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Hart, Henry

Daguerreotypes, Photographs, , ,

1859                407 Broadway, New York, New York.

1859 November 15.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  November 15, 1859, Whole No. 8471, P. 5.

Fire In Broadway.—Shortly before eight o’clock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the second floor of the building No. 407 Broadway, in the premises occupied by S. T. Taylor, dress and cloak paper pattern maker.  The flames quickly appeared and soon enveloped the upper stories and roof.  The firemen were promptly at the premises, but did not succeed in extinguishing the fire until the greater part of the buildings Nos. 407 and 409 was destroyed.  Mr. Taylor’s loss will be about $1,000; insured for $1,000.  The third floor and part of the attic were occupied by Henry Hart as a photographic gallery.   Loss about $1,800; insured for $1,200 in the National Insurance Company.

New York City Directories.

1855.  Not Listed.

1856.  No occupation listed, h-133 Christopher.

1857.  photographist, 407 Broadway, h-133 Christopher.

1858.  photographist, 407 Broadway, h-133 Christopher.

1859.  dags, 407 Broadway, h-133 Christopher.

1860.  No occupation listed, h-133 Christopher.

1861.  No occupation listed, h-133 Christopher.

1862.  No occupation listed, h-133 Christopher.

1863.  Not listed.

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.

Harrison, Charles C.

Daguerreotype cameras, Daguerreotypes, Optician, , , , ,

1847-1848       rear 15 City Hall Place.[1]

1848-1851       289 Broadway, New York, New York.

1850-1851       293 Broadway, Room No. 4, Lafarge Building, New York, New York.

1851-1853       85 Duane Street, New York, New York.

1853-1855       White corner Elm, New York, New York.1

1857                Fifty-Third Street, near East River, New York, New York.

1860-1861       East 53d., New York, New York.1

1862-1864       458 Broadway, New York, New York.1

1848 July 17.  The Evening Post.  (New York, New York.)  July 17, 1848, Vol. XLVI, P. 2.

Daguerreotype Miniatures.—Whoever has seen the Daguerreotype pictures of Messrs. Holmes & Harrison, No. 289 Broadway, could not fail to have noticed the beauty and finish for which the picture of these artists are so justly celebrated.

At a great expense, they have erected an immense sky-light, by means of which they produce miniatures in every respect true to nature.  In clearness of execution, and correctness of expression, their pictures are unsurpassed.  The distortion of the features, occasioned by the usual method, is avoided; and what is particularly worthy of mention, by their arrangement, light eyes and complexions are taken equally as well as dark, and make equally as good pictures, which, before this process, was thought impossible.

Particular attention is paid, by the above gentlemen, to the taking of family groups.  And the family picture produced by these artists, have met with universal admiration.

Messrs. Holmes & Harrison have fitted up a fine gallery, and are daily adding beautiful    They are young, and very deserving artists, well worthy of the patronage which they are daily increasing—and we heartily wish them the success and fortune which they deserve.

1849 March 22.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 22, 1849, Whole No. 5403, P. 3.

Men’s, Women’s And Children’s Daguerreotypes.—The Likenesses taken at the great skylight are fast receiving the public confidence, and improving the taste for artistic pictures, so little thought of by the blundering daubs in Broadway and about town, who set themselves up for artists, with little to praise them but a skill for extorting high prices, and the blowing of their own dollar trumpets.  The public have been caricatured, humbugged, and victimized so much by these magnificent model artists, that their days are short, if good pictures will accomplish the work; which may be obtained at reasonable cost, consisting of large family groups, portraits, and miniatures, of all sizes, at the great skylight establishment of Harrison & Holmes, Lafarge Building, No. 289 Broadway., room 37.

1849 April 3.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 3, 1849, Whole No. 5415, P. 5.

Good Morning, Reader, Good Morning! If You are well and in good hue or with yourself and all the world, the good time has come to have your living features reflected into a beautiful daguerreotype likeness, which is no where performed more scientific and artistic than at the mammoth sky light of Harrison & Holmes, Lafarge building, No. 289 Broadway, room 36 and 37.

1849 April 14.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 14, 1849, Whole No. 5424, P. 3.

To Daguerreotypists And Others.—For Sale a Power Wheel, similar to that used by Mr. Harrison, Daguerreotypist, No. 289 Broadway, for buffing plates, grinding lenses, &c.  It could be used for other purposes, such as turning, &c.  Address W. C. H., office of the Herald.

Advertisement ran on April 14 & 15.  

1849 April 17.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 17, 1849, Whole No. 5429, P. 5.

Rev. Dr. Power’s Likeness—Harrison & Holmes took the last Daguerreotype Likeness of this great and good man.  Excellent original copies may be seen by the friends of the deceased at the Skylight establishment, No. 289 Broadway, rooms 36 and 37, La Farge Building, corner Reade street.

1849 May 5.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 5, 1849, Whole No. 5447, P. 3.

Optical Sky-Light Daguerreotypes.—One year since, Harrison & Holmes established the Daguerrian art on a new and original plan from anything of the kind in the Old or New World.  With the erection of a mammoth Optical Light, and a perfected Instruments, combining all the French, German, English, and American inventions, together with aid of celebrated Chemists, they have succeeded in producing a new and original class of Portraits and Miniatures of the highest artistical excellence, both astonishingly accurate and classically beautiful, which command universal attention, admiration, and patronage.  Harrison & Holmes, No. 289 Broadway.

N. B.—Our friends will pay no attention to the disreputable cards or signboards of our Christian competitor in the same building: such cards are no credit to Jew or Gentile.  H. & H.

