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Kimball, William H.

Daguerreotypes, Photographs, Portrait Painter, , , , ,

1847-1849       142 Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire.

1847                12 Central Building, Manchester, New Hampshire.

1849-1851       189 Main Street, Dunklee Building, Concord, New Hampshire.

1851                Merchant’s Exchange Building, third story, Concord, New Hampshire.

1851-1852       School Street, A Few Rods West of the Post Office, Concord, New Hampshire.

1852-1854       South End of Stickney’s Block, opposite Court House, Concord, New Hampshire.

1859                Rooms, Over E. H. Rollins’ Drug Store, Concord, New Hampshire.

1860-1864       155 Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire.

N. D.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists in American 1564-1860.  (New York, New York.)  P. 370.

Kimball, William Hazen (1817-1892)  Miniature painter.  Born April 6, 1817, at Goffstown (N. H.) Kimball studied miniature painting in Boston and practiced in Manchester (N. H.), Lowell, (Mass.), and Philadelphia.  Returning to Manchester, he edited a newspaper for two years before taking up daguerreotyping in 1844.  He settled in Concord (N. H.) about 1860 ad from 1867 to 1890 served as State Librarian of New Hampshire.  He died in Concord on March 10, 1892.  One of his sons, Edward Wyatt Kimball (born 1852,) became a professional painter.[1] 

1839 December 21.  Manchester Magazine.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  December 21, 1839, Vol. 1, No. 1, P. 3.

Wm. H. Kimball, Portrait & Miniature Painter, Room No. 46, Up Stairs, Elm Street, Manchester.

1847 March 25.  Congregational Journal.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  March 25, 1847, Vol. VII, No. 324, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Rooms.  Marsh & Kimball, Daguerrean Artists, have taken rooms at 142 Main Street, (up stairs,) next building south of Eagle Coffee House, Concord, N. H., where they will attend to all orders in their profession.  Ladies and Gentlemen, wishing to obtain correct and beautiful Daguerrean Miniatures, rarely to be met with, or to examine specimens of this wonderful art, are invited to visit their rooms, where they will scarcely fail to recognize the likenesses of their friends and acquaintances.

By recent improvements in the art, the most splendid results are obtained: in an instant, as it were, upon the silver surface, a correct and indelible picture is formed; the most unerring delineation of life; portraying the innocence of childhood, the joyous countenance of youth, and the dignity of old age.  Fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, lovers and friends, the cost is trifling, the object laudable;–delay not, then, to secure such valuable mementos of life, which, under the trying circumstances of a final separation from friends, no price can purchase.  This opportunity once lost, may be lost to you forever.  There is a time when a faithful likeness is beyond price, as it is all that can be preserved from the grave.

“Catch the Shadow, ‘ere the Substance Fades.”

Diamonds are valued and treasured with care,

And Brilliants are priceless, because they are rare;

But thy face, gentle reader, none saw ‘ere ‘twas thine,

And none through all ages will say, it is mine,

Ah, that Face!  Nature’s masterpiece, quickly ‘twill fade;

But no matter,—the Daguerreotype comes to its aid.

Just give your attention—thy Features he’ll write—

True to nature the impress, everlasting and bright;

Thy friend with that picture,—No, never will part,

So true to the image engraved on his heart.

Miniatures taken from 8 o’clock, A. M., until 5, P. M., without regard to weather.

The Miniatures taken at their rooms, in correctness of expression, softness of light and shade, and artistic effect, will compare with those of any other establishment.  Miniatures set in lockets, breast-pins, or bracelets.

A select assortment of gold lockets constantly on hand; also, plated ones, particularly adapted for Miniatures.  All Miniatures executed at this establishment will be finished in the most perfect manner, and no one will be expected to take them unless they are perfectly satisfactory. 

German and American Cameras, best French and American Plates, Cases, Frames, Chemicals, Polishing Materials, &c. &c., wholesale and retail, to which the attention of purchasers from the country is invited.

Advertisement ran nine times between March 25 to June 24, 1847.  

1847 June 10.  Congregational Journal.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  June 10, 1847, Vol. VII, No. 335, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Pictures.  Messrs. Kimball & Marsh, near the Eagle Coffee House, Concord, have acquired a deserved popularity among our citizens, for their truly excellent pictures, and should continue to have their rooms thronged with visitors.  Every lady and gentleman wanting a first-rate likeness, should make them a call forthwith.—pab.

1847 November 12.  New-Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  November 12, 1847, Vol. XXVII, No. 1381, P. 3.

Dissolution Notice.  Notice is hereby given that the subscribers, by mutual consent, have this day dissolved their connection in business heretofore known under the firm name Marsh & Kimball.  All just claims in favor of and against the firm, will be adjusted by Mr. Kimball, who will still continue business at the former rooms of the firm.  Geo. Marsh, Wm. H. Kimball.  Manchester, Nov. 1, 1847.

Advertisement ran from November 12 to 26, 1847.

1847 November 18.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.) November 18, 1847, Vol. 1, No. 26, Whole No. 2026, P. 3.

Likenesses To Perfection.  The subscriber having become full proprietor of the Daguerreotype

Establishments at Concord and Manchester, heretofore managed by Marsh & Kimball, now tenders his services to community in this true and beautiful art of Picture Making.  And he does it with the fullest confidence, and pledges himself that his pictures shall not be excelled by any

Establishment in the United States.  He has recently made an essential improvement in one of the most important chemical preparation used in the process, and invites particular attention to his recent pictures as proof of the excellence thereof.  With a long experience as an artist previous to becoming an operator, giving him the skill of imparting delicate and beautiful colors to his pictures, to judge of position and manage light and shade effective manner, he assures his patrons that he will not stand out of the front rank of operators in this country.  Pictures made, in from 15 to 60 seconds, in all kinds of weather.

Rooms, in Concord, 142 Main Street, in Manchester, 12 Central Building, up stairs.  Wm, H, Kimball.

Advertisement ran from November 18 to December 2, 1847.

1847 November 26.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  November 26, 1847, Vol. XXVII, No. 1383, P. 3.

Likenesses To Perfection.  The subscriber having become full proprietor of the Daguerreotype

Establishments at Concord and Manchester, heretofore managed by Marsh & Kimball, now tenders his services to community in this true and beautiful art of Picture Making.  And he does it with the fullest confidence, and pledges himself that his pictures shall not be excelled by any Establishment in the United States.  He has recently made an essential improvement in one of the most important chemical preparation used in the process, and invites particular attention to his recent pictures as proof of the excellence thereof.  With a long experience as an artist previous to becoming an operator, giving him the skill of imparting delicate and beautiful colors to his pictures, to judge of position and manage light and shade effective manner, he assures his patrons that he will not stand out of the front rank of operators in this country.  Pictures made, in from 15 to 60 seconds, in all kinds of weather.

To Operators.  The subscriber would say that he is prepared to furnish them an article of Sensitive Coating, superior to anything of the kind to be had in New England; also Chloride of Gold and gilding ready for use.

Instruction given in the art, including a complete knowledge of the preparation of every chemical preparation used, the latter of which will be a saving to any operator, in six months, of more than the whole expense of acquiring the art.

Rooms, in Concord, 142 Main Street, in Manchester, No. 12 Central Building, up stairs.  W. H. Kimball.  November 16, 1847.

Advertisement ran from November 26, 1847 to March 31, 1848.

1847 December 9.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  December 9, 1847, Vol. 1, No. 29, Whole No. 2029, P. 3.

Likenesses To Perfection.  The subscriber having become full proprietor of the Daguerreotype

Establishments at Concord and Manchester, heretofore managed by Marsh & Kimball, now tenders his services to community in this true and beautiful art of Picture Making.  And he does it with the fullest confidence, and pledges himself that his pictures shall not be excelled by any

Establishment in the United States.  He has recently made an essential improvement in one of the most important chemical preparation used in the process, and invites particular attention to his recent pictures as proof of the excellence thereof.  With a long experience as an artist previous to becoming an operator, giving him the skill of imparting delicate and beautiful colors to his pictures, to judge of position and manage light and shade effective manner, he assures his patrons that he will not stand out of the front rank of operators in this country.  Pictures made, in from 15 to 60 seconds, in all kinds of weather.

To Operators.  The subscriber would say that he is prepared to furnish them an article of Sensitive Coating, superior to anything of the kind to be had in New England, also Chloride of Gold and gilding ready for use.

Instruction given in the art, including a complete knowledge of the preparation of every chemical preparation, the latter of which will be a saving to any operator, in six months, of more than the whole expense of acquiring the art.

Rooms, in Concord, 142 Main Street, in Manchester, 12 Central Building, up stairs.  Wm, H, Kimball.

Advertisement ran from December 9, 1847 to March 2, 1848.

1848 February 24.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  February 24, 1848, Vol. 1, No. 40, Whole No. 2040, P. 3.

Kimball’s Daguerreotypes, Are universally admitted to be superior to any put up in the region, and equal to any in the world.  Mr. K. would call the particular attention of Artists, Amateurs, and indeed all, to the peculiar excellencies of his pictures—the superior rotundity of features, and general relief of the whole figure—the depth, purity, and brilliancy of taste—the transparency of shading, always blending into the lights with a softness not excelled in any department of art, or even nature itself; while the lights are so managed as never to be overdone—the slightest lines and most delicate shades being preserved, and yet kept perfectly pure.

From a rapid and steady increase of patronage, he feels assured that these excellencies are generally appreciated, and in order to meet the demands of the community more efficiently, he will be assisted in future by his brother, having disposed of his rooms in Manchester, with the determination to spend his undivided efforts in meeting the wants of his friends and patrons in Concord.

Pictures put up in every desired style and form, and copying of all kinds satisfactory executed.  Invalids will be waited upon at their residences, if desired.

To Operators.  The subscriber would say that he is prepared to furnish them an article of Sensitive Coating, superior to anything of the kind to be had in New England; also, Chloride of Gold and gilding ready for use.

Instruction given in the art, including a complete knowledge of the preparation of every chemical preparation used, the latter of which will be a saving to any operator, in six months, of more than the whole expense of acquiring the art.

Rooms, 142 Main Street, first door South of Eagle Coffee House.  Wm. H. Kimball.

Advertisement ran from February 24 to December 28, 1848.

1848 April 7.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  April 7, 1848, Vol. XXVII, No. 1402, P. 3.

Kimball’s Daguerreotypes, Are universally admitted to be superior to any put up in the region, and equal to any in the world.  Mr. K. would call the particular attention of Artists, Amateurs, and indeed all, to the peculiar excellencies of his pictures—the superior rotundity of features, and general relief of the whole figure—the depth, purity, and brilliancy of taste—the transparency of shading, always blending into the lights with a softness not excelled in any department of art, or even nature itself; while the lights are so managed as never to be overdone—the slightest lines and most delicate shades being preserved, and yet kept perfectly pure.

From a rapid and steady increase of patronage, he feels assured that these excellencies are generally appreciated, and in order to meet the demands of the community more efficiently, he will be assisted in future by his brother, having disposed of his rooms in Manchester, with the determination to spend his undivided efforts in meeting the wants of his friends and patrons in Concord.

Pictures put up in every desired style and form, and copying of all kinds satisfactory executed.  Invalids will be waited upon at their residences, if desired.

To Operators.  The subscriber would say that he is prepared to furnish them an article of Sensitive Coating, superior to anything of the kind to be had in New England; also, Chloride of Gold and gilding ready for use.

Instruction given in the art, including a complete knowledge of the preparation of every chemical preparation used, the latter of which will be a saving to any operator, in six months, of more than the whole expense of acquiring the art.

Rooms, 142 Main Street, first door South of Eagle Coffee House.  Wm. H. Kimball.

Advertisement ran five times from April 7 to June 8, 1848.

1848 June 16.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  June 16, 1848, Vol. XXVII, No. 1412, P. 3.

Kimball would remind Visitors, Members of the Legislature, citizens of Concord, and the people at large, that Daguerreotype pictures may still be obtained at his Rooms, in all kinds of weather, executed in that faithful and excellent manner which has given his later productions such wide renown.  Please call in.

Rooms, first door south of Eagle Hotel, up stairs.

Advertisement ran from June 16 to 30, 1848.

1849 March 15.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  March 15, 1849, Vol. 2, No. 95, Whole No. 2095, P. 2.

“Light From Above.”  William H. Kimball, Daguerreotype Operator, No. 142 Main Street (up stairs,) directly south of the Eagle Hotel.  Rooms enlarged and extended, with a magnificent Top Light, universally conceded by artists to be the only light capable of giving a truly artistical development to the features.

Pictures put up in all weather in every desired style, and at reduced prices.

Chemical prepared for other operators, and stock for sale.  Wm. H. Kimball.

Advertisement ran from March 15 to December 13, 1849.

1849 March 23.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  March 23, 1849, Vol. XXVII, No. 1452, P. 3.

Light from Above, Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms have just been enlarged and fitted up in a manner which he trusts will fully meet the increased demands of business, and the approbation of community.  He is now putting up Pictures, made by a magnificent top light, which is always considered by artists and amateurs to be the only light capable of giving that free and full development of the features that always distinguishes true art.

Pictures made in any weather and put up in every desired style, and at reduced prices.  He also prepares a superior article of Chemical, which, together with any kind of stock, will be furnished to operators on fair terms, for cash.  Wm. H. Kimball.  Concord, March 15, 1849.

Advertisement ran thirty time from March 23 to December 14, 1849.

1849 April 19.  Congregational Journal.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  April 19, 1849, Vol. IX, No. 432, P. 3.

Light from Above, Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms have just been enlarged and fitted up in a manner which he trusts will fully meet the increased demands of business, and the approbation of community.  He is now putting up Pictures, made by a magnificent top light, which is always considered by artists and amateurs to be the only light capable of giving that free and full development of the features that always distinguishes true art.

Pictures made in any weather and put up in every desired style, and at reduced prices.  He also prepares a superior article of Chemical, which, together with any kind of stock, will be furnished to operators on fair terms, for cash.  Wm. H. Kimball.  Concord, March 15, 1849.

Advertisement ran thirteen times between April 19 to November 15, 1849.

1849 May 3.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  May 3, 1849, Vol. V, No. 1, Whole No. 248, P. 1.

Daguerreotyping Perfected!  Prices Reduced!!  Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms, At the old stand, have just been refitted, and extended, with a magnificent Top Light, always considered indispensable to the production of the highest degree of artistic excellence, not only by artists, but by all of acknowledged taste.  Pictures put up in any weather, in any styledesired and at reduced prices.

Advertisement ran from May 3 to December 20, 1849.

1849 November 23.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  November 23, 1849, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1487, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.  We learn that Mr. Kimball, whose Daguerreotype Rooms in Concord have won such fame, is about to travel, to give the people abroad the advantages of his skill.  He has purchased an interest in a Traveling Saloon, and intends visiting the villages generally in the State, still keeping his Rooms open as usual in Town.

