecticut Courant.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  October 10, 1857, Vol. XCIV, No. 4838, P. 2.

The County Fair.  From the Daily Courant of Wednesday.  The County Fair opened at the City Hall, yesterday…

Fine Arts Department.  Under this head the display is in many respects superior to former exhibitions.

The display on the part of the Daguerrean Artists of our city, is very fine, and they are deserving of great praise for doing so much to make the display in the Fine Arts room, so nearly complete.  In fact their specimens of skill, are among the most attractive features of the room.  W. H. Chase has some 28 specimens.  Bartlett and Hart exhibit but one specimen, the Photograph in oil of Governor Holley.  G. W. Davis has a very large and fine collection.  He has on exhibition 50 Photographs and 12 Ambrotypes.  N. A. Moore exhibits some 50 specimens of Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and Photographs, many of them very beautiful specimens.  Hartford can well afford to boast of fine Daguerreotype artists.

1858 November 11.  Hartford Daily Post.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  November 11, 1858, Vol. 1, No. 183, P. 2.

Visit To Mr. Hart’s Rooms.—We yesterday called upon our Artist friend, Mr. Alfred Hart, at his rooms 237(sic.) Main street, and found him, as usual, busied in the mysteries of his profession, but withal as genial in his manners and as attentive to the calls of his friends as ever.  Mr. Hart is so well and favorably known to our citizens, that it seems scarcely necessary to speak in commendation of him.  His portraits and landscapes are much admired.  But there is a branch of his profession, less pretentious perhaps though we think really of more importance to the people, to which we wish especially to refer.  We allude to the beautiful and life-like Colored Photographs of Bartlett, Hart & Co., the finishing touches to which are imparted by Mr. Hart, and which possess all the excellence of a portrait, are indeed far mor accurate and truthful, and may be procured at a much less price.  The desirableness of these pictures can scarcely be over estimated.  Any one possessing a daguerreotype of a deceased friend may readily, and at a small price, have substituted for it a good-sized picture, which shall be a fac-simile in expression, while the delicate process of coloring seems virtually to restore the living subject.  A fine collection of these photographs may at all times be seen at the rooms of the above firm.

1859 March 22.  Hartford Daily Post.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  March 22, 1859, Vol. 1, No. 294, P. 2.

The Most Beautiful and Durable Pictures Ever Made By Any Process, Are Photographs painted in Oil Colors.  They are made at Bartlett & Hart’s And No Where Else In The City.

The First Premium Daguerreotypes, Have always been made at Bartlett & Hart’s, And they are making those Beautiful Crayon Pictures every day.  They are perfect gems.  Remember that every style of good pictures are made at Bartlett & Hart’s Old Gallery 337 Main street.

Advertisement ran from March 22 to April 14, 1859.

1859 March 22.  Hartford Daily Post.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  March 22, 1859, Vol. 1, No. 294, P. 2.

The celebrity which Bartlett & Hart have each acquired in different branches of Art, has had the effect of creating no slight stir among their professional brethren; and what is better, has caused the Old Daguerrean Gallery, 337 Main st, to become the popular institution of Hartford, for Photographs, Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes, as well as numerous other styles of pictures, and more especially for the elegantly finished Photographs In Oil, which are undoubtedly the most beautiful  perfect and valuable Cabinet Portraits ever painted.  Daguerreotypes copied in every style from $1 to 50.

Advertisement ran from March 22 to September 1, 1959. September 10 to November 26, 1859,

1859 March 26.  The Connecticut Courant.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  March 26, 1859, Vol. XCVI, No. 4914, P. 3.

The Most Beautiful And Durable Pictures Are The Photographs Painted In Oil Colors At Bartlett & Harts, And No Where Else In This City Bartlett & Hart’s Is The Gallery Where The First Premium Daguerreotypes Have Always Been Made.

Advertisement ran on March 26 and April 2, 1859.

1859 May 25.  Hartford Daily Post.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  May 25, 1859, Vol. 2, No. 348, P. 2.

The Most Beautiful and Durable Pictures Ever Made By any Process Are Photographs painted in Oil Colors They are made at Bartlett & Hart’s, And Nowhere Else in the city.

The First Premium Daguerreotypes Have always been made at Bartlett & Hart’s, And they are making those beautiful Crayon Pictures every day.  They are perfect gems.  Remember that every style of good pictures are made at Bartlett & Hart’s Old Gallery, 337 Main street.

Advertisement ran from May 25 to September 1, 1859.