1849 May 21.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 21, 1849, Whole No. 5463, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes.—The Optical Sky-Light Daguerrian Establishment, No. 289 Broadway, is newly improved, enlarged, and renovated for the season, making it rank with any similar concern in the world, for producing Portraits and Miniatures of artistic excellebce.  See our Specimen Pictures; no charge for getting up for pair of stairs; no extortion of prices.  Harrison & Holmes.

1849 June 10.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 10, 1849, Whole No. 5483, P. 3.

Harrison & Holmes’ Optical Sky-Light Daguerreotypes, Portraits, Miniatures, and Groups, done in the best style of the art, and satisfactory both to the [heads] and pockets of all their patrons.  Call and see specimen pictures.  No. 289 Broadway, 4th story.

1849 June 20.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 20, 1849, Whole No. 5493, P. 3.

8,489 Daguerreotype Likenesses Taken at the Great Optical Skylight Daguerreotype establishment in twelve months, composed of all classes of the living and deceased community, such as loafers, gentlemen, ladies, outcasts, divines, tailors, coblers, and other distinguished bodies in this great country.  The pictures artisized at the Skylight are not surpassed, if equaled in this or any country.  Harrison & Holmes, No. 289 Broadway, 4th story.

1849 June 23.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 23, 1849, Whole No. 5496, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes Taken Coolly.—Harrison & Holmes have the coolest rooms in town to have a likeness taken.  Report says that several respectable citizens mysteriously disappeared lately, while they were courageously sitting for likenesses at some of the hot rooms.  They suddenly fell into a melting mood, and nothing has been seen of them but sundry coats, hats, boots, wigs, &c.  To avoid these dreadful consequences and as you value comfort and good pictures, visit the Optical Skylight Rooms, 289 Broadway, room 37, 4th Story.

1849 June 30.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 30, 1849, Whole No. 5503, P. 3.

The Man In The Moon.—To Harrison & Holmes.  Gentleman:  I accept your polite invitation to sit for my daguerreotype at your popular establishment, and will call when I visit New York by the serial steamer, about the 4th of July.  An artist in the Moon capable of taking your style of pictures would coin the dust; supposed you send out one.  When I arrive, please to present me to some fair lady, who would consent to the honored distinction of the “Woman in the Moon.”  Yours truly, Man In The Moon.  To Harrison & Holmes, 289 Broadway, 4th story, U. S.

1849 July 12.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  July 12, 1849, Whole No. 5514, P. 3.

Father Mathew With The daguerreotypers—This fine old Irish gentleman honored Harrison and Holmes, yesterday, with a sitting, for a superb Daguerreotype Likeness, which was taken to the satisfaction of the great Apostle of Temperance and his friends.  No. 289 Broadway, Fourth Story.

1849 July 20.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  July 20, 1849, Whole No. 5522, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes.—Families Or Clubs Of Ten or more persons, daguerreotyped 100 per cent cheaper. The most superior pictures taken at the Skylight Rooms of Harrison & Holmes.  Pictures that have originally caricatured elsewhere, retaken for half-price.  Pictures and paintings, lithographs, statuary, views, and landscapes, done in the best manner, at No. 289 Broadway, 4th story.

Advertisement ran on July 20 & 21, 1849.

1849 July 26.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  July 26, 1849, Whole No. 5528, P. 3.

The Irving and the Astor House—500 guest, of these and the other noted hotels, have visited the Optical Skylight Daguerrean Rooms, for their superior likenesses, including Father Mathew and other eminent ladies and gentlemen, from home and abroad.  The people at large give us flattering demands for artistic service—thanks to them.  Harrison & Holmes, No. 289 Broadway, Fourth Floor.

N. B. $500 that no better likenesses are done, or can be produced, than those taken at the Optical Skylight.

1849 September 9.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  September 9, 1849, Whole No. 5573, P. 3.

289 Broadway Daguerreotypes.—Reader, if you want a superior likeness, go to the New Optical Light, 289 Broadway, Harrison or Holmes will serve you with a picture of merit.  Their prices are reasonable, and daguerreotypes generally considered the first class, by artists and people of taste.  Call and see H. & H., 289, 4th story.

1849 September 24.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  September 24, 1849, Whole No. 5588, P. 2.

Daguerrean Fine Arts—No Humbug Here—No Fifty cent or Dollar Pictures taken.—If you want a truly good specimen of yourself, in miniature, visit the Optical Sky-light, No. 289 Broadway, 4th story, where nothing short of the finest Daguerreotypes are sold.  Harrison & Holmes, corner Reade st. Room 37.

1849 September 27.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  September 27, 1849, Whole No. 5591, P. 2.

Bishop Hughes’ Daguerreotype—Harrison & Holmes had the pleasure of taking two specimen likenesses of the Bishop, yesterday.  The pictures delighted the Bishop and will please his friends.  The great men of the country are fast learning the way to the Optical Daguerrian establishment of H. and H., 289 Broadway, 4th story.

1849 October 23.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  October 23, 1849, Whole No. 5617, P. 4.

Daguerreotypes.—For a superior likeness and a fine picture, apply at the Optical Sky Light.  Nothing in the art has been or is produced, superior to the miniatures which are taken daily at this light, by the proprietors, No. 289 Broadway, fourth story.  See specimens—get a likeness, and you are convinced.  Harrison & Holmes.