1849 December 20.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  December 20, 1849, Vol. V, No. 34, Whole No. 281, P. 3.

Great Fire!  Last Friday morning, at about 1 o’clock, or citizens were awakened by the cry of “fire.”  It was soon found that the long wooden block directly South of the Eagle Coffee House on Main St. had take fire in the upper part near the center of the building.  Before the Fire Department could get well at work, the whole upper part of the building was in flames.  Tis block was occupied in the lower part, by the Drug Store of Allison & Gault, the Bookstore of B. W. Sanborn, and the clothing Store of Dustin & Shaw.  The second story was occupied by Dr. Haynes’ office, Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms, Cadwell’s Daguerreotype Rooms,…

1849 December 20.  National Eagle.  (Claremont, New Hampshire.)  December 20, 1849, Vol. XV, No. X, P. 2.

Great Conflagration.—Concord, N. H. was visited on the morning of the 14th instant, with a most destructive conflagration.  The long wooden block, immediately South of the Eagle Coffee House, in front of the State House, Main street, including the clothing store of Dustin & Shaw…Kimball’s Daguerreotype rooms, &c., were consumed…

1849 December 20.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  December 20, 1849, Vol. 3, No. 135, Whole No. 2135, P. 2.

Fire in Concord.  On Friday morning about half past twelve o’clock, the large three story wooden block on Main street, next south of the Eagle Coffee House, called “Butterfield’s Block,: was discovered to be on fire,]; and before men enough to resit it had assembled, the fire had made such progress as to render it impossible to save the building, and it was entirely consumed, together with the two story building next south, owned and occupied by A. Prescott & Son for the manufacture and sale of musical instruments.  Nex to that were two “ten footers” and then a two story dwelling house, all owned by Col. B. Grover, the first of which was nearly burnt up, and the other considerably injured.  The Eagle Coffee House was in great danger, and suffered some, the windows and the wood work on the south side end being pretty much used up…

“Butterfield’s Block,” owned by Samuel Butterfield, Esq., of Andover…in the second story—Wm. H. Kimball, Daguerreotype Rooms, loss $450—insured for $400 in the New England Co., Concord.  Dr. Timothy Haynes’ office, loss $100—no insurance.  George H. Batchelder, Shoemaker, loss $100—No insurance.  A. B. Cadwell, Daguerreotype Rooms, loss small…

1849 December 21.  Barre Patriot.  (Barre, Massachusetts.)  December 21, 1849, Vol. 6, No. 23, Whole No. 283, P. 3.

Great Conflagration!  Concord N. H., Dec. 14, 1849.  Our town has just been visited with one of the most destructive conflagrations to which it was ever subjected…Kimball’s daguerreotype rooms, &c., must be consumed…

1849 December 21.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  December 21, 1849, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1491, P. 2.

Destructive Fire In Concord.  On Thursday night of last week, at about half past 12 o’clock, our citizens were aroused from their slumbers and hastened to a fire raging freely in the large three story block, all of wood, on Main st., just south of the Eagle Coffee House, and in front of the brick block at the south east corner of the State House Yard….

…in the second story—Wm. H. Kimball, Daguerreotype Rooms, loss $450—insured for $400 in the New England Co., Concord.  Dr. Timothy Haynes’ office, loss $100—no insurance.  George H. Batchelder, Shoemaker, loss $100—No insurance.  A. B. Cadwell, Daguerreotype Rooms, loss small…

1849 December 27.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  December 27, 1849, Vol. 3, No. 136, Whole No. 2136, P. 3.

Fire!  Fire!!  Fire!!!  I wish to inform my friends and the public generally, that, notwithstanding the recent unfortunate burn-out, I am again located and ready to meet their demands for Daguerreotype Likenesses.

From the steady increase of patronage during my residence in Concord, I flatter myself that my Pictures are duly appreciated; and I pledge myself that my exertions to excel shall never be less, so that I may still maintain the proud consciousness of ranking with those very few operators who stand at the head of the Art.

On hand as heretofore, a complete supply of Stock, Chemicals and Apparatus, on moderate terms, For Cash. 

Rooms, Dunklee’s New Block, Main St.  Wm. H. Kimball.  Concord, Jan 4, 1850.

Advertisement ran from December 27, 1849 to November 7, 1850.

1850 January 3.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  January 3, 1850, Vol. V, No. 36, Whole No. 283, P. 3.

Fire!  Fire!!  Fire!!!  I wish to inform my friends and the public generally, that, notwithstanding the recent unfortunate burn-out, I am again located and ready to meet their demands for Daguerreotype Likenesses.

From the steady increase of patronage during my residence in Concord, I flatter myself that my Pictures are duly appreciated; and I pledge myself that my exertions to excel shall never be less, so that I may still maintain the proud consciousness of ranking with those very few operators who stand at the head of the Art.

On hand as heretofore, a complete supply of Stock, Chemicals and Apparatus, on moderate terms, For Cash. 

Rooms, Dunklee’s New Block, Main St.  Wm. H. Kimball.  Concord, Jan 4, 1850.

Advertisement ran from January 3 to July 25, 1850.

1850 January 4.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  January 4, 1850, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1493, P. 3.

Fire!  Fire!!  Fire!!!  I wish to inform my friends and the public generally, that, notwithstanding the recent unfortunate burn-out, I am again located and ready to meet their demands for Daguerreotype Likenesses.

From the steady increase of patronage during my residence in Concord, I flatter myself that my Pictures are duly appreciated; and I pledge myself that my exertions to excel shall never be less, so that I may still maintain the proud consciousness of ranking with those very few operators who stand at the head of the Art.

On hand as heretofore, a complete supply of Stock, Chemicals and Apparatus, on moderate terms, For Cash. 

Rooms, Dunklee’s New Block, Main St.  Wm. H. Kimball.  Concord, Jan 4, 1850.

Advertisement ran from January 4, 1850 to  February 7, 1851.

1850 February 4.  Congregational Journal.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  February 4, 1850, Vol. X, No. 475, P. 3.

Fire!  Fire!!  Fire!!!  I wish to inform my friends and the public generally, that, notwithstanding the recent unfortunate burn-out, I am again located and ready to meet their demands for Daguerreotype Likenesses.

From the steady increase of patronage during my residence in Concord, I flatter myself that my Pictures are duly appreciated; and I pledge myself that my exertions to excel shall never be less, so that I may still maintain the proud consciousness of ranking with those very few operators who stand at the head of the Art.

On hand as heretofore, a complete supply of Stock, Chemicals and Apparatus, on moderate terms, For Cash. 

Rooms, Dunklee’s New Block, Main St.  Wm. H. Kimball.  Concord, Jan 4, 1850.

Advertisement was recorded thirty-four times between February 4, 1850 and February 6, 1851.

1850 July 12.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  July 12, 1850, Vol. XXIX, No. 1520, P. 3.

Serious Reflections.  For The N. H. Statesman.  Messrs. Editors:  A few days since an interesting young lady, at the age of about 17, passed away from among us to the “Spirit land,” as silently as closes the beautiful rose under the influence of “Summer evening’s latest sigh;” but a few days before she took her upward flight,—and it was the only time for several weeks when she felt well enough to do it,—she  rode to the Rooms of the Messrs. Kimball, and had he Daguerreotype taken twice or thrice while there.  These she left with her family, ad to day fifty times the money paid for them could not buy them.  The writer of this was present when the afflicted family returned from the grave where they had deposited the original, and saw the father, mother, sister and other relatives gaze upon the daguerrean copies with teary eyes, evincing the value they placed upon the likenesses.  These were the first and only ones ever taken of her, and it was a solace in the hour of their greatest grief, that she had been thus thoughtful of those she was so soon to leave to mourn her loss.

The incident, sad and affecting as it was, made an impression on my mind, I resolved to call the attention of all who have neglected to have their daguerreotypes taken, and who read your paper, to the importance of doing it while in health and good spirits, that their friends may fancy they see them when they are out of sight of mortal eyes, as they were when moving among them in life’s pleasant hours.

I have often seen parents, and children, and other near relatives, very sad when the truth seemed to flash upon their minds, apparently for the first time, after the loss of a dear friend, that no likeness was left by the deceased upon which the eye would gaze, other than what was on memory’s treacherous plate.

I write this to go into the very interesting column of your paper, under the head of “Serious Reflections,” a column to which, for the Ladies’ sakes I trust you will continue to give much attention.—No one interested in taking daguerreotypes knows that I have written, or that I intended to write, a word upon the matter.  I do ot write for the interest of the artists but for the interests of those who shall survive departed friends.  I write to urge the living to do something while they can to soften the grief of friends when they die.

1850    Concord, New Hampshire City Directory.  (Concord, New Hampshire.) 1850, P. 106.

W. H. Kimball, Daguerrian Artist, Has fitted up rooms in Dunklee’s Building, 189 Main Street, a few doors north of the American House.

He invites the attention of all who desire a good likeness of themselves or friends, to call on him, and procure one or more of those pictures of his putting up, which are so much admired by all good judges for their life-like and brilliant tone.  Operators supplied with stock at Boston prices.  Concord, January 1, 1850.

1850    Concord, New Hampshire City Directory.  (Concord, New Hampshire.) 1850, Residence listing.

Kimball, Wm. H.  Daguerreotype artist, 189 Main st., H.—Warren st.

Kimball, J. L.—Daguerrean Artist—189 Main st., H.—Warren st.

1850 November 14.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  November 14, 1850, Vol. 4, No. 182, Whole No. 2182, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes.  From 50 Cents to 20 Dollars.  The subscriber hereby informs his friends and the public that he is again established in large and commodious Rooms with a light built expressly to his order and with every facility for making pictures, either singly or in groups, of the aged, middle-aged, children and infants in a manner seldom equalled—never excelled.  Not to multiply words he asks the attention of a discriminating Public, not only to his specimens, but the pictures he is constantly sending out to every part of the country.  Instructions faithfully given to such as have an aptness for the art and desire to learn, and apparatus and stock furnished on the most reasonable terms.

Rooms, Merchant’s Exchange, third story, over Allison & Gault’s Drug and Medicine Store.  Wm. H. Kimball.

Advertisement ran from November 14, 1850 to February 6, 1851.

1851 February 6.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  February 6, 1851, Vol. 4, No. 194, Whole No. 2194, P. 2.

Merchants’ Exchange Building.—Among the improvements in this the principal village of Concord, made during the past year, we believe the erection of this, the largest and most extensive, block of buildings, has not yet received a newspaper notice.  It occupies the [area] upon which formerly stood the block of wooden buildings which was consumed last [winter], situated directly south of the Eagle Coffee House and opposite the Patriot Office.  The new block covers 84 feet front by 85 in depth, is of three stories, 11, 10 and 9 feet in height respectively…

…the third story.  Here may be found the daguerreotype rooms of Messrs. Kimball, and usually a large number of ladies and gentlemen examining their specimens.  Three or four of the rooms yet remain unoccupied…

1851 February 7.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  February 7, 1851, Vol. XXIX, No. 1550, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes From 50 Cents to 20 Dollars.  The subscriber informs his friends and the public that he is again established in large and commodious Rooms with a light built expressly to his order and with every facility for making pictures, either singly or in groups, of the aged, middle-aged, children and infants in a manner seldom equalled—never excelled.  Not to multiply words he asks the attention of a discriminating Public, not only to his specimens, but the pictures he is constantly sending out to every part of the country.  Instructions faithfully given to such as have an aptness for the art and desire to learn, and apparatus and stock furnished on the most reasonable terms.

Rooms, Merchant’s Exchange, third story, over Allison & Gault’s Drug and Medicine Store.  Wm. H. Kimball.

Advertisement ran from February 7 to August 9, 1851.

1851 June 19.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  June 19, 1851, Vol. VII, No. 8, Whole No. 349, P. 3.

Interest Tables.  The subscribers, having purchased the Right for making and selling Bread’s Interest Table for the State of New Hampshire, are now prepared to meet the demand for that invaluable article.

This Table, unlike all others, is at once so simple, cheap ad comprehensive—giving a ready solution to every problem in interest—that five minutes [attention] from any intelligent person will convince one that it must ultimately be adopted by all classes.

For sale at Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms, Exchange Building, (up stairs) and by the proprietors who are about to travel throughout the limits of their Right.  Price, invariably 50 cents.  Wm. H. Kimball, J. W. Worthen.

Advertisement ran from June 19 to August 28, 1851.

1851 August 29.  Vermont Journal.  (Windsor, Vermont.)  August 29, 1851, Vol. VII, No. 13, Whole No. 326, P. 3.

Concord, Tuesday Morning, , 6 o’clock.  The Best Part of Concord in Ashes!  The most disastrous fire that ever occurred in this town or State took place here last night and this morning, destroying the best of the business portion of the town…

Next was the new Exchange, a three story brick block, which was burned in December, 1849… and Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms.  The contents of this block were principally saved, but greatly damaged.

1851 August 26.  Boston Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 26, 1851, P. 2.

Great Conflagration At Concord, N. H.  Through Messrs. Cheney & Co.’s Northern Express we have received a slip from the office of the New Hampshire Patriot, at Concord, stating that the most disastrous fire that ever occurred in that town or State took place there last night and this morning, destroying the best of the business portion of the town.  The following particulars are given. 

At about 11 o’clock last night the cry of “fire” resounded through out streets, and the alarm bells soon rang.  The fire was found to be in Abbott’s paint shop, directly back of Stickney’s block…

Next was the new Exchange, a three story brick block erected last year on the site of Butterfield’s block, which was burned in December, 1849…and in the third story by W. H. Barrett’s and H. P. Rolfe’s Law office, Prescott’s Musical Instrument Manufactory, C. T. Tower’s Paint shop, and Kimbell’s Daguerreotype Rooms.  The contents of this block were principally saved but greatly damaged…

1851 August 26.  Manchester Daily Mirror.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  August 26, 1851, Vol. 2, No. 259, P. 2.

Extensive Fire in Concord.  A fire broke out in Concord las night, at about 11 o’clock…

Next was the new Exchange,… and Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms.  The contents of this block were principally saved, but greatly damaged.

1851 August 27.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  August 27, 1851, Vol. 5, No. 223, Whole No. 2223, P. 2.

Concord, Tuesday Morning, , 6 o’clock.  Terrible Conflagration!  The Best Part of Concord in Ashes!  The most disastrous fire that ever occurred in this town or State took place here last night and this morning, destroying the best of the business portion of the town…

Next was the new Exchange, a three story brick block, which was burned in December, 1849… and Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms.  The contents of this block were principally saved, but greatly damaged.

1851 August 27.  The Union Democrat.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  August 27, 1851, Vol. 1, No. 32, P. 3. 

We copy the following from the extra Patriot.  It is impossible at this hour, (5 o’clock) to give a full list of the sufferers by this terrible fire.  We can only give the principal ones…Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms…

1851 August 28.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  August 28, 1851, Vol. VII, No. 18, Whole No. 359, P. 2.