1859 August 2.  Hartford Daily Post.  (Hartford, Connecticut.)  August 2, 1859, Vol. 2, No. 96, Whole No. 406, P. 3.

Dissolution Of Copartnership.  The Copartnership heretofore existing between Bartlett & Hart, is by mutual consent this day dissolved,  H. H. Bartlett, Alfred Hart, Hartford, July 30, 1859.

Barnes, Marcilia W.

Colorist, Daguerreotypes, , , , ,

1853                Address and Location Unknown.

1853                Address Unknown, Leoni, Michigan.

1856                Address Unknown, Elkhorn, Wisconsin.           

1857                Address Unknown, Cincinnati, Ohio.

1852 October.  Photographic Art-Journal.  (New York, New York.) October 1852, Vol. IV, No. 4, P. 257.

To The Editor of the Pho. Art-Journal:  Mr. H. H. Snelling—Sir; I see by a notice in the last Journal that the N. Y. State Daguerrean Association is to convene in your city, Oct. 6th.  I have watched the progress and reports of these meetings with much interest for two reasons; first, hoping that much good might result from associated efforts, and that a friendly interchange of views and a fraternal reciprocity would help to do away with that selfishness, which has been to predominant among daguerreans; a selfishness as characteristic of the profession as of inventors of quack medicines and cure-all-receipts.  Honorable exceptions there are, however, to these charges, which a generous charity demands us to allow, exceptions which I have happily witnessed, and for which I have felt grateful.

Secondly, I have been anxious to know whether female operators are to share its friendship and receive of its benefits.  From the silence maintained on the subject, I have inferred that we were not cordially welcome into the fraternity, that we were either not considered competent to perform the labor with honor to the profession or were stepping beyond our appropriate sphere and practicing an innovation; I am not disposed to reiterate the claim to equality of the sexes so often made the theme of remark in these days of progression; but if the above is the case, I would simply ask if female talent and genius have not been sufficiently developed to warrant the idea that the intricacies of the art, and its perplexities may not be overcome by the quick perceptions and patient perseverance of the female mind.  A quickness of apprehension and a ready judgement are necessary requisites, and does woman fail in these?  Has she not a love for the beautiful equally as strong, also as good taste for artistic arrangement?  What though she may not have threaded the analytical mazes of chemistry, can she not judge of cause and effect so far as her knowledge has extended.  Does the host of daguerreans who are traversing the country understand the science perfectly; many of whom will curl the lip with contempt at the idea of a lady taking daguerreotypes.  Permit me to respectfully request you, if not inappropriate, to obtain an expression of the Association on this subject, by resolution or otherwise, that I and others who are practicing, may know that we have the sympathy and good wishes of wise and competent minds.  If it be a lucrative employment may we not share in its profits?  If an honorable profession may we not try to win the laurals?  If it be an art designed to elevate and inspire the mind with a love of the beautiful and an admiration of the great source of all wisdom and beauty, the fountains of light, who can more readily appreciate it, than the cultivated and refined sensibilities of women?  Yours, &c.  Marcelia W. Barnes.       

Our fair correspondent is right, and we will venture to answer for it, she is as fully entitled to the benefits of the Association as any member of the profession.  There is no clause in the Constitution or By-laws that debars and lady daguerrean from membership; on the contrary, we know that the liberal members—they are  all so—of the Association desire the countenance and assistance of the female portion of our daguerreans.  Our correspondent has  only to observe the form for admission as laid down in the By-laws to become, we feel sure, a Mamber of the N. Y. State Daguerrean Association.

1853 February.  Photographic Art-Journal.  (New York, New York.) February 1853, Vol. V, No. 2, P. 112.

Minutes of The N. Y. State Daguerrean Association…Moved that Nichols, Benedict and Whitney, be a committee to investigate the character and good standing of the persons proposed for membership, and report at this meeting.,,

The committee of investigation reported the names of J. B. Marcus, Chenango; G. Evans, Utica; L. Gray, Oswego; E. A. Hudson, Syracuse; Mrs. Agnes M. Armstrong, Peekskill; Mrs. Marcelia W. Barnes, Salem Cross Roads; all of whom were unanimously elected…

1853 May.  Photographic Art-Journal.  (New York, New York.) May 1853, Vol. V, No. 5, P. 301-302.

For the Phot Art-Journal.  H. Snelling, Esq.—Sir, Having been a reader of your valuable Journal from its commencement, allow me to express my gratitude for the pleasure it has afforded me; and not only pleasure, but much benefit…

I have been two years and a half a practitioner…

Marcella W. Barnes.  Leoni, Jackson Co. Mich., April 20th.