1849 November 2.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  November 2, 1849, Whole No. 5627, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes—citizens And Strangers in want of likenesses should call at the Optical Sky Light, Bo. 289 Broadway, where the first-class of pictures are done, and no other.  All who sit for miniatures at this place get well served.  Call and see the specimens.

1849 November 16.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  November 16, 1849, Whole No. 5641, P. 3.

Harrison & Holmes Optical Daguerreotypes done in the first style of the art, by the proprietors, No. 289 Broadway, fourth story, opposite the Irving House, Take a look at the specimens, if you please.

1849 November 21.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  November 21, 1849, Whole No. 5646, P. 2.

Henry Clay’s Daguerreotype.—This gentleman is expected to visit Harrison & Holmes’ establishment this day, or to-morrow, and have his likeness taken by the optical light.  Pictures made by this light are accurate, artistic and pretty, not surpassed nor excelled by any.  Harrison & Holmes, No. 259 Broadway.

1849 December 12.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  December 12, 1849, Whole No. 5667, P. 3.

Christmas And New Year’s Daguerreotypes.—The pictures taken by Harrison & Holmes makes suitable presents in all seasons.  Rooms corner Reade and Broadway, No. 289, at the Optical Light, fourth story.  Harrison & Holmes.

1849 December 22.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  December 22, 1849, Whole No. 5678, P. 2.

Christmas Daguerreotypes.—We are prepared to treat all our friends with Christmas Pictures, in the most liberal and superior manner.  Call early, as the Clerk of the weather is very fickle about these days.  Harrison & Holmes, No. 289 Broadway, Optical light, 4th story.

1850 January 21.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 21, 1850, Whole No. 5706, P. 5.

Daguerreotypes.—Reader, If Yu Want A good likeness and a superior picture, visit the skylight establishment, No. 289 Broadway, and you will not be disappointed.  See our specimens, take a sitting, and realize he fact.  Harrison & Holmes.

1850 January 24.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 24, 1850, Whole No. 5709, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes.—500 Ladies, 300 Children, 400 Firemen, 100 Policemen, 250 Citizen Soldiers, 50 Lawyers, 100 Doctors, 20 Editors, 10 Barbers, 6 Boot-blacks, 35 Actors, 25 Hotel-lords, 20 Negroes, 10 Indians, 6 Loafers, [  ] big fat men, and 2,000 ladies and gentlemen of the world, have had their likenesses taken the last two years by Harrison& Holmes, No. 289 Broadway.

1850 February 16.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 16, 1850, Whole No. 5732, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.—St. Valentine.  Venus, Cupid & Co., are respectfully informed.  If they should want pictures taken to visit the optical skylight establishment, No. 289 Broadway, where the [excellen cies] of the heart and the beauties of the mind are blended or reflected into the physiognomy of the people.  Harrison & Holmes.

1850 February 23.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 23, 1850, Whole No. 5739, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.—Harrison and Holmes No. 1 pictures, give accurate likenesses, use the materials, charge fair prices, pay particular attention to ladies and children, and try to preserve the confidence win the good opinion of all who admire the good works [of] art as produced at the Optical Daguerrean Establishment No. 289 Broadway.  Call and see.

1850 March 9.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 9, 1850, Whole No. 5754, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes.—Harrison and Holmes No. 289 Broadway, make superior likenesses.  You that want them, remember the number 289, and go there when you get ready.  Prices as usual, from two to ten dollars.  No. 289 Broadway, opposite the Irving House.  No. 289, remember that.  Rooms 36, 37 and 39; large skylight.  Harrison & Holmes.

1850 March 16.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 16, 1850, Whole No. 5760, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.—Harrison and Holmes respectfully inform their friends, that six hundred thousand individuals of New York and the suburbs, that they are ever ready to serve applicants with good likenesses and fine pictures, in short notice, at fair cost, from two to ten dollars, at the old stand, No. 289 Broadway, corner of Reade street, at the large skylight.

1850 March 23.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 23, 1850, Whole No. 5767, P. 3.

Wanted—A Boy Or Young Man, Who Is Accustomed to preparing Daguerreotype Plates, and will be attentive to business.  Call this morning or Monday, between 8 and 9 A. M. , with recommendations, at No. 289 Broadway, Room 37.

1850 March 30.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 30, 1850, Whole No. 5774, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.—As Man was intended by his maker, not only to be “for a day, but for all times,” he should heed well how his likeness is taken, for the posterity living after him; therefore, we advise the reader to make choice of competent hands to picture the world.  None we know of more so, than Harrison & Holmes, 2889 Broadway.

1850 April 3.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 3, 1850, Whole No. 5778, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.—Every man, Woman, and Child, wanting likenesses, should go to Harrison & Holmes’s skylight, and get a fine picture, instead of throwing themselves away with the old masters, who sell their [     ] for 50 cents and $1 a-head.  Prices at the Skylight, $2 to $10.  Try Them.  No. 289 Broadway.

1850 April 8.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 8, 1850, Whole No. 5783, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.—Harrison & Holmes, 289 Broadway, make good pictures for $2 to $10.  Professor Humbug does them up brown in a rag for 50 cents to $1.  If H. & H. rely upon the good sense of the people for business; the Professor depends on gullibility, and the exhibition of the elephant, for success.  Which is best, must be apparent to our readers.

1850 April 27.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 27, 1850, Whole No. 5802, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.—Harrison & Holmes make superior Likenesses and fine Pictures for $2 to $10.  If you want a picture large or small, go to the optical Sky-Light—nothing in the art can excel the productions made there.  Rooms 289 Broadway.