The Great Fire!  As most of our readers have already learned through other sources, Concord was, last Monday night, visited by the most destructive fire ever had in town.  About a quarterb past eleven o’clock, The Paint Shop of Mr. G. D. Abbott, directly in the rear of our printing office, was discovered to be on fire…

…the New Brick Exchange Building in which were…Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms…

1851 August 28.  National Eagle.  (Claremont, New Hampshire.)  August 28, 1856, Vol. XVI, No. XLVI, P. 3.

Terrible Conflagration!  The Best Part of Concord in Ashes!  The most disastrous fire that ever occurred in this town or State took place here last night and this morning, destroying the best of the business portion of the town…

Next was the new Exchange, a three story brick block erected last year on the site of Butterfield’s block, which was burned in December, 1849…and in the third story by W. H. Barrett’s and H. P. Rolfe’s Law office, Prescott’s Musical Instrument Manufactory, C. T. Tower’s Paint shop, and Kimbell’s Daguerreotype Rooms… 

1851 September 1.  Exeter News-Letter And Rockingham Advertiser.  (Exeter, New Hampshire.)  September 1, 1851, Vol. XXI, No. 21, P. 2.

Terrible Conflagration!  The best part of Concord in Ashes!  The most disastrous fire that ever occurred in this town or State took place here last night and this morning, destroying the best of the business portion of the town…

Next was the new Exchange, a three story brick block erected last year on the site of Butterfield’s block, which was burned in December, 1849…and in the third story by W. H. Barrett’s and H. P. Rolfe’s Law office, Prescott’s Musical Instrument Manufactory, C. T. Tower’s Paint shop, and Kimbell’s Daguerreotype Rooms… 

1851 September 2.  Dover Enquirer.  (Dover, New Hampshire.)  September 2, 1851, Vol. XXV, No. 4, P. 2.

Awful Conflagration In Concord.  On Tuesday morning we received an extra from the patriot office giving the following details of a terrible fire in Concord on Monday night:

Next was the new Exchange, a three story brick block erected last year on the site of Butterfield’s block, which was burned in December, 1849…and in the third story by W. H. Barrett’s and H. P. Rolfe’s Law office, Prescott’s Musical Instrument Manufactory, C. T. Tower’s Paint shop, and Kimbell’s Daguerreotype Rooms… 

1851 September 2.  Maine Democrat.  (Saco, Maine.)  September 2, 1851, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, P. 2.

From The New Hampshire Patriot, of the 26th of August.  Fire In Concord.  The best part of Concord, N. H., in  Ashes!—The  most disastrous fire that ever occurred in this town or state. Took place here last night and this morning, destroying the best part of the business portion of the town.  At about 11 o’clock last evening fire took in Abbott’s paint shop, back of Stickney’s block…and Kimball’s daguerreotype rooms…

1851 September 3.  The Granite Farmer.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  September 3, 1851, Vol. 2, No. 35, P. 7.

Fire at Concord…Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms…

1851 September 18.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 18, 1851, Vol. VII, No. 20, Whole No. 361, P. 3.

New Daguerreotype House On School Street, A Few Rods West Of The Post Office.  W. H. Kimball, will be happy to wait upon his friends and the public at his new place, where he assures them, may be obtained first class Daguerreotypes.  Stock ad materials for Sale as heretofore.

Advertisement ran from September 18,1851 to April 22, 1852.

1852 April 24.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  April 24, 1852, Vol. XXVI, No. 1613, P. 3.

Kimball’s New Top-Light Daguerreotype Rooms, Stickney’s Block, third story, over E. H. Rollins’ Store.  Picture taken in any weather.  Stock and apparatus for sale at the lowest prices for Cash.

Advertisement ran from April 29, 1851 to January 19, 1856.

1852 April 29.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  April 29, 1852, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Whole No. 394, P. 3.

Kimball’s New Top-Light Daguerreotype Rooms, Stickney’s Block, third story, over E. H. Rollins’ Store.  Picture taken in any weather.  Stock and apparatus for sale at the lowest prices for Cash.

Advertisement ran from April 29, 1851 to September 7, 1854.

1852 June 10.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  June 10, 1852, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Whole No. 394, P. 3.

Kimball’s New Top-Light Daguerreotype Rooms, Stickney’s Block, third story, over E. H. Rollins’ Store.  Pictures taken in any weather.  Stock and apparatus for sale at the lowest prices for Cash.

Advertisement ran from April 29 to June 17, 1852.

1852 September 8.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 8, 1852, Vol. 6, No. 277, Whole No. 2277, P. 3.

More Light From Above, At Kimball’s New top-light Daguerrian Hall, Stickney’s Block, third story, over Rollins’ Apothecary store.  Pictures taken in any weather, and neatly set in rings, pins, lockets, bracelets, cases and frames of every description, and at reduced prices.  The arrangement of our light, especially for taking groups, is superior to anything of the kind in the country.

Advertisement ran from September 8, 1852 to August 31, 1853.

1853.  Concord, New Hampshire City Directory 1853-1854.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  1853.  Residence Listing.

Kimball, William H.—Not Listed in residence section

Kimball, Joseph L.—Daguerrian Artist, Stickney’s Block—H.—Warren Street.

1853.  Concord, New Hampshire City Directory 1853-1854.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  1853, advertisement N. P.

Kimball’s To-Light Daguerrean Gallery.  The arrangement of Light at this Gallery are such that pictures are made to suit all the various tastes of customers, and in every style of the Art, at as Low as can be obtained at any other Gallery in the New England States!

A good assortment of Gold Lockets, keys, pins &c. constantly on hand.

Please call and see specimens for yourself.

Entrance, south end Stickney’s Block, opposite the State House, Concord, N. H., 1853.

1853 February 14.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  February 14, 1853, Vol. XXXII, No. 1655, P. 5.

Burglary.  Kimball’s Daguerreotype Rooms in the third story of Stickney’s Block, were broken into on Wednesday night, 10th inst.  The door was opened with prys, and about $30 worth of Daguerreotype cases, picture frames and specimens were taken, among which was a large likeness of Ole Bull…

1854 March 30.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  March 30, 1854, Vol. IX, No. 48, Whole No. 493, P. 3.

Kimball’s  New Daguerreotype Establishment Just opened in Merchant’s Exchange up three flights of stairs On The Right.  With Superior Light and Chemicals, we put up Pictures, in all weather, of unsurpassed excellence.

R. H. Kimball, Proprietor.

W. H. Kimball, Operator.

Advertisement ran from March 30 to August 10, 1854.

1854 April 5.  New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  April 5, 1854, Vol. 7, No. 359, Whole No. 2359, P. 3.

Kimball’s  New Daguerreotype Establishment, Just opened in Merchant’s Exchange up three flights of stairs On The Right. 

With Superior Light and Chemicals, we put up Pictures, in all weather, of unsurpassed excellence.

R. H. Kimball, Proprietor.

W. H. Kimball, Operator.

Advertisement ran from April 5 to July 26, 1854.

1854 June 8.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  June 8, 1854, Vol. X, No. 6, P. 2.

Kimball’s Christallotypes.  Wm. H. Kimball, at his Daguerreotype Rooms, In the Exchange Block, executes Crystallotype likenesses in fine style, and with fine remarkable fidelity.  These Chrystallotypes are a very decided improvement on the daguerreotype.  Call at his rooms and see them.

1854 August 3.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  August 3, 1854, Vol. X, No. 14, P. 1.

From the Lowell News, a little [altered].  Have You A Good Daguerreotype?—We have often thought of the happiness one must enjoy in possessing the good daguerreotype of a deceased friend, in after years, when the original is laid in the cold and silent tomb, they might look and recall the scenes of life. What vividness would a faithful daguerreotype of the face of a friend create in one’s memory? and what money would purchase from us such a memento?  These are questions but rarely thought of by us when we and our friend are in the enjoyment of life and health; but if neglected until the icy hand of death has parted us, we wonder that we could have been so thoughtless.  And while upon this subject, we would remark that the picture of a friend, whether deceased or not, will be valued according to the accuracy of the picture.  An indifferent one would not be much prized, while an accurate one will be prized highly.  If any of our readers want a good daguerreotype, let them go to Kimball’s on Main street.  Mr. Kimball has devoted himself assiduously to the study of the art for several years, spent much time and money experimenting, and has been rewarded by a knowledge and skill which enable him to stand at the head of his profession.  Again we say go to Kimball’s in front of the State House, in Rollins’ and Stickney’s Block.

1859 September 1.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 1, 1859,

Vol. XV, No. 19, P. 3. 

Notice.  The firm heretofore existing under the style of R. A. Houston & Co., is by mutual consent this day dissolved.  R. A. Houston.  Wm. H. Kimball.

1859 September 8.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 8, 1859,

Vol. XV, No. 20, P. 3. 

R. H. Kimball, having purchased and taken charge of the Photographic Establishment heretofore owned by R. A. Houston & Co., and in addition to his own experience and application, secured the services of Mr. Nichols, the distinguished Photographist from New York, and also Mr. Thomas J. Dane who has no superior as an Artist, asks the especial attention of the public to the pictures he is daily presenting.

The new and splendid Life-Size Photographs produced by Mr. N. through the Solar Camera process, are a marvel of art and beauty; and we claim the exclusive credit of introducing this surpassingly beautiful process, and in the hands of a perfect master in the art.

It must be conceded  that this new Pictorial Revelation throws all the previous pretensions in Photography, excellent as they have been, quite into the shade, and promises a revolution in the art.—Its capacities are wonderful in every direction.  Especially to those who have pictures of deceased or absent friends which they desire to enlarge and perpetuate, the Solar process furnishes a means hitherto unavailable.  Even if your pictures are considerably imperfect, we have the means of restoring them to high order and beauty.

We shall be assisted by Mr. W. H. Kimball, a practical artist and well known Photographer, who by India Ink touching will restore imperfect pictures, and when desirable will color to nature.

Having spared no pains or expense in availing ourself of every means, and fitted our establishment to meet every demand, we confidently claim the public favor, and pledge our best endeavors in their behalf.

N. B.  Every picture leaving our establishment warranted to be perfectly durable, and to give Satisfaction in all cases.

Rooms—Kimball’s Old Stand, (Over E. H. Rollins’ Store,) Opp. State House, Concord, N. H. Advertisement ran ten times between September 8 to December 29, 1859.

1859 September 10.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 10, 1859, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1997, P. 3.

R. H. Kimball, having purchased and taken charge of the Photographic Establishment heretofore owned by R. A. Houston & Co., and in addition to his own experience and application, secured the services of Mr. Nichols, the distinguished Photographist from New York, and also Mr. Thomas J. Dane who has no superior as an Artist, asks the especial attention of the public to the pictures he is daily presenting.

The new and splendid Life-Size Photographs produced by Mr. N. through the Solar Camera process, are a marvel of art and beauty; and we claim the exclusive credit of introducing this surpassingly beautiful process, and in the hands of a perfect master in the art.

It must be conceded  that this new Pictorial Revelation throws all the previous pretensions in Photography, excellent as they have been, quite into the shade, and promises a revolution in the art.—Its capacities are wonderful in every direction.  Especially to those who have pictures of deceased or absent friends which they desire to enlarge and perpetuate, the Solar process furnishes a means hitherto unavailable.  Even if your pictures are considerably imperfect, we have the means of restoring them to high order and beauty.

We shall be assisted by Mr. W. H. Kimball, a practical artist and well known Photographer, who by India Ink touching will restore imperfect pictures, and when desirable will color to nature.

Having spared no pains or expense in availing ourself of every means, and fitted our establishment

to meet every demand, we confidently claim the public favor, and pledge our best endeavors in their behalf.

N. B.  Every picture leaving our establishment warranted to be perfectly durable, and to give Satisfaction in all cases.

Rooms—Kimball’s Old Stand, (Over E. H. Rollins’ Store,) Opp. State House, Concord, N. H.

Advertisement ran ten times between September 10 to December 17, 1859.

1859 September 15.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 15, 1859, Vol. XV, No. 21, P. 3. 

Having disposed of all our right, title and interest in Photographing, Ambrotyping, &c., in Concord to R. H. Kimball, we hereby ask the continued favors of the public in behalf of our successor, and earnestly request all who are indebted to us to make immediate payment to R. H. Kimball, and also desire all who have claims against us to present as above for adjustment.  Wm. H. Kimball, R. A. Houston.

Advertisement ran nine times between September 15 to December 29, 1859.

1859 October 5.  New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.) October 5, 1859, Vol. XIII, No. 646, Whole No. 2646, P. 3.

R. H. Kimball, having purchased and taken charge of the Photographic Establishment heretofore owned by R. A. Houston & Co., and in addition to his own experience and application, secured the services of Mr. Nichols, the distinguished Photographist from New York, and also Mr. Thomas J. Dane who has no superior as an Artist, asks the especial attention of the public to the pictures he is daily presenting.

The new and splendid Life-Size Photographs produced by Mr. N. through the Solar Camera process, are a marvel of art and beauty; and we claim the exclusive credit of introducing this surpassingly beautiful process, and in the hands of a perfect master in the art.

It must be conceded  that this new Pictorial Revelation throws all the previous pretensions in Photography, excellent as they have been, quite into the shade, and promises a revolution in the art.—Its capacities are wonderful in every direction.  Especially to those who have pictures of deceased or absent friends which they desire to enlarge and perpetuate, the Solar process furnishes a means hitherto unavailable.  Even if your pictures are considerably imperfect, we have the means of restoring them to high order and beauty.

We shall be assisted by Mr. W. H. Kimball, a practical artist and well known Photographer, who by India Ink touching will restore imperfect pictures, and when desirable will color to nature.

Having spared no pains or expense in availing ourself of every means, and fitted our establishment to meet every demand, we confidently claim the public favor, and pledge our best endeavors in their behalf.

N. B.  Every picture leaving our establishment warranted to be perfectly durable, and to give Satisfaction in all cases.

Rooms—Kimball’s Old Stand, (Over E. H. Rollins’ Store,) Opp. State House, Concord, N. H. Advertisement ran ten times between October 5 to December 28, 1859.

1862 January 23.  The Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  January 23, 1862, Vol. XVII, No. 40, P. 3.

A Word about Photographs and Kindred Things.  Our friend W. H. Kimball, has long devoted himself to the science and art of Photography, in all its various departments.—He is not merely a good mechanical artist, but he is a scientific one, who thoroughly understands the philosophical mysteries of his profession.  Hence, it is not strange that his pictures should be so highly prized as they are, and that his rooms should be crowded with customers.—In producing Ambrotypes he has no superior, while his Photographs, of all kinds, are equal to those of Brady.  In the difficult task of obtaining life-like and perfect photographs of young children, Mr. Kimball is eminently successful.  His delicately colored portraits of this class, closely resembling the best paintings on ivory, are gems of beauty, only excelled by the bright living faces which they represent.  The demand for card photographs is now very large, and Mr. Kimball is doing a great business in that department.  Let all interested in these matters give Mr. Kimball a call at his rooms in the Block next north of Eagle Hotel opposite the Capitol.