1853 November.  Photographic Art-Journal.  (New York, New York.) November 1853, Vol. VI, No. 5, P. 315.

Comments on the New York State Daguerrean Association meeting in Utica, New York.

Marcelia W. Barnes, Salem, Chautauque, Co. N. Y.

1856 January.  Photographic Art-Journal.  (New York, New York.) January 1856, Vol. IX, No. 1, P. 24.

Communication.  Elkhorn, Walworth Co., Wisconsin.  Nov.25, 1855.

1857 April.  Photographic Art-Journal.  (New York, New York.) April 1857, Vol. X, No. 4, P. 122.

Art…Cincinnati, O., April 3, 1857…Having been in this city for some time taking lessons in coloring photographs.  Photography here is in the hands of those well calculated to do honor to the profession.  The 25 cent advertisements often meet the eye; yet those Galleries which maintain an honorable price are sustained.  The Galleries of J. P. Ball, J. Porter, Faris & Hawkins, with their courteous and gentlemanly proprietors, are an honor to any city, and Cincinnati may well be proud of her artistic reputation, as well as many of her other characteristics.  An enlightened community are always sure to sustain and encourage true genius, and the more so, as they rise in the scale of mental wealth and intellectual cultivations.  Marcelia W. Barnes.

1860 January.  Photographic Art-Journal.  (New York, New York.) January 1860, Vol. XIII, No. 1, P. P. 16-17.

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[1] Citation from Nineteenth-Century Photography An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879.  By William S. Johnson.

William Willard

Colorist, Portrait Painter, , ,

Ca. 1855          Address Unknown, Boston, Massachusetts

1855                Pennsylvania Avenue, between 4½ and 6th Streets, Washington, D. C.

1856                5½ Tremont Row, Boston, Massachusetts.

William Willard was recorded in two announcements in the Evening Star (Washington, D. C. and one entry from The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of Artist In America 1564-1860.  The first announcement appeared on December 18, 1855.  Henry Willard, a Boston artist of great merit, has taken a studio in the same building with Whitehurst’s Daguerreotype establishment, where he is painting the portraits of several of our distinguished men.

The second announcement appeared on December 22.  Fine Arts.—Visiting several studios this morning, we found the artists busy at their easels, apparently well content with the patronage they are receiving from an appreciating public…  Henry Willard, in the building with Vannerson, was at work on a portrait, in oils, of the Hon. Mr. De Witt, of Mass….

The entry appeared in The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of Artist In America 1564-1860.  Willard, William (1819-1904)  Portrait painter; born March 24, 1819 at Sturbridge (Mass.)  died there November 1, 1904.  He was active in Boston during the 1850’s and exhibited at the Athenaeum Gallery.  The American Antiquarian Society owns his self-portrait and his portraits of Charles Sumner, Daniel Webster, and George Frisbie Hoar.  He also painted a panorama of Boston from Bunker Hill.  Weis Checklist of Portraits; Boston CD 1851-60; Swan, BA; Boston Evening Transcript, May 2, 1849 (courtesy of J. Earl Arrington).

William Willard is recorded in Craig’s Daguerreian Registry.  It is unknown if He was Associated with Southworth and Hawes or if he had a artist studio in the same building.

Mr. Schwert

Colorist, , ,

N. D.               Address Unknown, Cleveland, Ohio.

1859                Address Unknown, Ashland, Ohio.

Mr. Schwert was recorded in two announcements in The Ashland Union (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio). The second announcement does not mention him by name but gives credit to the photographer.  The first announcement appeared on October 15, 1859.

Photographs.—Mr. Ensminger had on exhibition at the county Fair as fine a collection of colored Photographs as can be found in any gallery in any city East or West.  The coloring of these Photographs was executed by Mr. Schwert, late of Cleveland.  Mr. S. will remain in Ashland two or three weeks, and all who desire to obtain for themselves or friends life-like Pictures, should avail themselves of the rare opportunity now offered.  A visit to Mr. Ensminger’s gallery will compensate all who appreciate good pictures.

The second announcement appeared on October 26, 1859.  Premiums Awarded at the Eighth Annual Fair of the Ashland County Agricultural Society…

Best painted photographs, E. Ensminger, diploma and 5, 00.

Mr. Schwert is not recorded in other photographic directories. 

Mrs. E. E. Lamson

Colorist, , ,

1859                91 Middle Street, Portland, Maine.