1850 May 20.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 20, 1850, Whole No. 5824, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes taken before Breakfast.—Early risers, and others, who have no time during business hours to get their likenesses, may be served to their liking, at sunrise every bright morning during the summer.  After breakfast, first come first served, at the sky light.  Harrison & Holmes, 289 Broadway.

1850 May 31.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 31, 1850, Whole No. 5835, P. 2.

New York Daguerreotypes.—Harrison & Holmes—have won the credit of making as fine Portraits as the art has produced, and from all accounts they intend to preserve and merit the laurels of public opinion by good  works in future.—289 Broadway, sky-light rooms.

1850 June 12.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 12, 1850, Whole No. 5847, P. 3.

Pictures for Posterity—Dead Men’s Daguerreotypes live after them, as do their deeds.—Those who [ ?  ] to have very perfect likenesses to preserve for their [posterity], may be served by Harrison & Holmes, at [  ?  ] a from $2 to $10.  Some of the 600,000 heads of New York  [  ?  ] taken daily at the sky-light, 289 Broadway.

1850 June 25.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 25, 1850, Whole No. 5860, P. 6.

Daguerreotypes.—Call on Harrison & Holmes if you want a faithful likeness, and a fine picture.  Their prices a suitable to both the rich and the poor.  Rooms light and airy, in La Farge building, by the Irving House, No. 289 Broadway.

1850 June 29.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 29, 1850, Whole No. 5864, P. 2.

New Discovery in the Daguerreotype Art.—Dr. Cyrus has invented an Electro Galvanic Buff for polishing plates, and preventing them from oxidizing, in every variation of atmosphere.  This buff gives a sensitiveness to plates heretofore unknown, and enables the operator to take pictures in less than half the ordinary time of sitting.  Harrison & Holmes have purchased a right in this new discovery, and will prove the importance of it to all who may demand fine pictures, at their rooms, in the Lafarge building, 289 Broadway.

1850 July 8.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  July 8, 1850, Whole No. 5872, P. 3.

Harrison & Holmes, Improved Daylight vs. Plaine’s Gas—Paine has made one Daguerreotype by his light: H. & H. have made 10,000.  Paine talks of lighting the Astor:  H. & H. have lit up the whole country with brilliant expressions of people.  For a fine picture, try the improved daylight, 289 Broadway, room 37.

1850 October.  Transactions Of The American Institute Of The City Of New York 1850. P.21 & 41.

List Of Premiums Awarded By The Managers Of The Twenty-Third Annual Fair Of The American Institute, October 1850…

Daguerreotypes. 

M. A. & S. Root, 363 Broadway, for the best daguerreotypes.  Silver medal.

J. Gurney, 189 Broadway

Meade Brothers, 233 Broadway,

Harrison & Holmes, 289 Broadway,

D. E. Gavit, 247 Broadway,

C. M. Cary, 187 Broadway

For excellent daguerreotypes, no difference being perceptible to the Judges.  Silver medal to each.

Meade Brothers, 239 Broadway, for superior chemically colored daguerreotypes.  Diploma.

Minors’ Work.

Thomas B. Atkins, 219 Fulton-street, Brooklyn, for daguerreotypes.  $5 and a certificate.

1850 October 24.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  October 24, 1850, Whole No. 5979, P. 2.

Best Portrait of Miss. Charlotte Cushman.—The lovers of the daguerreotype art are invited, with all those who wish to see the best likeness of this celebrated artist, to call at the gallery of C. C. Harrison, No. 293 Broadway.  (Lafarge Building,) where they will be gratified with a view of the finest specimen as well as the most truthful likeness of the original in this city.  C. C. Harrison, 293 Broadway, room No. 4 Lafarge Building.

25 October 1850.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  October 25, 1850, Whole No. 5980, P. 1.

Premiums Awarded at the Fair of the American Institute.  We give to-day a continuation of the list of premiums, of which we had not space for insertion yesterday.  To-morrow, we shall conclude it entire and make what comments we judge proper on the whole affair. 

Silver Medals:

Langenheim & Co., New York, best Talbotypes.

M. A. & S. Root, New York, Best daguerreotypes.

J. Gurney, New York, second best daguerreotypes.

Meade & Brothers, New York,  do           do.

Harrison & Holmes, New York, do           do.

D. E. Gavit, Albany, N. Y.,         do           do.

*C. M. Cary, New York,             do           do.

*possibly Preston M. Cary.

1851 January 7.  The Evening Post.  (New York, New York.)  January 7, 1851, Vol. XLIX, P. 2.

Holmes, the Daguerreotypist, respectfully invites ladies and gentlemen to visit his new sky parlors and take a peep at the collection of premium pictures and favor him with a sitting for specimens and gems of art.  Families beautifully pictured in groups, on the largest plates, for $10.  Sky Parlors, 289 Broadway, late Harrison & Holmes.

Advertisement ran from January 7 to 31, 1851.

1851 April 6.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 6, 1851, Whole No. 6740, P. 3.

Md’lle Carolina Loyo.—A full length Daguerreotype Portrait of this distinguished equestrienne, (size, 11 x 15,) taken by C. C. Harrison with his ne plus ultra Camera, can be seen at his gallery, 293 Broadway.  Those that are in doubt of the above being any but the great original, are particularly invited to call and be satisfied.