1863 June 11.  The Legislative Reporter.  (Concord, N. H.)  June 11, 1863, Vol. 2, No. 5, P. 2.

Fine Pictures.  Large crowds daily visit Kimball’s Photograph Rooms in State Block.  There is no place in the State where better photographs can be obtained than at this famous establishment.  He has the best conveniences that can be found this side of Boston for taking pictures.

Concord City Directories.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)

1850.  daguerreotype artist, rooms Dunklee Building, 189 Main st.—h-Warren st.

1853.  Not listed

1860.  photographer, 155 Main st.—h-7 Tahanto st.

1864.  photographer, 155 Main st.—h-7 Tahanto st.

[1] Morrison and Sharples, History of the Kimball Family in America, Vol. II. P. 653-854; Art and Artists in Manchester, P. 114; Granite Monthly, Vol. XIV, (1892), P. 125-126; Manchester City Directory 1844; Concord City Directory 1860, 1876.

Ives, Loyal Moses

Daguerreotypes, Portrait Painter, , , , , ,

Ca. 1844-1846            Address Unknown, Boston, Massachusetts.[1], [2], [3]

1847-1856                   142 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.3

1851                            near the Old South [Church], Boston, Massachusetts.3

Ca. 1850-56.  Advertising Card in back of a Ninth Plate Daguerreotype.  Chris Steele’s collection.

Ives’ Daguerreian Gallery, 142 Washington St., Boston.  Prices of Daguerreotypes, 25 cents to 25 Dollars. 

N. B.—The 1st Class Medal and Diploma awarded, for specimens exhibited at the Mechanics’ Fair, Boston.  Operators, L. M. Ives, C. H. Collagan.

Information from The New York Historical Society’s Directory of Artists in America 1564-1860. (New Haven, Connecticut & London, England.)  P. 342.

Ives, Loyal Moss.  Portrait painter who worked in New Haven (Conn.) During the latter 1850’s and in NYC from about 1863 into the 1890’s

1850 September 19.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 19, 1850, Vol. XXI, No. 6194, P. 2.

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association— …The display of Daguerreotypes at both ends of the room attracts very general attention, and many of the pieces appear to be in the highest perfection of the art.

The specimens of Southworth & Hawes, Boston, are greatly admired for their peculiar delicacy of finish.  The likenesses of Judge Woodbury, Mr. Winthrop, Prof. Greenleaf, Justice Merrill, &c, &c, and a copy of the Greek Slave, are at once recognized as perfectly lifelike, and true to the original.

The family groups furnished by J. A. Whipple, Boston, excel in this line—among them we notice the family of Lieut. Gov Reed.  There are also capital heads of Gov Briggs, Hon David Sears, Kah-ge-ga-ge-bowh, and a miniature full length portrait of Daniel Webster.

Other highly creditable specimens are contributed by Messrs Chase, Ives, and Hale & Co., of this city, J. Starkweather, Roxbury, and W. A. Perry & Co., Lowell…

1850 September.  Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Report (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 1850, N. P.

Exhibited daguerreotypes at the sixth exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Fair.  A silver medal was awarded.

1850 September 19.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 19, 1850, Vol. XXI, No. 6194, P. 2.

 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association— …The display of Daguerreotypes at both ends of the room attracts very general attention, and many of the pieces appear to be in the highest perfection of the art.

The specimens of Southworth & Hawes, Boston, are greatly admired for their peculiar delicacy of finish.  The likenesses of Judge Woodbury, Mr. Winthrop, Prof. Greenleaf, Justice Merrill, &c, &c, and a copy of the Greek Slave, are at once recognized as perfectly lifelike, and true to the original.

The family groups furnished by J. A. Whipple, Boston, excel in this line—among them we notice the family of Lieut Gov Reed.  There are also capital heads of Gov Briggs, Hon David Sears, Kah-ge-ga-ge-bowh, and a miniature full length portrait of Daniel Webster.

Other highly creditable specimens are contributed by Messrs. Chase, Ives, and Hale & Co., of this city, J. Starkweather, Roxbury, and W. A. Perry & Co., Lowell…

1850 October 16.  Railway Advertiser.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 16, 1850, Vol. 2, No. 13, P. 1.

Ives Daguerreotype Rooms!  142 Washington Street, Boston.  (Opposite The Foot Of School Street.)  The Public are respectfully invited to call and examine specimens of daguerreotypes and for themselves.  jul 2.

Advertisement ran from Oct 16, 1850 to April 30, 1851.

1850 December 21.  Gazette Francaise.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  December 21, 1850, Vol. 1, No. 15, P. 4.

Daguerreotypes!  L. M. Ives, A la derniere Exposition une Medaille avec Diploma a ete accordee specimens, et garantit une parfait resemblances a tous ceux qui voudront bien l’honorer de leur confiance.

Advertisement was recorded fourteen times between December 21, 1850 to July 19, 1851.

1851 March 1.  The Daguerreian Journal.  (New York, New York.) March 1, 1851, Vol. 1, No. 1, N. P.

Lister in the Daguerreian Artist Register (March 1 to April 15, 1851 as L. M. Joes, 142 Washington St., Boston) and as L. M. Ives from May 1 to Dec. 15, 1851 at 142 Washington St., Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 1 to December 15, 1851.

1851 May 15.  The Daguerreian Journal.  (New York, New York.)  May 15, 1851, Vol. 2, No. 1, P. 19.

L. M. Ives of Joston, [sic.] is, we understand, producing some exquisite specimens of Daguerreotypes. Success.

1851 June 1.  The Daguerreian Journal.  (New York, New York.)  June 1, 1851, Vol. 2, No. 2, P. 53.

L. M. Ives of Boston, will please pardon us (or rather or printer) for the mistake in the Journal in his name and locality.  Mr. I. being himselfa sure operator, will certainly pardon a failure in others.  We will endeavor to do better in future.

1851 July 1.  The Daguerreian Journal.  (New York, New York.)  July 1, 1851, Vol. 2, No. 4, P. 114-115.

Boston Daguerreotypists….Mr. Ives we found very busy with his customers, and after taking a hurried look through his collection of specimens, we were not in the least surprised to find so many waiting their turn.

1851 September 8.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 8, 1851, Vol. XXII, No. 6494, P. 1.

A Family Picture…

Let me say to the young men of Boston, whose parental home is in the country, that if they would awaken the affection that lingers around the family hearth, next to that of their living presence—they should send home a fine daguerreotype—such as Ives, or Ormsby and Silsbee, of Washington street, can produce.  A picture where every feature and expression are so finely delineated, and the tone and color so well preserved, that it appears more the reflection from a mirror, than the result of a chemical process.  Such a present to a parent or sister, would be one of the most valuable that could be made, and should death take the original away, this truthful representation would be invaluable.  In this way, at a trifling expense, a whol;e family may leave a memorial which would be greatly prized by the living.  What amount of money, would purchase from a mother the daguerreotype of her dead son?  With this happy thought I close this family letter.  Yours very truly, G. Q. C.

1851 September 9.  Dover Enquirer.  (Dover, New Hampshire.)  September 9, 1851, Vol. XXV, No. 15, P. 3.

Premium Daguerreotypes.  Ives, Daguerrean Artist, 142 Washington Street.  Boston.

Advertisement ran from September 9 to October 7, 1851.

1851 September 11.  Green-Mountain Freeman.  (Montpelier, Vermont.)  September 11, 1851, Vol. VIII, No. 37, P. 3.

Premium Daguerreotypes.  Ives, Daguerrean Artist, 142 Washington Street.  Boston.

Advertisement ran from September 11 to October 9, 1851.

1851 September 13.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 13, 1851, Vol. XXX, No. 1581, P. 3.

Premium Daguerreotypes.  Ives, Daguerrean Artist, 142 Washington Street.  Boston.

Advertisement ran from September 13 to October 11, 1851.

1851 October 1.  Cheshire Republican and Farmer.  (Keene, New Hampshire.)  October 1, 1845, Vol. 18, No. 8, Whole No. 1255, P. 4.

Premium Daguerreotypes.  Ives, Daguerrean Artist, 142 Washington Street, Boston.

Advertisement was recorded on October 1 & 8, 1851.

1851 November 15.  The Carpet Bag.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  Vol. 1, No. 33, P. 4.

Daguerreotypes.—The pictures taken by Ives & Black, near the Old South, are unsurpassed for the beauty of their finish and the correctness of their portraiture.  It is almost inexcusable in any one to neglect securing pictures of relatives and friends, in view of the facilities now afforded for doing so.  Years ago, when a miniature was a work of great labor and expense, and then was often dependent upon the partiality of friends to decipher the resemblance it bore to those whom it was intended to represent, a picture of a loved object was not to be hoped for by a poor man—in his memory, alone, could the likeness be cherished, unless, perhaps, it was recalled dimly by some queer old black profile, that hung smoke dried on the wall, like that of “corporal Paul” in Mrs. Partington’s back sitting-room.  But now everyone has it in his power to save the semblance of friends in these exquisite pictures, which look out lovingly upon the living though Death may have claimed the originals years agone.  Messrs Ives & Black execute Talbotypes superbly, and specimens we examined recently, we found it difficult to distinguish from the finest lithographs.

1852.  Boston City Directory.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  1852/1853, P. 35.  Published by George Adams, 1852.

Premium Daguerreotypes, By L. M. Ives, 142 Washington Street, Boston.

The Public are Respectfully Invited To Call and Examine Specimens.  Customers can be sure of as good pictures as the specimens exhibited.  Perfect Satisfaction Guarantied.

1852 October 16.  The Carpet Bag.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  Vol. 2, No. 29, P. 27.

To Pathfinders!—Among the numerous paths in the City of Notions, there is one leading to L. M. Ives’s Daguerrian Gallery, 142 Washington Street.

Strangers visiting the city are respectfully invited to call, and examine a large collection of Premium Daguerreotypes, and whoever wishes a picture may feel sure of perfect satisfaction being give.  jan 14

1852 December 4.  The Carpet-Bag.  (Boston, Massachusetts.) Vol. 2, No. 36, P. 6. 

Whipple’s Crysalotypes are charming specimens of this class of daguerreotypes.  All the softness and distinctness of lithography are preserved with the correctness and beauty of the daguerreotype.  The pictures of the President elect and the late R. Rantoul, Jr., may well be referred to in proof of what we say.  Those familiar with the features of these notables may see at a glance the life-likeness preserved in their pictures.  Mr. Whipple’s room abound with splendid specimens of daguerreotypes and crysalotypes, worthy the attention of all interested in art.  Mr. Black, formerly with Ives, presides over the crysalotype department, and the excellence of his productions is a lasting monument of his skill.

1853.  Boston City Directory.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  P. 33.  Published by George Adams, 1853.

Premium Daguerreotypes, By L. M. Ives, 142 Washington Street, Boston.

The Public are Respectfully Invited To Call and Examine Specimens.  Customers can be sure of as good pictures as the specimens exhibited.  Perfect Satisfaction Guarantied.

1853 July 12.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 12, 1853, Vol. XXIV, No. 7061, P. 3. 

New Daguerreotype Rooms.  140 Washington Street, Seaver & Butler, having recently purchased these rooms, and neatly fitted and newly furnished them throughout, till they are surpassed in convenience and elegance by none in the city, are now prepared to take Likenesses with promptness, in the very best style of the art, and in every size and mode of finish.  The public are respectfully invited to give them a call.  Entire satisfaction guaranteed.

Mr. Seaver having been employed as Operator at Ives’s Establishment, for over a year past, would be pleased to see his numerous friends and acquaintances at his new place of business, where they will meet with entire satisfaction, as heretofore.

Advertisement ran from July 12 to 25, 1853.

1854 June 3.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 3, 1854, Vol. XXV, No. 7338, P. 3.

25 Cents Daguerreotypes.  Good Daguerreotypes are taken at Ives’s, 142 Washington st., for 25 cents.

Advertisement ran from June 3 to 9, 1854.

1854 December 13.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  December 13, 1854, Vol. XXV, No. 7501, P. 2.

A splendid Portrait.  Mr. Charles H. Brainard has this day published a very accurate and striking likeness of the Rev. Theodore Parker, drawn by Grozelier, from a daguerreotype by L. M. Ives, and printed by L. H. Bradford & Co….

1855 August.  The Photographic And Fine Arts Journal.  (New York, New York.)  August 1855, New Series Vol. II, Old Series VIII, No. 8. P. 247.

A Trip to Boston.—Boston Artist…

…Of Mr. Ives and Mr. Chase, both also located in Washington street, and both devoting their attention to daguerreotypes exclusively, I can speak in terms of high commendation.  By their many beautiful productions they have shown themselves able proficients in their art, while by their character and manners they do honor to their profession.

M. A. R., Philadelphia, cor. Chestnut and Fifth sts.

[1] The American Daguerreotype P. 397.  Partnership of Chase & Ives.

[2] The Camera and the Pencil Or, The Heliographic Art, P. 361.

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

Howes, Samuel Paddock

Daguerreotypes, Photographs, Portrait Painter, , , ,

1847-1856       112 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.[1]

1864-1865       Carleton Block, Lowell Massachusetts.

1856-1858       138 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.1

1859-1865       112 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.1

1840-1860.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of artist In America 1564-1860.

Samuel P. Howes Portrait, miniature. And landscape painter; working in Boston 1829-35 and in Lowell (Mass.) 1837-60.

1840 February 22.  Lowell Morning Courier.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  February 22, 1840, Vol. VI, No. 789, P. 1.

Portrait and Miniature Painting.  S. P. Howes tenders his grateful acknowledgments to the citizens of Lowell, for the liberal share of patronage he has received for more than four years, and gives notice that he still paints Portraits and Miniatures at his room, Mansur’s building, 27 Central st., where specimens may be seen.

1845 November 22.  Star of Bethlehem.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  November 22, 1845, Vol. V, No. 29, P. 3.

Oil Painting of Washington As viewing the departure of the British Fleet from Boston Harbor, on 54 feet of canvas to be seen at Howes’ Daguerreotype Rooms, No. 20 Merrimack street, Lowell.

Advertisement ran from November 22, 1845 to April 4, 1846.

1852 January 15.  Lowell Daily Journal and Courier.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  January 15, 1852, Vol. XVI, No. 3667, P. 2.

New Panorama.  Mr. S. P. Howes, the well known painter and daguerreotypist of this city, has been for a number of years engaged upon a large Panorama—representing the History of this country, from its discovery up to this time.  It is completed up to the close of Washington’s administration, and we understand, will be exhibited at Mechanics’ Hall next week.  The painter of the Panorama is Mr. Barnes, who painted Burr’s Seven Mile Mirror, and therefore it cannot but be well done.  The subject is an interesting one—presenting a fine field, and giving ample scope, in the great variety of its subjects, to the powers of the artist.  It cannot be doubted that Mr. Howes will find his remuneration for the labor and expense bestowed upon his work, in the liberal support of the public.