Mrs. E. E. Lamson appeared in one advertisement that was recorded on July 16, 1859 in the  Portland Daily Advertiser (Portland, Maine).  Mrs. E. E. Lamson, Artist, From Boston, Would respectfully inform the citizens of Portland and vicinity, that having had several years’ experience in the art of Finishing Photographs in India Ink, Oil and Water-Colors.

Would say to all lovers of art, that she would be happy to receive a share of their patronage, and those desiring instruction in the same, would do well to give her an early call at B. F. Smith’s Rooms, Middle Street, where Specimens can be seen.

Likenesses warranted to be kept unchanged. 

Mrs. E. E. Lamson is not recorded in other photographic directories.  Side note only one issue of this newspaper was available for 1859.

Mr. Schwert

Colorist, , , ,

N. D.               Address Unknown, Cleveland, Ohio.

1859                Address Unknown, Ashland, Ohio.

Mr. Schwert was recorded in one announcement on October 19, 1859 in The Ashland Union.  (Ashland, Ohio).  Photographs.—Mr. Ensminger had on exhibition at the county Fair as fine a collection of colored Photographs as can be found in any gallery in any city East or West.  The coloring of these Photographs was executed by Mr. Schwert, late of Cleveland.  Mr. S. will remain in Ashland two or three weeks, and all who desire to obtain for themselves or friends life-like Pictures, should avail themselves of the rare opportunity now offered.  A visit to Mr. Ensminger’s gallery will compensate all who appreciate good pictures.

A second announcement appeared on October 26, 1859 in The Ashland Union (Ashland, Ashland Ohio). Mr. Schwert’s name does not appear but should have also been credited.  Premiums Awarded at the Eighth Annual Fair of the Ashland County Agricultural Society…

Best painted photographs, E. Ensminger, diploma and 5, 00.

Mr. Schwert is not recorded in other photographic directories.  He is also not recorded in The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of American Artists 1564 to 1860.

S. W. Price

Colorist, Portrait Painter, , , ,

1857                Between Main and Franklin Streets, Clarksville, Tennessee.

S. W. Price is recorded in two announcements in the Clarksville Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee). The first announcement appeared on November 20, 1857. We are pleased to see that our clever friend and accomplished artist, Mr. S. W. Price, has returned to our city, to remain a short time.  We are shown a specimen of his skill, in the way of coloring upon the Photograph likeness of our Editor.  It is certainly a fine specimen of art.

If, with McCormac to take the picture, and Price to do the coloring, our senior’s face is not well taken, then there is no use in any one else trying.  In our opinion, this Photograph cannot be surpassed.

The second announcement appeared on May 21, 1858.  Mr. Price is again in our midst Mr. Price is a painter of decided merit, and if evidence of that fact were wanting, his picture of that fact were wanting, his picture of Mr. Fillmore is sufficient to place the matter beyond a doubt.  Mr. Price is also a high-toned and honorable gentleman, and we bespeak for him a liberal share of patronage.  We presume he will resume his employment as colorer of Photographers for Mr. W. J. McCormac.  Success attend them both.

S. W. Price is not recorded in other photographic directories. There is a possibility that this is Samuel Woodson Price a portrait and figure painter who was active in Kentucky and Tennessee prior to the Civil War.

Miss. Partridge

Colorist, Photographs, , ,

1858                Address Unknown, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Miss.  Partridge was recorded on October 27, 1858 in one announcement in the Weekly North Carolina Standard (Raleigh, North Carolina).  [By Our Own Reporter.]  Annual Fair Of The State Agricultural Society Of North Carolina, Held in this City On the 19th, 20th, 21st, & 22d October, 1858….List of Premiums Awarded…Floral Hall…No. 63—Fine Arts.

Best specimens of daguerreotypes, T. J. Haven(s),                                        5.                                    Best specimens of ambrotypes, T. J. Haven(s),                                                5.                                      Best specimens of photographs, Havens & Andrews,                                   5.                                  Best piece colored photographs, Miss Partridge,                                            5.                                    Best improvement on ambrotypes or daguerreotypes, Mr. Havens,      5.                                      2d Best specimen of painting in oil, Miss. Partridge,                                     5.

*Miss. Partridge may be a colorist and not a photographer.  Note explanation from committee.  [Miss. Partridge specimen of oil painting is well drawn and fairly executed; but being a copy, the committee deems Mrs. Walker’s oil painting , (as being a sketch from nature,) most worthy of the first premium, especially, as it bears a favorable comparison, in execution, with Miss. Partridge’s painting.

Miss. Partridge is not recorded in other photographic directories.