1851 April 9.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 9, 1851, Whole No. 6743, P. 2.

“Harrison’s Camera.”—The attention of all those who are about purchasing Daguerreotype Instruments, is directed to the following recommendation from one of the oldest operators in the country, and one who has been “tried in the furnace of experience.  C. C. Harrison, No. 293 Broadway.  Waterbury, April 1, 1851.  Dear Sir.  It affords me much pleasure, after giving the instrument I purchased of you last week, a fair trial, and having had eleven years experience as an operator, to be enabled to bear testimony to the superiority of your Camera over all others, not excepting those made by “Voigtlander & Sons,” for the sale of which I was some time agent, at Boston.  Yours, respectfully, Albert Litch, formerly of the firm of Litch & Whipple, Boston, Mass.

1851 April 26.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  April 26, 1851, Vol. XI, No. 3128, P. 4.

Our attention was called a few days since to some extraordinary sized Daguerreotypes taken by our old friend Gurney, 189 Broadway.  These superb specimens of the Daguerrian art which are far superior in point of size to any that we have seen, were taken with a new and powerful instrument manufactured in this city by C. C. Harrison.  While we admire the perfection to which theses large and beautiful pictures have been brought, we cannot help feeling a peculiar pride the instrument by which they were made is of Yankee manufacture.

1851 September 13.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  September 13, 1851, Vol. XI, No. 3247, P. 4.

Forty Thousand Daguerreotypes sold at Holmes’s Gallery, No. 289 Broadway, in five years.  While rival establishments complain of dull business, Holmes is honored daily with visitors, demanding their pictures.  The secret is, Holmes makes a fine Daguerreotype, bold, clear, distinct, expressive, and picturesque, with the light and shades blending artistically into a tone and color everlasting, beautiful, and truthful to life.  Rooms all on the fourth floor, No. 289 Broadway, late Harrison & Holmes.

1851 October 27.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  October 27, 1851, Whole No. 6941, P. 4.

The American Institute.  Close Of The Fair—Balance Of The Medals Premiums.

Daguerreotypes.

M. S. & S. Root, N. Y., best daguerreotypes, gold medal.

J. Gurney, N. Y., second best daguerreotypes, silver medal.

J. D. W. Brinkerhoff, N. Y., for still life daguerreotype views, silver medal.

A. A. Holmes, New York, still life daguerreotype views, silver medal.

Joseph Atkins, New York, cameo still life daguerreotype views, silver medal.

H. T. Insley, New York, illuminated daguerreotypes, silver medal.

C. C. Harrisson, New York, daguerreotype camera, gold medal.

[There was considerable excitement about the daguerreotypes; and what was so singular, it was the daguerreotypist themselves that constituted the jury.  There was a majority and a minority report, and the committee of the Institute felt quite embarrassed about the business.]

1851 October 28.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  October 28, 1851, Vol. XI, No. 3285, P. 5.

—Harrison’s Cameras.—Among the gold medals granted at the recent Fair, at Castle Garden, we are pleased to see that one was bestowed upon Mr. C. C. Harrison, of this City, for his very superior American Cameras, for the Daguerreotype.  The Camera is the instrument in which the prepared plate is put, upon which the light fastens the likeness to be taken, and upon their excellence depends, in a very great measure, the finish and perfection of the Daguerreotype pictures.  Hitherto, German Cameras, only, have been in use in this country, and it was believed impossible to manufacture here, Cameras good enough for the purpose.  But Mr. Harrison has exceeded all expectation.  He has produced not only a larger, but a better Camera, in every respect, than the German, and the very best Daguerreotypes at the Fair, and we may say, therefore, the best yet exhibited in the world, were taken by means of his Cameras.  Mr. Harrison deserves the gold medal for his skill and ingenuity, and as Americans, we feel proud of the manner in which he has earned it.

1851 October 29.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  October 29, 1851, Vol. XI, No. 3286, P. 6.

American Institute.  Twenty-Fourth Annual Fair of the American Institute—Official Declaration of Premiums.  Daguerreotypes.

M. A. & S. Root, No. 363 Broadway, best Daguerreotypes—Gold Medal.

J. Gurney, No. 159 Broadway, 2d best Daguerreotypes,—Silver Medal. 

J. D. W. Brinkerhoff, No. 383 Broadway, for Still Life Daguerreotype Views—Silver Medal.

S. A. Holmes, No. 289 Broadway, Still Life Daguerreotype Views.—Silver Medal.

Joseph Atkins, No. 219 Fulton-st., Brooklyn, Cameo Daguerreotype—Silver Medal.

H. E. Insley, No 311 Broadway, Illuminated Daguerreotypes—Silver Medal.

Krochls & Vetters, No. 499 Broadway, Photypes—Silver Medal.

Mrs. Bertha Wehnert, No. 385 Broadway, Phototypes.—Silver Medal.

C. C. Harrison, No. 85 Duane st., Daguerreotype Cameras.—Gold Medal.

1852 October.  Annual Report of the American Institute of the city of New York.

Premiums Awarded by the managers of the 26th Annual Fair of the American Institute Oct. 1852….Manufacturing and Mechanical Department…Daguerreotypes

J. Gurney, 189 & 349 Broadway for best daguerreotypes……………Gold medal

Meade & Brothers, 233 Broadway, 2d best daguerreotypes…………Silver medal

Brinkerhoff & Co., 383 Broadway, 3d best daguerreotypes…………Diploma

Samuel Root, 233 Broadway for imitation crayon daguerreotypes….Silver medal

S. A. Holmes, 289 Broadway, for excellent daguerreotype views……Diploma

C. C. Harrison, 86 Duane-Street, for Camera Instrument……………..Gold medal,

Having before Award, Diploma

1853.  Official Catalogue of the New-York Exhibition of Industry of All Nations.  1853.

Class 10.  Philosophical Instruments And Their Products.