1852 January 15.  Lowell Daily Journal and Courier.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  January 15, 1852, Vol. XVI, No. 3667, P. 4.

Piano Fortes, At Howes’ Daguerreotype Rooms.  The subscriber wishing to sell out his Pianos, which are of a splendid new style, will sell at great bargains, or let to those who do not wish to purchase.

Call at No. 112 Merrimack st.  je24.

1854 September 26.  Worcester Daily Spy.  (Worcester, Massachusetts.)  September 26, 1854, Vol. IX, No. 227, P. 2.

“Give Them Some.”—The subscriber being the oldest Daguerrean Artist in the city, after having witnessed with patience, the prices for which his competitors have taken Pictures, will now, for a few days, “come down to them,” by taking Miniatures in a Velvet Case for 50 Cents, and in a splendid Shell Case, such as sell for $2,50 and 3,00, with good Pictures, and warranted, for $1.75.  We now put things so low as supply everybody and everybody’s cousin.  Call at Daguerrean Gallery, 112 Merrimack Street, Lowell. S. P. Howes.

Advertisement ran from September 26 to December 21, 1854.

1856 April 28.  Lowell Daily Citizen and News.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  April 28, 1856, Vol. VI, No. 1, P. 3.

For only 50 Cents, You can get at Howe’s, No. 112 Merrimack Street, a good Miniature in a case.

Shell Case, and a perfect picture, for $1.75 a $3.00

Call and see.

Advertisement ran from April 28 to May 3, 1856.

1856 May 17.  Lowell Daily Citizen and News.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  May 17, 1856, Vol. VI, No. 18, P. 3.

Perfect Likenesses.—Those who have photographs can get them colored at Howes’ Portrait Rooms, No. 112 Merrimack st., warranted not to fade, likeness made more perfect and to imitate the best paintings, for from $2.00 to $15.00.  Call and see.

1856 November 18.  Lowell Daily Citizen and News.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  November 18, 1856, Vol. VI, No. 173, P. 2.

Up no Stairs at all.  You can go to Howes, No. 138 Merrimack st., next to the Old City Hall Building, and get a good likeness at from 50 cts in a good case, to $50, “just as easy.”

Advertisement ran from November 18, 1856 to August 26, 1857.

1857 August 22.  Lowell Daily Citizen and News.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  August 22, 1857, Vol. VII, No. 404, P. 2.

Hall To Let.  Classic Hall, up one flight of stairs, No. 112 Merrimack Street, newly repaired, rent moderate.  Apply at Howes’ Daguerrean Rooms, No. 138 Merrimack St., next to old City Hall, lower floor. 

Advertisement ran on August 22 to 26, 1857.

1857 August 27.  Lowell Daily Citizen and News.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  August 27, 1857, Vol. VII, No. 408, P. 3.

Twenty-Five Cents For a good Likeness on Gatta Purcha, at No. 138 Merrimack Street, without going up stairs.

Advertisement ran from August 27 to November 24, 1857.

1858 April 13.  Lowell Daily Journal and Courier.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  April 13, 1858, Vol. XXIII, No. 5585, P. 2.

Robbery.  Last night, the daguerrean gallery of Mr. S. P. Howes, No. 138 Merrimack st., was broken open and various articles stolen.—The thief or thieves effected an entrance by breaking the lock of the rear door, and then broke open the locks of two cases, and took therefrom, two gold lockets, one gold breastpin, about a dozen union cases, and a number of other cases, in all some twenty dollars worth.  From the appearance of the room, the indication were that they had been distributed and left before securing all they intended.  It thought the robbery was committed in the latter part of the night.

1860 January 6.  Lowell Daily Citizen and News.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  January 6, 1860, Vol. IX, No. 1132, P. 2.

Robbery.  One of the exhibition cases of S. P. Howes, daguerreotypist, 112 Merrimack street, was broken open last night, and five or six dollars worth of miniatures stolen.  Had the rogue broken the case hanging on the opposite side of the doorway he might have obtained a much larger amount.  The shivering of the glass must have made quite a noise, as it was very thick.

1860 January 13.  Vox Populi.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  January 13, 1860, Vol. XX, No. 10, P. 2.

Larcenies.—The show case of S. P. Howes, daguerrean, Merrimack street, was broken open last Thursday night, and pictures and frames to the value of five or six dollars taken therefrom.

1864 October 17.  The Lowell Daily Courier.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  October 17, 1864, Vol. XXIX, No. 8371, P. 3.

Howes, Portrait Painter and Photographer, Has removed into Carleton Block, where he will be ready to wait upon his former customers and a few new ones.  Sept. 21, 1864.

1865 May 10.  The Lowell Daily Courier.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  May 10, 1865, Vol. XXIX, No. 8543, P. 2.

Paintings.  Those of our citizens who admire fine paintings will be amply repaid by looking into the gallery of S. P. Howes, in the upper story of Carleton Block, Merrimack Street, Mr. Howes has just finished the painting of a life-size portraits of Mr. Lincoln and Gen. Grant, which he has disposed of to Boston parties, but he has in his room now a good portrait of Mr. Lincoln and Gen. Sherman, both of which are well worth looking at.  He has also life-size portraits of several well known citizens of Lowell, which no one familiar with the persons would fail to recognize at the first glance.  He has recently finished a portrait of a Boston lady from a small photograph, and although Mr. Howes never saw the lady, her acquaintances pronounce it a perfect likeness.  Mr. Howes has during the last two or three years painted a large number of portraits for people belonging in Boston and elsewhere, and we have no doubt that he would get plenty of work at home from those who might look in upon him.  Although preferring to paint from life, Mr. Howes has painted several portraits from small pictures.

1880 July 31.  Lowell Weekly Sun.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  July 31, 1880, Vol. II, No. 48, P. 4.

Mrs. Catherine B. Howes, aged 63, wife of S. P. Howes, died Saturday at her home on Robinson street, after a long illness.

1881 February 26.  Lowell Weekly Sun.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  February 26, 1881, Vol. III, No. 29, P. 4.

Friday, Samuel P. Howes, portrait painter, died Friday morning at the residence of his son-in-law, Lewis H. Gumb, No. 11 Robinson street, after two weeks’ illness.  Deceased was 74 years of age, about 40 of which he resided in Lowell.  His wife died a year ago.

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

Hoit, William B.

Daguerreotypes, Portrait Painter, , ,

1841                Rooms over Concord Bank, Concord, New Hampshire.

N. D.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of American Artists 1564-1860.  (New Haven, Connecticut & London England.)  1957, P. 322.

Hoit, William B. Portrait and ornamental painter of Concord, (N. H.) active c. 1840-1876. 

1840 September 21.  New Hampshire  Patriot and State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 21, 1840, New Series-Vol. VI, No. 312, Old Series- Vol. XXXI, No. 1642, P.3.

William B. Hoit, Portrait And Ornamental Painter.  Room over Concord Bank.

Advertisement ran from September 212 to November 7, 1840.

1841 May 14.  New Hampshire  Patriot and State Gazette.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  May 14, 1841, New Series-Vol. VII, No. 346, Old Series-Vol. XXXII, No. 1676, P.3.

Daguerreotype.  Miniatures Taken By William B. Hoit, Portrait And Ornamental Painter,  Room over Concord Bank.

Advertisement ran from May 14 to November 4, 1841.

1841 June 7.  Daily Patriot.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  June 7, 1841, No. 5, P. 3.

Daguerreotype.  Miniatures Taken By William B. Hoit, Portrait And Ornamental Painter,  Room over Concord Bank.

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.

Harrison, Gabriel

Daguerreotypes, Landscape Painter, Photographs, Portrait Painter, , , , , , ,

c. 1841-1844   Address Unknown, Washington, D. C.[1]

1844                Address Unknown, Newport, Rhode Island.[2]

1845                201 Elm, New York, New York.[3]

1846                154 Ave. 4, New York, New York.

1848                411 Broadway, New York, New York.

1849                203 Broadway, New York, New York.

c. 1849-1852   203 Broadway, New York, New York.[4]

1852-1858       283 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York.

1859                953 Broadway, New York, New York.[5]

N. D.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of Artists In America, 1564 – 1860.  (New

Haven, Connecticut & London, England.)  1957, P. 294.

Harrison, Gabriel (1818-1902).  Landscape and portrait painter; born March 25, 1818, in Philadelphia, a son of Charles P. and grandson of William Harrison, Sr.  Growing up in NYC, Gabriel became stage-struck and made his professional debut in Washington (D.C.) in 1938.  He was at the Park Theater in NYC in 1845.  After moving to Brooklyn (NY) in 1948, he became prominent in dramatic, literary, and artistic circles there.  An early experimenter with the daguerreotype, he also painted landscapes and some portraits, including one of Edwin Forrest. He died in Brooklyn, December 15, 1902.

1851 March.  The Photographic Art Journal.  (New York, New York.)  March 1851, Vol. 1, No. 3, P. 138.

The Daguerrean Art—Its Origin And Present State…

With Martin M. Lawrence, No. 203 Broadway, is an excellent young artist by the name of Gaberiel Harrison, who is the principal operator in the establishment, and whose pictures are highly prized.  We have seen some of his portraits of our female friends which are superb.

1851 March.  The Photographic Art Journal.  (New York, New York.)  March 1851, Vol. 1, No. 3, P. 169-177.

…Gabriel Harrison was born in Philadelphia on the 25th of March 1817.  His father moved to New York in July 1822…

[summer 1844] Mr. Harrison was at Newport, [Rhode Island] taking daguerreotypes…

[paraphrase]—Gabriel Harrison as a young boy of thirteen befriended an old man who he later discovered to be Colonel Aaron Burr who taught him to read… 

The same year (1844)[6] …he made application to Mr. John Plumbe, who was at that time at the head of the profession.  After being but two weeks in Mr. Plumbe’s establishment, Mr. Butler, Mr. Plumbe’s head man, very kindly gave him permanent employment.  Here he remained over three years, where he soon became a favorite with Mr. Plumbe’s customers, and contributed as much towards his fame, as any one in his employment.

In 1845, when at the Washington Fair, D. C., Mr. Harrison’s picture of Martin Van Buren, and one of a boy clinging around the bust of Washington, which was placed on a pedestal, were highly extolled in numerous papers, and took the first premium…

Mr. Harrison is likewise the first operator who has, to any degree been successful in taking what is called “double whole plate pictures;” that is—pictures three times the size of any heretofore taken.  This single fact speaks volumes for his untiring energy and consummate skill…

1852 June 15.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  June 15, 1852, Vol. 11, No. 140, P. 2.

Superior Daguerreotypes, At Harrison & Hill’s Gallery, Whitehouse Building, 283 Fulton St., Between Tillary and Johnson streets, Brooklyn.

The undersigned solicit your attention to the opening of their new Suite of Rooms, which have been constructed especially for Photographic purposes, and are fitted up with a degree of taste and splendor hitherto unappropriated to the beautiful Art.  As regards quality of work, we are not of those who would sing their own praise, but would call your attention to the annexed testimonials from some of the first American Historical and Portrait Painters—men qualified in every respect to be the best of judges, and who would not give commendation to those in the world of Art who are not deserving.

[From Charles C. Ingham, Esq., Ex-Vice President of the National Academy of Design]

Gabriel Harrison—Dear Sir:  You have requested me to give my opinion of your Daguerreotypes.  I think it scarcely necessary, as all persons of taste who may look ipon them must at once perceive that there can be nothing finer in their way, and their having taken the Premium at the great exhibition, the Worlds’ Fair, proves that they are superior to everything of the kind in Europe.

Very truly, yours,  Charles C. Ingham.

[From Charles L. Elliott, N. A.]  New York, April 24th.

Mr. G. Harrison—Dear Sir: Having frequently compared the best specimens of Daguerreotypes, I cannot resist the desire to express my opinion, that those produced by yourself combine in the greatest degree all the excellencies of the Photographic Art, in clearness, tone and color; also, in the artistic arrangement of positions, accessories, &c., they stand pre-eminent in this country, and, “of course,” in any other.

Wishing your entire success,

I remain, yours truly, C. L. Elliott.

The Operating Room.

Is fifty feet long, thirty feet wide, and frescoed in a quiet, subdued tint, which is of great importance to the producing of a first rate Daguerreotype, as thereby we have no reflected lights to destroy the quality, roundness and strength of shadows, also preserves the natural sharpness of the eyes, as but one light will be observed on the iris instead of half a dozen—as is the case in most daguerreotypes, from the fact of harsh white walls. &c., &c.

The Light.

Under which the sitters are placed to have their portraits taken, is the largest in the world, and contains over two hundred and fifty square feet of the best English white plate glass, faces about North-East, angle of thirty-five degrees—the best position for a light to prevent abrupt shadows under the eyes, nose, chin and has a tendency of producing miniatures of such softness and roundness of flesh that they must become at once the favorite style of pictures with all persons of refined and artistic taste.

The Ladies Dressing Room.

Is contiguous to the operating Room; is fifteen feet square, and fitted up in the most chaste and beautiful style with salmon color and marble top furniture.  Toilet always kept in order and of the first quality.

The Children.

Have every attention paid to their wants, as will be found in the apartments a series of Cosmoramic Views, baby jumpers and the largest kaleidoscope ever invented for their amusement.

Engagements.

Better be made the day previous by those who do not wish delay by taking rotation.

 Groups.

Of ladies and gentlemen, as large as 50 in number, can be taken with the greatest facility.  Portraits miniatures, Paintings, Engravings copied, Gentlemen’s private residences, Public Buildings, Cottages, and Monuments, taken either Photograph, Oil or Water Colored Painting.

Gallery Opened Free from 8 A. M. , to 9 P. M.      Advertisement ran from June 15 to July 16, 1852.

1852 July 13.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  July 13, 1852, Vol. 11, No. 164, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes.—Harrison & Hill’s establishment for taking perfect fac similes of the human face divine, is situated in Whitehouse’s building, 283 Fulton street.  Our citizens are perhaps not aware that the above artists are second to none in this, or any other country under the sun, in their profession.  So far as perfection can be attained, the merit is due them of having attained so desirable an end.  Their rooms are fitted up with an elegance and neatness unsurpassed in this or any other city.  In fact, the style in which they seek the patronage of the public must ensure to them a corresponding return in a pecuniary point of view.  Their gallery is one containing more gems in the art Daguerreian, than we have ever seen congregated in one establishment.  We do not mean more Daguerreotypes, but simply “more gems.”—Those wishing their likeness taken within a week, must enter their names at an early day.