68.  Daguerreotype instruments and camera of various sizes.  – Charles C. Harbison sic. [Charles C. Harrison], manu.  85 Duane Street, New-York City.

1854 January 20.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  January 20, 1854, Vol. XIII, No. 3,981, P. 6.

The [1853] Exhibition At The Crystal Palace. Official Awards of Juries.

Jury F.  Class 10.  Philosophical Instruments And Their Products….

                                                Silver Medal.

Whipple, John A.  Boston, Mass, U. S., for Crystalotypes a new art.

                                                Bronze Medal.

Butler, Alexander.  [  ?  ]  U. S., for several excellent Daguerreotypes.

Brady, Mathew B. New-York City, U. S., for uniformly excellent Daguerreotypes.

Harrison, C. C.  New-York City, U. S., for Camera.

Hesler, Alexander, [Galena, Ill.], U. S., for several beautiful Daguerreotypes,      

Lawrence, Martin M. [New-York City], U. S., for excellent Daguerreotypes, particularly “past, present, future.”

Root, Samuel.  New-York City, U. S., for fine Daguerreotypes.

1854 January 21.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  January 21, 1854, Vol. XIII, No. 3,982, P. 3.

The [1853] Exhibition At The Crystal Palace.  Official Awards of Juries.

Jury F.  Class 10.  Philosophical Instruments And Their Products….

                                                Honorable Mention.

Gurney, Jeremiah.  New-York City, U. S., for fine Daguerreotypes

Harrison & Hill.  Brooklyn, U. S., for Daguerreotypes

Long, E.  St. Louis, Mo., U. S., for an exquisite Daguerreotype of a lady.

Meade Bros.  New-York City, U. S., for Daguerreotypes of “Seven Ages of Man.”

Moissinet, Dobyne & Richardson, New-Orleans, U. S., for Daguerreotypes.

North, W[illiam]. C. Cleveland, U. S., for Daguerreotypes.

Peters Otis F. [sic.], New-York City, U. S., for Stereoscopes.

Root, M. A., Philadelphia, U. S., for fine Daguerreotypes.

Whitehurst, J. H., Baltimore, U. S., for fine Daguerreotypes.

1855 October.  Transactions Of The American Institute Of The City Of New York, For The Year 1855.  (New York, New York.)  1856, P. 131 & 153.

List Of Premiums Awarded By The Managers Of The Twenty-Seventh Annual Fair Of The American Institute, October 1855…

Daguerreotypes, Photographs, and Ambrotypes.  Judges—W. J. Stillman, R. B. Brown, J. A. B. Besson

J. Gurney 319 Broadway, for the best daguerreotypes.  A gold medal having been before awarded a Diploma.

M. B. Brady, 359 Broadway, for the second best daguerreotypes.  Silver medal.

S. Root & Co., 363 Broadway, for the third best daguerreotypes.  Diploma.

Gurney & Fredericks, 349 Broadway, for the best plain photograph and best photographs in oil.  Gold medal.

S. Root & Co., 363 Broadway, for the best photographs in water colors, and second best plain photographs.  Gold medal.

W. A. Tomlinson, 373 Broadway, for the best ambrotypes—a novelty in the art.  Silver medal.

R. A. Lewis, 142 Chatham street, for the second best ambrotype.  Diploma.

Daguerreotype Apparatus.

C. C. Harrison, cor. Elm and White streets, for the best daguerreotype instrument.  Silver medal.

S. H. (Sic.) Holmes, 289 Broadway, for a double acting camera, Silver medal.

W. & W. H. Lewis, 63 Elizabeth street, for an improved daguerreotype coating box.  Diploma.

1856 May 8.  National Eagle.  (Claremont, New Hampshire.)  May 8, 1856, Vol. XXII, No. 30, P. 2.

Fires.  A fire broke out in the depot of the Harlem and New Haven Railroad, in New York, Thursday morning last, which caused a loss of probably $100,000.  The building was a very large one, and was occupied by several manufactures, as well as the railroad companies.  The building was not wholly destroyed.  The principal losses were—Edward Anthony daguerreotype manufacturer, loss $24,000—fully insured; E. S. Peckham, spectacle manufacturer, $20000—no insurance; T. L. Bishop, gutta percha manufacturer, $8,000—fully insured; Chas C. Harrison, optician and daguerreotype instrument maker, $4,000—insured one-half;…

1857 November 7.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  November 7, 1857, Vol. XVII, No. 5164, P. 6 & 7.

Premiums Awarded at the Twenty ninth Fair of the American Institute…Daguerreotypes, Photographs, Hallotypes, &c.

M. B. Brady, No. 359 Broadway, N. J., for best plain and retouched photographs.

………………………………………………………………………………….Small Gold Medal    

J. Gurney, No. 349 Broadway, N. Y., for plain and retouched Photographs (a Gold Medal having been before awarded)……………………………………………………………………..Diploma

M. M. Lawrence, No. 381 Broadway, N. Y., for the best Daguerreotypes and Miniatures in Oil

…………………………………………………………………………………Large Silver Medal

Meade Brothers, No. 233 Broadway, N. Y., for instantaneous Daguerreotypes.