1853 March 25.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  March 25, 1853, Vol. 12, No. 71, P. 2.

Brooklyn Dramatic Academy.  The first theatrical performance of the Brooklyn Dramatic Academy took place at the Museum last night and was attended by an overflowing audience—every seat in the building being occupied.  The stage and boxes were tastefully decorated for the occasion.  In front of the stage hung down a most beautiful wreath of flowers surmounted by the American flags and having in the centre the words, “Our Country’s Drama,” in gilt letters.—At the front and placed on either side of the stage were columns containing the names of the most celebrated American and European dramatic actors, and in the recesses stood elegant bust of Washington and Shakespeare.  The scenery, costumes of the actors, stage accompaniments, such as thunder, lighting, &c., were all admirably got up and added greatly to the effect of the pieces performed.  The standard play of “William Tell” was the first piece presented, and its characters embraced all the principal members of the corps.  Gesler was personified by Mr. J. B. Brown in a manner which evinced on the part of that gentleman the possession of dramatic talent of a very high order.  There was a grace and dignity in his bearing and an entire absence of affectation in his manner which would do credit to a veteran actor.  Mr. G. Harrison took the part of Tell, and we must do Mr. H. the credit to say that we never saw that difficult character better played than it was last night.  He elicited repeated rounds of applause from the audience, and at the conclusion of the piece was called before the curtain where he made a few brief but eloquent remarks.  The pretty character of Albert was performed very creditably by Master Cibber.  Mr. Brown’s subsequent appearance in the character of Luke the Laborer confirmed the favorable opinion which he had previously created.  The perplexities of Bobby Trot, as personified by Mr. Hill, were ludicrous in the extreme.  He cut a very comical figure.  Mr. J. North, in the character of Philip, exhibited the rollicking and rude chivalry of the sailor in a very excellent style, and overhauled the land-lubbers in a way that brought down the house with applause.  Mr. N. looked extremely well as a Jack-Tar, and has an excellent voice for the stage.  The character of Farmer Wakefield, by Mr. Kingsley, we have seen performed better.  Old Mike, the Gipsey, was admirably portrayed by Mr. Harrison.  The ladies of the corps looked remarkably pretty, and fully sustained the characters allotted to them.—The entire performance was undoubtedly beyond the reach of the most captious critic, and there was no evidence afforded by which a stranger could perceive whether the company was not a crack veteran corps instead of an amateur company.  After the performances were over some two or three hundred ladies and gentlemen adjourned to the Daguerrian Rooms of Messrs. Harrison & Hill, where a splendid supper was served up by the members of the Academy to their particular friends and the Press of Brooklyn and New York.  Success to the Brooklyn Dramatic Academy, say we!

1853 March 25.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 25, 1853, Whole No. 7398, P. 1.

Brooklyn, March 17, 1853—Mr. Clover—Dear Sir:—A few days since we learned, by accident, that you are the chairman of the few remaining members of the Dartmoor Prison, with which frightful history we became acquainted from the perusal of your reminiscences of that place, published some years ago.  The hard fate of those who passed through those horrid scenes will ever make Dartmoor disgusting to the civilized world.  The object of our communication is to invite yourself and associates to sit for a large group picture, for as Americans, we feel that at least some little attention should be given to the aged patriots of our country, especially those who drank to the very dregs the thousands of detested Dartmoor.  After obtaining the picture for our gallery, we shall take great pleasure in presenting to each of the group a copy of the same, earnestly hooping through a simple gift, it will prove a token to your time-seared selves of the deep sympathy of two American hearts for your past sufferings, and also, when you have passed to mother earth, he of inestimable value to your rising generations. With The highest respect yours, Harrison & Hill, 283 Fulton street, Brooklyn. 

1853 March 25.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 25, 1853, Whole No. 7398, P. 1.

New York, March 19, 1853.—Gentlemen—We have received your letter of the 17th inst., inviting us to sit in a group for a large Daguerreotype picture.  For your very liberal offer to present to each member of our association who sit with a copy, you will be pleased to accept our warmest thanks.  This mark of kindness on your part is acknowledged by us with deep feelings of emotion, as it is an evidence that those who, in days of yore, braved “the battle and the breeze” in defense of their country, are not totally forgotten by their fellow-citizens.  Will you please to suit your own convenience in regard to the time you wish us to sit.  Very respectfully yours, Lewis P. Clover, Theaf Hardenbroak, Theo. Thomas, Robert Concklin, B. Howard, and others.  To Messrs. Harrison & Hill.

1853 March 25.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 25, 1853, Whole No. 7398, P. 2.

The Dartmoor Prisoners.—We perceive that this body of “ancient mariners” are beginning to attract public attention.  One of the Daguerreotype artists of Brooklyn has invited them to his rooms, in order to take their portraits, for the purpose of presentation to their families.  This is all very well, as far as it goes.  We hope it is only a beginning of something of a more tangible nature for their benefit.  Many of these old men are infirm and in destitute circumstances.  Why should not Congress grant them sufficient to smooth their down-hill path of life?  It would certainly be more just than the Galphin, and the other claims of a like character, which have been granted.

1853 March 30.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 30, 1853, Whole No. 7403, P. 4.

The World Challenged to find a Daguerreotype establishment which equals, in beauty of arrangement, that of Harrison & Hill’s, 283 Fulton street, Brooklyn.  Here, the gallery, operating and auxiliary rooms, are all on the second floor, and each of them is peculiarly adapted to the photographic art.  The operating room is of immense size, with walls of a subdued tint, and has the largest skylight in the world, under which pictures are daily produced even superior to those of Mr. Harrison’s which took the prize medal at the World’s Fair.  Always on hand a large assortment of fancy cases, lockets, rings, seals, keys, &c., at the very lowest prices.  Gallery open to visitors until 2 o’clock in the evening.

1853 May.  The Photographic Art Journal.  (New York, New York,)  May 1853, Vol. 3, No. 5, P. 320.

Mr. Gabriel Harrison has opened an elegant gallery on Fulton Street Brooklyn.  These rooms are decorated and furnished in a style superior to any other we have seen, and the well known ability of Mr. Harrison as an artist, both as painter and daguerreotyper will undoubtedly secure to him a most liberal share of the public favor.  Mr. Harrison’s rooms will bear description, and we insert the following for the benefit of those who wish to follow his tasteful and artist like example.

The Whitehouse Buildings, just finished are said to be the finest ever erected in Brooklyn.  The entrance is ten feet wide, with the Gallery and Operating Room all on the second floor; doors of brilliant stained glass; size of the Exhibition Room, forty-five feet long, twenty-five feet wide, and fourteen feet high, octagon in form, and elegantly painted in fresco, with Crocus Martis tint, white and gold, Elizabethien in design, and the whole lighted with a large oblong skylight of ground glass, thereby producing a light of such softness that Daguerreotypes, and other works of Arts, can be looked at with a degree of pleasure hitherto not afforded in like establishments. 

The Operating Room.—Is fifty feet long, thirty feet wide, and frescoed in a quite subdued tint, which is of great importance to the producing of a first rate Daguerreotype, as thereby we have no reflected lights to destroy the quality, roundness, and strength of shadows, it also preserves the natural sharpness of the eyes, as but one light will be observed on the iris, instead of half a dozen—as is the case in most daguerreotypes, from the effect of harsh white walls, &c., &c.

The Light.—Under which the sitters are placed to have the portraits taken, is the largest in the world, and contains over two hundred and fifty square feet of the best English white plate glass, faces about North-East, angle of thirty-five degrees—the best position for a light to prevent abrupt shadows under the eyes, nose and chin, and has a tendency to produce miniatures of such softness and roundness of flesh that they must become at once the favorites with all persons of refined and artistic taste.

The Ladies Dressing-Room.—In contiguous to the Operating Room; is fifteen feet square, and fitted up in the most chaste and beautiful style with salmon color and marble top furniture.  Toilet always kept in order, and of the first quality.

1853 August 19.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  August 19, 1853, Vol. 12, No. 196, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.—There is a long communication in the Tribune of this morning, from Mr. Harrison, of the firm of Harrison & Hill, Daguerreotypists, Brooklyn.  Mr. H. justly complains of an article that appeared in the Tribune of Yesterday, in which the writer condemns, in the most wholesale terms, the Daguerreotypes placed by Messrs. H. & H. in Crystal Palace, on exhibition, in New York, and gives the entire palm to a Mr. Lawrence, whose productions are also placed in the Crystal Palace, in New York.  Mr. H. asserts, that Mr. Lawrence’s Daguerreotypes are the same which were exhibited at the London Crystal Palace, and took the first prize medal at the Royal Exhibition, and are in fact, not the productions of Mr. L., but were actually taken by Mr. G. Harrison himself, for that gentleman. Not much can therefore be said for the artistic acumen of the Tribune’s reporter, who has pronounced, that the productions of the same Artist, were the very best in London, and the very worst in New York.

1853 August 22.  The Evening Post.  (New York, New York.)  August 22, 1853, Vol. LII, P. 2

Daguerreotypes.—Gabriel Harrison, whose taste and skill as an artist we have long known and appreciated, states, in a communication to a morning paper, that the daguerreotypes exhibited by Mr. Lawrence, at the London World’s Fair, and which took the first prize medal, were all taken by him, and that “every process, from the polishing of the plates to the finishing of each separate picture, was performed by him alone.”  Harrison has some superb pictures in the New York Exhibition, and it is in reply to a careless or a less excusable criticism upon them in the Tribune, that he makes this statement.  There is no doubt that Harrison is one of the best daguerreotypists in the country, and we are sorry that there should be any disposition in any quarter to contest the fact.

1853 August 27.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  August 27, 1853, Vol. 12, No. 203, P. 2.

A Brooklyn Daguerreotypist and his Pictures at the Crystal Palace.  Among the articles at the Crystal Palace Exhibition are many rich cases of the most beautiful Daguerreotype Pictures yet taken any where in the world.  Some shallow critic may hop from one to the other, and announced his opinions with great clerity, putting this one very high and that one very low, and with a dismal stupidity, discussing fine chemical points about photographs, in a way that leaves Mrs. Partington entirely buried in the sand, like a pursued crab.  But in these numerous pictures, various in degree as they are, any true pair of artist eyes will find something genuinely good in quite all of them.  A large proportion of them from the New York daguerreotypist and Harrison & Hill, of Brooklyn, are superb to a perfection which ought to satisfy, and will satisfy any man that hath eyes to see, and will altogether astound European visitors.  The work from the Brooklyn establishment just named, is thoroughly up to the best degree of merit, in any respect, of every thing in that department of the Exhibition.

The art of making good Daguerreotypes is not very common; although the rooms and operations can be found in almost every quarter of our cities, villages, and country towns.  Indeed to do any work good, requires a vast deal more than people suppose; and we cheerfully welcome all good workmen in any thing.  Nature alone is the perfect constructor and artist—never at fault for material or power of moulding it.  Man experiments. Blunders, tries again, despairs, gets a partial success, and his fain to shut his own eyes to the numerous shortcomings, and be satisfied if he can only make it pay.

But we have seen a good deal of Gabriel Harrison’s work, in Daguerreotypes, where of we can say, without compliment, that there is no shortcoming; but the pictures are models of all that can be done by that process, directed by perfect mechanical knowledge and refined mind.  There is a little picture we have seen of his, of a boy with his eyes raised upward, and his arm around a bust of Washington; there are pictures of women; some of children; one large portrait of Mrs. Clark, of this city; a group of three beautiful girls, daughters of Brooklyn, if we are not mistaken; and, indeed, a variety of miniatures, large and small, of all sizes, in all attitudes, and from all subjects, that establish this man’s reputation as an operator, among the very best in the world.

Harrison is quick, mercurial, seizes on the points of his subject like a flask, and is the farthest possible removed from a slow coach.  His faith seems to be in inspiration.  It is so with his taking of pictures.  It is touch and go—of course this is all with due regard to the most elaborate and carefully prepared mechanical means beforehand; for he is to experienced an operator not to know that they form the foundation the stone wall, on which the house must be built.

Our opinion as here expressed is no puff or sudden judgment either.  We have known Gabriel Harrison for many years.  We known what a warm, sensitive, sympathetic heart he has; what a large and liberal disposition; what a fine artist soul, wild and unpruned as nature itself; leading him over the line at times, but held in check by any organically correct eye for purity in form, color, and the symmetry of things.  And we know too, that his daguerreotypes, the point in which the public is most interested, whether we judge of his case of pictures in the Crystal Palace or the work he accomplishes every day at his place in Fulton Street, will hold its own and not fail from a comparison with the best photographic portrait from Broadway or any other establishments in the world.

Brooklyn we consider is somewhat interested in this thing.  A great palatial saloon, sumptuously furnished, dressing rooms, the largest operating room, and the best arranged light—are these not worth a little attention from our people, where there is hardly a family that has not, and does not want, one or two daguerreotypes?

Mr. Hill, the other partner, we know from a good acquaintance, too; a gentleman and noble heart is he.

Then long live Harrison and Hill’s Daguerreotype Establishment say we, with young Mr. Tarr, too, whose operating is capital, and his pictures likewise.  As to any flippant criticisms from some New York press, the writer whereof gives up about a quarter of a minute to look at the object criticized, and lets out the decision just as accident or interest turns it, why, the same critic, talking by word of mouth in an assembly of intelligent people, wouldn’t be thought worth any further answer than a pretty broad smile.—Why, old friend, Elizabeth, whose polite and honest face greets us so smilingly at your door, and into whose lap the children, we fancy, are always willing to sit quiet—she may have a far better eye for a good picture than even a Crystal Palace critic has.

1853 September 16.  The Evening Post.  (New York, New York.)  September 16, 1853, Vol. LII, P. 2.

The Industrial Exhibition At The Crystal Palace.—…

Among the Daguerreotypes, on the lower floor, we notice a great display by Messrs. Harrison & Hill, of Brooklyn, who have a reputation for producing correct and beautiful pictures.  The likeness of Mr. Harrison, taken by Mr. Hill, is as true as life, as is likewise a portrait of Rev. Dr. Schroeder, of St. Thomas’s church, Brooklyn.  Harrison & Hill also exhibit a number of other pictures in a large gilt frame, which attract the attention of the visitor.

1853 October 17.  The Evening Post.  (New York, New York.)  October 17, 1853, Vol. LII, P. 2.

The daguerreotypes of Messrs. Harrison & Hill, of Brooklyn, exhibited on the left of the west entrance to the palace, have been highly praised by several members of the National Academy of Design, as possessing all the elegance of the photographic art, in clearness, tone and color, and in the artistic arrangement of positions, accessories, etc., being pre-eminent in this country.  Their collection consists of twenty-three pictures, in an ornamental frame, among which are: The Father of his Country, a group, large size; and Trinity of our Country, another group; a large portrait of Franklin; the Dartmoor prisoners, a large group; the graduating class of the Brooklyn Female Academy for 1853, etc.

1853 December 15.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  December 15, 1853, Whole No. 6324, P. 4.

Daguerreotypes vs. The Holidays.—The holidays are speedily coming, but more rapidly are daguerreotypes going from Harrison & Hill’s gallery, 283 Fulton street, Brooklyn, who challenge the world to claim greater facilities for their art, or produce better pictures than theirs.

1853-1854.  Hearnes’ Brooklyn City Directory For 1853-1854.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  Appendix P. 74.

Harrison & Hill’s Daguerreian Palace, 283 Fulton St., Brooklyn, The finest suit of Rooms in the World, with the largest and best light ever put up for Photographic purposes. 

Gallery furnished with carved rosewood furniture of crimson plush, consisting of Sofas, Divans, Ottomans, Piano, &c., &c.  As regards quality of work, it should be sufficient to state that Mr. Gabriel Harrison took the pictures for Mr. Lawrence of Broadway, New York, which received the Prize Medal at the Great World’s Fair.

Always on hand, at manufacturers’ prices, a large and beautiful assortment of Lockets, Rings, Keys, Seals, &c., For Daguerreotyping.

1854 June 4.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 4, 1854, Whole No. 6493, P. 4.

Brooklyn Museum.—Thespian Association.—Opening night.—Monday June 5, will be presented Othello and Boots At The Swan.  Complimentary tickets may be had of any of the members, and at Harrison & Hill’s daguerreotype rooms, Fulton street.  Gentlemen unaccompanied by ladies not admitted.

1855 November 26.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  November 26, 1855, Whole No. 7029, P. 5.

Harrison’s Daguerreotypes and Photographs.—If you desire a perfect likeness, that cannot be surpassed for brilliancy of tone and softness of flesh, call at 283 Fulton street, Brooklyn.

Advertisement ran from November 26 to 28, 1855.

1855 November 30.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  November 30, 1855, Whole No. 7033, P. 5.

Daguerreotypes and Photographs, (Copied from the New York Sunday Courier).  Brooklyn points with pride to Harrison’s gallery as one of her distinguishing features.  It is at No. 283 Fulton street, and from it are obtained the best portraits, either daguerreotypes, photographs or ambrotypes, which are to be found in this country.  If the reader thinks this is too emphatic, let him test the matter by a personal examination, which will suffice.

1856 February 5.  Long Island Farmer, and Queens County Advertiser.  (Jamaica, New York.)  February 5, 1856, Vol. XXIII, No. 46, P. 3.

New-York Daguerreans Beaten!  Harrison & Hill Triumphat!! And Brooklyn Victorious!!!

If you desire a perfect Likeness, that cannot be surpassed for brilliancy of tone and softness of flesh, call at our Gallery, where can be seen Daguerreotypes, for which we have received at the World’s Fair, in Europe and America, Bronze Medals, the highest award ever given to any one man in the profession.

The Most Splendid Gallery In The World Is Situated At 283 Fulton Street, Second Floor, between Johnson and Tillery Streets, Brooklyn.                                         

Advertisement ran from February 5 to November 4, 1856.

1856 April 19.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  April 19, 1856, Vol. 15, No. 97, P. 3.

Painting.—A new and beautiful art.  Classes are now being formed at Mr. Harrison’s Daguerrean Saloon, 283 Fulton Street.  Remember, Mr. Shaver’s stay in this city is short…

1856 November 11.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  November 11, 1856, Whole No. 7378, P. 3.

Fine Arts.—To Daguerreans And Others.—Instructions given in every branch of the Photographic art.  Price only $25.  Apply G. Harrison, 283 Fulton street, Brooklyn.

1857 April 13.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 13, 1857, Whole No. 7530, P. 6.

To Daguerreans.—Wanted, A Young Man To learn the photographic art, also a first rate daguerreotype plate cleaner.  Inquire of G. Harrison, 283 Fulton st., Brooklyn.

1857 April 18.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  April 18, 1857, Vol. 16, No. 90, P. 2.

The great Independent Volunteer parade and review in New York on the 20th inst., promises to be a very grand affair.  In addition to the thousands enrolled in New York city, it is expected that several fine companies from neighboring cities and towns will be on hand, including Philadelphia, Albany, Baltimore, &c., which will swell the multitude beyond parallel.

The “Union Ferry Guard,” under the command of Captain James Boyd,, are making extensive preparations for the occasion, and it is conceded that they will return home in the evening bearing the prize of public opinion for superiority.  They are composed entirely of ferrymen and will be led by nineteen pioneers, their regular compliment, and the rank and file will number over a hundred able men.  They have a beautiful full armory at the South Ferry, and possess every thing necessary for any parade.  Before starting they will be presented with a rich pair of silk and gilt camp colors, and a ferry boat, like those now in use, bearing the beautiful name, “Union,” which they will carry on the occasion, and there is no doubt that Brooklyn will produce in the Union Ferry Guard the banner company, as it is [t]he determination of every man to try.  The Guard will start from the South Ferry and proceed to the City Hall park, where Professor Harrison will take the Daguerreotype likeness of the entire company.

1857 April 23.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  April 23, 1857, Vol. 16, No. 94, P. 2.

The Parade Of The Military.—The general parade of target companies in New York, postponed on account of the weather, came off today.  The martial glory of Brooklyn was ably represented by the Union Ferry Guards, and the Forty Acre Guards.  The Union Ferry Guards under the command of Captain James Boyd, made a handsome appearance in their neat uniform, and they were accompanied by Turl’s Brass Band. Before starting the company was daguerreotyped in the City Hall Park by Mr. Harrison, daguerrean artist….

1858 March 16.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 16, 1858, Whole No. 7865, P. 5.

Daguerreotypes and Photographs, Perfect in [finish and] likeness, taken at Harrison gallery, 283 Fulton street, Brooklyn.

1858 March 22.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 22, 1858, Whole No. 7871, P. 5.

Harrison, the Daguerrean, of 283 Fulton street, Brooklyn, is producing a most exquisite style of miniature, called the vignette.  Wanted a first class water colorist, to color phot5ographs.

1858 March 24.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 24, 1858, Whole No. 7873, P. 5.

The Daguerreotypes and Photographs taken by Harrison, 283 Fulton street, Brooklyn, are exquisite for their touch and finish.

1858 March 25.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 25, 1858, Whole No. 7874, P. 5.

Brooklyn and the Fine Arts.—The Time was when this city had not a celebrated artist; now it has two young Coleman, the landscape painter and Harrison, the daguerrean and photographer, of 283 Fulton street.  These young men are producing works of which the citizens of Brooklyn may well be proud.  Call and be convinced.

1858 March 29.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 29, 1858, Whole No. 7878, P. 5.

Harrison’s Photographs and Daguerreotypes, taken at 283 Fulton street, Brooklyn, are worthy of all the high approbation they receive.

1858 April 5.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 5, 1858, Whole No. 7885, P. 5.

Harrison and the Brooklyn Ladies.—This artist’s cameo, crayon and vignette daguerreotypes are gems.  Only $1.  Taken at 283 Fulton street.

1858 May 10.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  May 10, 1858, Vol. 17, No. 110, P. 3.

The Police Parade.—The Brooklyn Police under the command of Capt. Joel Smith, proceeded about noon to-day to the South Ferry, to receive the men of the 8th Precinct, Captain Turnbull, New York.  The route of the march was published on Saturday.  A platform has been erected on the steps of the City Hall, from which the Mayor will review them, which is expected to be about 2 o’clock to-day.  After the review, they will dine at Gothic Hall.  The officers had their daguerreotypes taken by Harrison this morning.

1858 May 11.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  May 11, 1858, Vol. 17, No. 111, P. 5.

The Police Parade.—The Eighth Ward Police, New York, under command of captain Turnbull, visited this city yesterday.  Under the old system they formerly took a yearly excursion to the country but on this occasion they concluded to enjoy themselves among their brethren of the club in Brooklyn.  Detachments of the First Precinct Police, under Inspector Smith (commanding), Second Precinct, Inspector King; Third Precinct, Inspector  Shaurman, proceeded to the South ferry about noon, accompanied by Shelton’s band and escorted the visitors.

Previous to marching to the ferry the officers of the Brooklyn Division proceeded to Harrison’s daguerreotype establishment and photographs of the following were taken, a copy of which is to be presented to each man:  Inspector Smith, 1st Precinct, commanding;  Inspector King 2d Precinct, 1st Lieutenant; Inspector  Shaurman, 3d Precinct, 2d Lieutenant; Serg’t. Port, 2d Precinct, 1st Sergeant; Serg’t. Holbrook, 3d Precinct, 2d Sergeant; Serg’t. Mathews, 1st. Precinct, 3d Sergeant; Serg’t. Preston, 3d Precinct, 4th Sergeant.

1902 December 15.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  (Brooklyn, New York.)  December 15, 1902, Vol. 62, No. 346, P. 20.

Gabriel Harrison Dead; Long Dean Of The Stage Artist, Playwright, First Manager of Park Theater, Boy Pet of Aaron Burr.  First Man to Dramatize “The Scarlet Letter”—Career That was Full of Interest.

Gabriel Harrison, Artist, dramatist, actor and the first manager of the Park Theater of Brooklyn, died at the home of his daughter , Mrs. Hart, 835 Sterling place, this morning.

Gabriel Harrison was born in Philadelphia, March 25, 1818.  His father Charles P. GHarrison, a man of education and a skilled bank-note engraver, moved to New York when Gabriel was 6 years old.  His house was a resort for the literary men and artist of that time, among them George P. Morris, N. P. Willis, McDonald Clarke (the “mad poet”).  M. M. Noah, Col Trumbull, John Howard Payne, James Audubon, Bishop Hughes and the Spanish philosopher, Father Varela.  When Malibran was here in 1825 she spent much of her time at the Harrisons’.

The house of the Harrisons was on Reade street near Broadway, close to where A. T. Stewart’s store was afterward, and near where Aaron Burr lived, Gabriel remembered seeing him as a boy.  He was invited to the house by him and an intimacy sprang up between them.  Burr taught young Harrison how to read and developed the taste for elocution which afterward was Harrison’s beloved art.

Gabriel Harrison was moved to study for the stage after seeing Edwin Forrest, whom he saw with his father and John Howard Payne as Damon in “Damon and Pythias.”  He immediately joined the American Histrionic Society, in which he achieved great success in spite of his youth.  Mr. Wallack of the National Theater brought him out in 1838, when he appeared as Othello to Wallack’s lago and Emma Wheatley’s Desdamona.

Prior to this time and after his appearance on the stage Gabriel’s occupations were varied.  At one time he kept a grocery store on Broadway, to which was attached, as was common in those days, a bar.  The latter was frequented by Edgar A. Poe, Fitz Green Hallack and other litterateurs of a clique, and Harrison, who nourished a profound admiration for them, was so pleased with their presence that he forgot to collect their bills, to the disaster of his business.

A subsequent appearance in Brooklyn pleased him so well that he removed here, and in 1851 organized the Brooklyn Academy of Art for the encouragement of local dramatic spirit.

In addition to this he cultivated his taste for landscape painting and produced some excellent examples.  He was one of the first to produce pictures after the process of Daguerre and won prizes at the Crystal Palace in London and the world’s fair in New York.

He was the chief mover in building the monument to Commodore Lawrence in the Trinity church yard.  His purpose was to have the monument built by popular subscription , but the Trinity corporation, placed it there at their own cost.

Young Gabriel Harrison was president of the White Eagle Club of New York and did much to aid the election of Polk and Dallace in 1844.  He joined the Free Soilers in 1844 and was a state delegate to nominate “Prince” John Van Buren for the Presidency.

During the Civil War he was active for the Union and made frequent speeches in New York and Brooklyn.  After his appearance with Wallack he was in demand as leading man and was for years with the old Park Theater Company of New York, supporting Charles Kean in a round of characters.  He subsequently managed theaters in Paterson and Troy.  In 1848 he appeared at the Brooklyn Garden on the present site of the County Court House in a round of leading characters.

In September, 1863 he opened the Park Theater, Brooklyn, opening in the comedy of “Married Life,” but was induced to abandon the drama, which was remunerative, for English opera, for which the public was not ready.  He introduced Messrs. Castle and Campbell in “The Bohemian Girl,” with Theodore Thomas as conductor.  The enterprise was a financial failure, but an artistic success.  He lost his own money, refusing all offered loans.

His efforts were appreciated by some, and a benefit was afterward given him at the Academy of Music in 1864.  He was broken in health and it was appropriate.  The play chosen was “Twelfth Night” and it was given on the 300 anniversary of Shakspeare’s [sic.] birth.  On several occasions thereafter Gabriel Harrison was a lessee of the Academy of Music and introduced Matilda Heron, William Florence, Charles Dillon and Mrs. Waller to a Brooklyn audience.  Miss Kate Bateman also appeared then under his direction and netted hi $2, 938 as his share.

He was elected a member of the Brooklyn Academy of Design in 1867, and afterward its secretary.  He got up a benefit for its continuance for two years from 1869.

When the Long Island Historical Society was organized, in 1864, Mr. Harrison presented it with a dramatic library over over a thousand volumes, together with some rare manuscripts.  He gave it also Poe’s wedding ring, which had been given him by the poet’s mother in return for a water color portrait of Poe.

In 1872 he aided in organizing the Faust Club, a company of literary and artistic people with Bohemian instincts.  Then he read the paper on John Howard Payne, which resulted in a bronze bust for Payne at the instance of the Faust Club, which was unveiled in Prospect Park in 1873.  As a consequence of this he wrote a life of John Howard Payne.  In 1878 he dramatized and daughter appeared in “The Scarlet Letter,” which was a success.

Gabriel Harrison was a firm friend of Edwin Forrest and one of the first to whom the latter talked about the famous Forrest Home.

In addition to his dramatic work and skill as a painter Gabriel Harrison was an author of many books, pamphlets and verses, which have made him a reputation which will last long after his death.  His last days were spent in comparative quite, devoting himself to teaching the art of elocution at intervals with success.

His death was a result of old age, aggravated by stomach trouble.  His daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Harrison Hart, with whom he lived, was his faithful nurse.  The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

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

1839-1843.  Not Listed

1844.  grocer, 568 Broadway, h-497 Broome

1845.  daguerreotype, 201 Elm.

1846.  daguerreotype, 154 Av. 4.

1847.  Not Listed.

1848.  daguerrian, 411 Broadway, h-191 Elm.

1849.  daguerrian, 203 Broadway, h-377 B’me. (Broome)

1850-1852.  Not Listed.  

[1] Information from Craig’s Daguerreian Registry, possibly an error he may have worked for Plumbe in New York, at 251 Broadway.

[2] The Photographic Art Journal.

[3] New York City Directories.

[4] Photography in America: The Formative Years 1839-1900.

[5] Craig’s Daguerreian Registry.

[6] Date possibly 1841-1844.

Hardy, Jeremiah Pearson

Photographs, Portrait Painter, , ,

1857-1859       Below Bangor House, Bangor, Maine.

N. D.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of American Artists 1564–1860.  (New Haven, Connecticut & London England.)  1957, P. 291-292.