……………………………………………………………………………………….Bronze Medal

J. Gurney, No. 349 Broadway, N. Y., for the best life-size Photographs in Oil (a Gold Medal having been before awarded)………………………………………………………………Diploma

C. D. Fredricks, Nos. 585 and 587 Broadway, N. Y., for life-size Photographs in Oil (a Gold Medal having been before awarded)………………………………………………………Diploma

C. D. Fredericks, Nos. 585 and 587 Broadway, N. Y., for the best Crayon Photographs and Hallotypes………………………………………………………………………Large Silver Medal

J. Gurney, No. 349 Broadway, N. Y., for Crayon Photographs and Hallotypes.

……………………………………………………………………………………….Bronze Medal

J. Gurney, No. 349 Broadway, N. Y., for the best Photographs in Aquerille.

…………………………………………………………………………………Small Silver Medal

C. D. Fredericks, Nos. 585 and 587 Broadway, N. Y., for Photographs in Aquerille.

……………………………………………………………………………………….Bronze Medal

S. C. Holmes, No. 289 Broadway, N. Y., for the best Photographic Views.

…………………………………………………………………………………Small Silver Medal

B. Hafnagel, No. 413 Broadway, N. Y., for photographic Views and copies of Prints.

……………………………………………………………………………………….Bronze Medal

Phillip E. Bogart & Co., No. 58 Pine street, N. Y., for Photographs by the Solar Camera.

…………………………………………………………………………………………….Diploma

G. N. Bernard, Syracuse, N. Y., for Photographs on Wood.

…………………………………………………………….…………………………Bronze Medal

C. C. Harrison, Fifty-third Street, near East River, N. Y., for Photographic Cameras (a Silver Medal having been before awarded………………………………………………………Diploma

Robert A. Werner, No. 25 East Broadway, N. Y., for an ingeniously planned Diaphragm.

……………………………………………………………………………………………..Diploma

A. Beckers, No. 411 Broadway, N. Y., for a Stereoscopic Panorama.

……………………………………………………………………………………………..Diploma

R. Newell & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., for three delicately tinted Portraits.

……………………………………………………………………………………………..Diploma

J. Gurney, No. 349 Broadway, N. Y., for the best Photographs in Pastel.

……………………………………………………………………………………….Bronze Medal

C. D. Fredricks, Nos. 585 and 587 Broadway, N. Y., for Photographs in Pastel.

……………………………………………………………………………………………..Diploma

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

1846.  Not Listed

1847.  daguerreotypes, rear 15 City Hall Place.

1848.  daguerreotypes, 289 Broadway & rear 15 City Hall Place, h—15 City Hall Place.

1849.  daguerreotypes, 289 Broadway, h—528 Pearl.

1850.  daguerreotypes, 289 Broadway, h—85 Duane.

1851.  daguerreotypes, 289 Broadway & 85 Duane, h—162 Varick.

1852.  dag. Inst’s., 85 Duane, h—Jersey City.

1853.  dag. Inst’s., White corner Elm, h—Jersey City.

1854.  dag. Inst’s., White corner Elm, h—East 53d near Second Ave.

1855.  Optician, White corner Elm, h—East 53d near Second Ave.

1856.  Not Listed.

1857.  Not Listed.

1858.  Not Listed.

1859.  Not Listed.

1860.  cameras, foot East 53d, h—East 53d near Second Ave,

1861.  cameras, foot East 53d, h—East 53d near Second Ave,

1862.  manuf. of Camera Tubes—458 Broadway, h—East 53d near Second Ave.

1863.  manuf. of Camera Tubes—458 Broadway, h—East 53d near Second Ave.

1864.  manuf. of Camera Tubes—458 Broadway, h—313 East 53d.

[1] New York City Directories.

Harris, Hiram V.

Daguerreotypes, ,

1849-1850       333 Broadway, New York, New York.

1851                236 Grand Street, corner Bowery, New York, New York.

1851-1854       132 Bowery, New York, New York.

1851 August 24.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  August 24, 1851, Whole No. 6877, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes, Colored, For Fifty Cents.—To those who have been disappointed in getting a good likeness where they have paid three times the amount of the above, we would say, go to H. V. Harris’ Galleries, No. 132 Bowery and 236 Grand street, corner of the Bowery, where the best pictures are taken, and no humbug.  Two young men wanted to learn.

1851 October 18.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  October 18, 1851, Vol. XI, No. 3277, P. 2.

Colored Daguerreotypes for 50 Cents at H. V. Harris’s Galleries, No. 132 Bowery and 236 Grand-st., corner Bowery.  The only place where a likeness is colored and warranted for 50 cents, in a nice case.  Don’t mistake the numbers—132 Bowery, and 236 Grand-st., corner Bowery, over Story’s.

1851 October 18.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  October 18, 1851, Whole No. 6932, P. 5.

Colored Daguerreotypes for 50 Cents at H. V. Harris’s Galleries, No. 132 Bowery and 236 Grand-st., corner Bowery.  The only place where a likeness is colored and warranted for 50 cents, in a nice case.  Don’t mistake the numbers—132 Bowery, and 236 Grand-st., corner Bowery, over Story’s.

Advertisement ran from October 18 to 27, 1851.

1853 January 11.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 11, 1853, Whole No. 7375, P. 5.

Fifty Cent Daguerreotypes.—Cut This Out and go to H. V. Harris’ splendid gallery, corner Bowery and Grand street, where the best pictures are taken, and warranted to please.  A splendid assortment of fancy cases for presents.

1853 January 12.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 12, 1853, Whole No. 7376, P. 5.

50 Cent Daguerreotypes.—Cut this out, and go to H. V. Harris, corner Grand and Bowery, where first class pictures are taken in any weather, by sky or side light.