Hardy, Jeremiah Pearson (1800-1887).  Portrait, miniature, genre, animal, and still-life painter.  Born October 22, 1800, at Pelham (N. H.), J. P. Hardy moved with his parents to Hampton (Me.) in 1811.  After study in Boston about 1822, he returned to Hampden, where he married about 1828, and lived there and in Bangor (Me.) until his death, February 9 1887.  Anna Eliza Hardy was his daughter nd Mary Ann Hardy his sister.a

1857 March 31.  Christian Mirror.  (Portland, Maine.)  March 31, 1857, Vol. XXXV, No. 35, Whole No. 1803, P. 2.

Hardy’s Photographic Portraits.—We would call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Hardy and Son, of Bangor, in another column.  The senior partner has long been known as a fine artist in the line of portrait painting, and none, who have ever visited his rooms at Bangor, have failed admired the beauty and finish of his pictures.  He has now turned his attention to Photography in connection with painting, and is prepared to furnish pictures of all styles, some of which, as the German, are new to us, and exceedingly clear and beautiful. The process of drawing out a strong, well-defined picture from an imperfect, obscured daguerreotype is carried on with a degree of success, Mr. H. says, he should, but a few months since, which have considered unattainable.  Any therefore, who have daguerreotypes, which are faded by age or other cause, may have them renewed.  If a portrait be desired, one may be had, true to life, without the old, tedious process of “sitting”.—We hope that the lovers of “good pictures,” in the Penobscot valley, and throughout the State, will ever be ready to encourage our “Home Artists.”

1857 March 31.  Christian Mirror.  (Portland, Maine.)  March 31, 1857, Vol. XXXV, No. 35, Whole No. 1803, P. 3.

Hardy’s Photographic Portraits.  The subscriber takes pleasure in being able to announce to the Public that their establishment is now in complete and successful operation.  Having made important additions to their buildings, the arrangements of light and apparatus for the production of the Finest Pictures, are on the most approved and scientific principles, the result of long artistic experience and labor.

Photographic Pictures are here produced in the highest perfection, on Glass, Paper and Canvas, and of all sizes from the Smallest Miniature Up to the Full Life, and colored in water, crayon or oil.  The oil paintings on canvas are not mere mechanical productions, but highly artistic pictures, executed with the most permanent and substantial colors, Every Way Equal to the Best Oil Paintings, and of unsurpassed finish and beauty; requiring however, no more time of sitting than an ordinary Daguerreotype

Photographs On Paper in every variety of style—Common or plain, Victoria German, &c.  The German Pictures are especially worthy of attention, possessing remarkable intensity and clearness, giving off the likeness with great force, and in effect and durability, approaching oil paintings.

Persons possessing Daguerreotypes of Deceased Or Absent Friends, may have them copied of any size, and in any style, by sending them by mail or otherwise.  The subscribers method of copying is peculiar, and enables them to produce copies of Even Weak Daguerreotypes of almost any amount of force, and of any size—so that pictures that are almost useless on account of their obscurity, are valuable and interesting.

The public are respectfully invited to visit the subscribers’ Rooms. A Short Distance below the Bangor House, and examine their productions.

Portraits painted by the ordinary method of sitting, if preferred.  J. P. Hardy & Son, Bangor.

Advertisement ran from March 31, 1857 to July 26, 1859.

1857 April 7.  Christian Mirror.  (Portland, Maine.)  April 7, 1857, Vol. XXXV, No. 36, Whole No. 1804, P. 2.

Dr. Cummings.—The friends of the late Dr. Cummings may see an excellent likeness of him in Mr. Todd’s window, Middle St.  It was painted by Mr. J. P. Hardy of Bangor, to whose work we called the attention of our readers last week, and to whose advertisement in our columns we would again refer.  This portrait is prepared from an enlarged photograph, which was obtained from a daguerreotype of Mr. G. M. Howe, artist of this city.  The picture must therefore have the accuracy of a sun-light impression, with all the expression of oil colors.  Oil Painting in connection with the camera, seems to us the perfection of the art.

1857 April 13.  Bangor Daily Journal.  (Bangor, Maine.)  April 13, 1857, Vol. 3, No. 195, P. 2.

Dr. Cummings.—The friends of the late Dr. Cummings may see an excellent likeness of him in Mr. Todd’s window, Middle St.  It was painted by Mr. J. P. Hardy of Bangor, to whose work we called the attention of our readers last week, and to whose advertisement in our columns we would again refer.  This portrait is prepared from an enlarged photograph, which was obtained from a daguerreotype of Mr. G. M. Howe, artist of this city.  The picture must therefore have the accuracy of a sun-light impression, with all the expression of oil colors.  Oil Painting in connection with the camera, seems to us the perfection of the art.  Christian Mirror.

1857 May 29.  Bangor Daily Journal.  (Bangor, Maine.)  May 29, 1857, Vol. 3, No. 234, P. 2.

Putting on the Vane.  Young Hamilton ascended the spire of the Hammond street church at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of spectators, and successfully accomplished hi work of replacing the repaired vane, although the wind was blowing quite fresh.

In addition to the $20 he is to receive for the job, an elegant Bible, bound in Turkey antique, is to be presented to him by members of the Hammond street church.  On the inside of the cover is a beautiful photographic front view of the church, taken by Mr. J. P. Hardy…

1857 July 28.  Bangor Daily Journal.  (Bangor, Maine.)  July 28, 1857, Vol. 3, No. 284, P. 2.

Portrait of Father Sawyer.—We noticed yesterday, hanging in Mr. Duren’s bookstore, a most excellent portrait of the venerable Father Sawyer, now in his one hundred and second year of age.  It was painted by our own Hardy…

Douglass, Robert M. J.

Daguerreotypes, Engravers, Lithographs, Portrait Painter, , , ,

1850                54 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1850-1855       34 & 54 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]

1858                Unknown Address, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

N. D.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of Artist In America 1564-1860.  (New Haven, Connecticut.  P. 186.

Douglass, Robert M. J.  (1809-1887).  Portrait, sign, and ornamental lithographer.  A Negro born in Philadelphia, February 8, 1809, Robert Douglass studied under Thomas Sully, Except for visits to Haiti, and England, he seemed to have worked almost exclusively in Philadelphia.  He exhibited one portrait at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1834.  He was recorded in the 1850 Census as Robert Douglass, engraver, age 37, mulatto, owning realty valued at $1,000; others in the house were his wife Sarah, age 21, mulatto, $1,000 in realty; and James F. Douglass, age 35, hairdresser, $1,000 in realty, the artist died probably in Philadelphia, on October 26, 1887.

1850 January 17.  The Pennsylvania Freeman.  (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.)  January 17, 1858, P. 4.

Daguerreotypes, The Arch Street Gallery of Daguerreotype.  Price from $1.50 to $5.  The most perfect Instrument that can be procured, is here made use of.  Students of this fascinating Art, furnished with Apparatus and Instruction.  No. 54 Arch St.  Philada.  R. Douglass.           

1858 September 17.  The Daily Exchange.  (Baltimore, Maryland.)  September 17, 1858, Vol. I, No. 178, P.1.

The Colored National Emigration Convention has finished its sitting at Chatham, C. W.  The results which have been reached at this last convention, are the recommendation of a select emigration of the enterprising among the colored people, and the appointment of a “Niger Valley Exploring Party.”  The parties already appointed are Robert Douglas, of Philadelphia, Dr. Delany, of Chatham, C. W., and Robert Campbell, of Philadelphia.  Mr. Douglas goes out as an Artist, Photographer, &c., Mr. Campbell as a Naturalist and Botanist.  Their object is to explore the fertile valley of the Niger, the region known as the Yoruba county, and ascertain whether the reports which have been rendered will warrant an emigration to that land.

[1] Directory of Pennsylvania Photographers, 1839-1900.

Curtis, Calvin

Landscape Painter, Photographs, Portrait Painter, , , , ,

1859                230 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

N. D.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of Artist In America 1564-1860.  (New Haven, Connecticut.) P. 159.

Curtis, Calvin (1822-1893). Portrait and landscape painter.  Born at Stratford (Conn.), July 5, 1822, Calvin Curtis began his formal studies under Daniel Huntington in December 1841.  He had a studio in NYC from 1843to 1847, worked in Birmingham and Waterbury (Conn.) c.1849, and then settled in Bridgeport (Conn.), where he was living in 1878, he died in 1893.

1859 December 7.  The Daily Standard.  (Bridgeport, Connecticut.)  December 7, 1859, Vol. VI, No. 116, P. 2.

Naramore’s Photographic Gallery, 230 Main Street, Bridgeport, Conn. 

Something New!  Photographs Painted In Oil!!  W. M. Naramore respectfully announces that he is now prepared to make Pictures that surpass anything ever before produced in this State, viz:  Photographs taken upon canvass and painted in oil.

These Pictures, which may be of any required size, from a miniature to the Size Of Life, combine beauty of color, durability, and the highest artistic finish, with the perfection of Photographic art, and are therefore unequalled.

We have secured the co operation and assistance of Mr. C. Curtis, whose reputation and skill enables us to Defy Competition; and in proof of our assertion we invite the public to call at P. B. Segee’s Store, No. 1 Sterling Block, and examine the Portrait of Rev. Dr. Hewit, just completed by us.  At our rooms, 230 Main Street, may also be seen other specimens of the art, together Photographs painted in water colors, plain, &c.

N. B.—Persons having Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes or any other pictures of deceased friends can have them copied and made perfect Portraits of any required size.  Children should be brought between the hours of 10 and 2 o’clock on a clear day.  Pictures of adults taken equally well in clear or cloudy weather.

Advertisement ran from December 7 to 31, 1859.

1859 December 15.  The Daily Standard.  (Bridgeport, Connecticut.)  December 15, 1859, Vol. VI, No. 123, P. 2.

Photographs In Oil.  This beautiful style of picture  has been brought to great perfection, as may

be witnessed by looking at the likeness of Mr. Geo. P. Sanborn at the store of J. C. Blackman,

and that of Rev. Dr. Hewit at the store of P. B. Segee.  The coloring is beautiful, and would do

honor to artist of greater pretensions than Messrs. Naramore & Curtis, while the likenesses we 

think, could hardly be excelled by any.  They may truly be called ‘master-pieces’ of portrait

painting.  Go and see them; and if you want a correct picture, one that really looks life-like, call

on Naramore, at his rooms, No. 220 (sic.) Main st.

Crocker, J. Denison

Daguerreotypes, Landscape Painter, Portrait Painter, , , ,

1846                3 Hubbard’s Row, Norwich, Connecticut.

1847-1850       1 & 2 Hubbard’s Block, Norwich, Connecticut.

1858-1859       Address Unknown, Norwich, Connecticut.

N. D.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of Artists In American 1564-1860.  (New Havey, Connecticut.)  P. 154.

Crocker, J. Denison (1823-?).  Portrait and landscape painter, born in Salem (Conn.), November 25, 1823.  A silversmith by trade, he took up portrait painting about 1840, but later devoted himself mainly to landscape painting.  He was a resident of Norwich (Conn.) in 1879.

1846 October 7.  Norwich Weekly Courier.  (Norwich, Connecticut.)  October 7 1846, Vol. XLVIII, New Series XXV, No. 31, Whole No. 3291, P. 1.

Portrait And Landscape Painting.  Mr. Crocker feels happy to announce to the inhabitants of this City and vicinity that he has taken a room in Hubbard’s Row, No. 3, third story, where he is ready to receive orders in either of the above named professions, feeling confident that he shall be able to do work equal to any in the State, and warranted to give satisfaction.

Copies made from daguerreotype miniatures, and casts of deceased persons, with great exactness.

A general invitation is extended to all, and especially to those interested in the art, to call and examine specimens.  J. D. Crocker.

1846 December 2.  The Norwich Aurora.  (Norwich, Connecticut.)  December 2, 1846, Vol. XII, No. 30, Whole No. 602, P. 1.

J. D. Crocker, Portrait and Landscape Painter, Hubbards Block, No. 3, 3d Story.

1847 April 24.  Norwich Evening Courier.  (Norwich, Connecticut.)  April 24, 1847, No. 23, Whole No. 867, P. 1.

J. D. Crocker, Portrait and Landscape Painter, Hubbards Block, No. 1 and 2, 3d Story.  Norwich, Conn. Feb 16.

1850 December 2.  The Norwich Aurora.  (Norwich, Connecticut.)  December 2, 1850, Vol. XVI, No. 24, Whole No. 804, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Miniature Gallery.  Crocker & Hedge, Proprietors.  (Rooms in Hubbard’s Block, first door at the right, top of second flight of stairs.)  Mr. Crocker feels himself competent, by several years’ experience in the art of Portrait Painting, to arrange groups and single miniature figures, in a style that cannot fail to please all who may favor their establishment with their patronage.

C. & H. warrant their pictures to surpass all others ever offered in this city.  An examination of specimens at their rooms, will satisfy any one of the truth of this claim.  In addition to the benefit of an important and recently discovered process, they have combined the advantage of a newly constructed sky light which enables them to present a picture closely resembling the most finished steel engraving, marked with all the prominence and softness of the nicest specimens of the mezzotinto art.

N. B.—Please remember, that Crocker & Hedge’s rooms are in the third story of the Hubbard’s Block, first door at the right, top of second flight of stairs.  Norwich, Feb. 20, 1849.

1858 July 17.  The Norwich Aurora.  (Norwich, Connecticut.)  July 17, 1858, Vol. XXIV, No. 29, Whole No. 1209, P. 2.

Colored Photographs.—Some of the most exquisite specimens of this branch of the arts we have ever seen were executed at Jennings’ Gallery in this city.  The photographs were taken by Jennings, but they were colored by our well-known native artist, Mr. J. D. Crocker, We have never seen anything of the kind more beautiful.  A visit to Jennings’ Gallery will satisfy any one that we do not exaggerate, though we expect their best work is not allowed to remain in the gallery.

1859 March 5.  The Norwich Aurora.  (Norwich, Connecticut.)  March 5, 1859, Vol. XXV, No. 10, Whole No. 1242, P. 3.

The following from one of our contemporaries, in regard to a very deserving and talented artist, we copy with pleasure:

Editor Of The Courier:—Allow a lover of the beautiful to express through the columns of your paper, the pleasure experienced in viewing in the Studio of Mr. J. D. Crocker, the portraits of two well known and esteemed ladies of Norwich, one of whom is now no more.  One picture is nearly life size, and the other is a large colored photograph.  They are both perfect as representations of their originals, and as works of art are not to be excelled by any thing of the kind to be found in cities that make much more pretensions than Norwich to a patronage of the arts.  Mr. Cocker’s decided superiority as a painter of natural scenery has been long known and acknowledged.  His success in this new branch of his art is equally certain and complete.  If to behold a perfect likeness and a most beautiful and finished picture, can impart any pleasure to the mind, that happiness may certainly be enjoyed by a call at his Studio before the removal from it of the above works from his pencil.