1853 February 21.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 21, 1853, Whole No. 7366, P. 3.

50 Cent Daguerreotypes.—The Finest Class of pictures taken are at H. V. Harris’, corner of Bowery and Grand street, where the best materials are used and all pictures finished complete without extra charges.  Family groups and children taken correctly.

Advertisement ran from February 21 to 25 and March 1, 1853.

1853 March 9.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 9, 1853, Whole No. 7382, P. 5.

Fifty Cent Daguerreotypes.—To the People.—Go to H. V. Harris, corner of Grand and Bowery, where first class pictures are made from the best materials, and all pictures furnished complete, without extra charges, and no humbug used to hoax the people in for twenty five cents, and then charge them twenty-five cents for case and finishing.

1853 March 19.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 19, 1853, Whole No.    7392, P. 5.

The Dramatic of the Great Tragedian are not more popular than H. V. Harris’ fifty cent daguerreotypes, corner of Grand & Bowery, where everybody rushes who want a good picture, finished complete from the best materials and warranted to please.  Children and family groups taken correctly.

1853 March 19.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 19, 1853, Whole No. 7392, P. 5.

Fifty Cent Daguerreotypes.—To the People.—Go to H. V. Harris, corner of Grand and Bowery, where first class pictures are made, from the best materials, furnished complete, without extra charges, and warranted to please.  No humbug used here.  Family groups and children taken correctly.

1853 April 20.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 20, 1853, Whole No. 7424, P. 4.

The Cheapest Daguerreotypes in the World are to be had at H. V. Harris’ splendid gallery, corner Grand street and the Bowery where first class pictures are made from the best materials, and no shaving or humbugging.  A fine collection of fancy cases, cheap.  Call, rain or shine, corner Grand street and the Bowery.

1853 May 20.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 20, 1853, Whole No. 7454, P. 5.

Fifty Cent Daguerreotypes, corner of Grand street and the Bowery, at H. V. Harris’, where none but the best materials are used, and the finest class of pictures made.  Beware of all twenty five cent humbugs.  Don’t go near them, for the ladies are in danger of getting shaved.

1853 June 2.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  June 2, 1853, Vol. XIII, No. 3784, P. 2.

25 Cent Daguerreian Depot, No. 132 Bowery next to the new Bowery Savings bank-any quantity of Pictures taken daily of the finest quality.  Call every body.

Advertisement ran from June 2 to 8, 1853.

1853 June 11.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 11, 1853, Whole No. 7476, P. 4.

Fifty Cent Daguerreotypes—corner of Grand street and the Bowery, at H. V. Harris’, where first class pictures are made under a skylight, built expressly for the business, and all pictures are finished complete, with ease, coloring, and preserver; none but the best materials used.  No twenty-five cent humbug here.  Call everybody.  H. V. Harris.

1854 March 19.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 19, 1854, Whole No. 6416, P. 5.

Wanted—Two First Rate Daguerrean Operators, to whom good salaries will be given.  Inquire at H. V, Harris’s daguerrean gallery, corner of the Bowery and Grand street.

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

1845  Not Listed.

1846  oysters, 114 Cherry & 15 Park Row, H-114 Cherry.

1847  oysters, 114 Cherry, H-114 Cherry.

1848  hotel, 200 Chambers, H-200 Chambers.

1849  daguerreotypist, 333 Broadway, H-65 Reade.

1850  daguerreotypist, 333  Broadway, H-481 Pearl.

1851  daguerreotypist, 132 Bowery & 236 Grand, H-4 Munroe.

1852  daguerreotypes, 132 Bowery, H-236 Grand.

1853  daguerreotypes, 132 Bowery, H-236 Grand.

1854  Not Listed.

1855  Not Listed.

Harrington, Lewis L.

Daguerreotypes, , ,

1849                130 Broadway, New York, New York.

1850                323 Broadway, New York, New York.

1850                Corner of Hudson and Canal Streets, New York, New York.

1851                222 Canal Street, New York, New York.

1852-1854       413 Broadway, New York, New York.

1856                Address Unknown, New York, New York.

1850 April 20.  New London Democrat.  (New London, Connecticut.)  April 20, 1850, Vol. VI, No. 6, Whole No. 266, P. 3.

Broadway Daguerrean Gallery, 323 Broadway, New York, (Opposite The Broadway Theatre)  Likenesses for 50 Cents and upwards, with case.  Having fitted up these Rooms for the comfort and convenience of the public, all who wish a Good, Cheap and Durable Likenesses, will need no better guarantee than to know that we employ no halfway operators at this establishment, but give our personal attention to the making of Pictures, and use none but the best materials.

Having had several years’ experience in Daguerreotyping, we flatter ourselves that we can please the most fastidious.  If there are any so foolish as to assert that it is all Humbug to talk of making a Likeness For Fifty Cents, send them to us and we can convince them to the contrary.

N. B. Likenesses of Children make in from 3 to 12 seconds, Daguerreotypes inserted in Lockets, Rings, &c. at reasonable prices.

Remember the number, 323 Broadway, opposite the Broadway Theatre, and first room above the City Hospital.  L. L. Harrington, L. D. Buswell, Proprietors.

Instructions given in the Art.  Apparatus and Stock furnished at the Lowest Prices.

Advertisement was recorded nine times between April 20 to July 20, 1850.

1850 May 12.  New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 12, 1850, Whole No. 5817, P. 2.

The Cuban Expedition, or one similar in number, may be seen every day moving up Broadway to the Broadway Daguerrean Gallery 323 Broadway, where every body goes to have their pictures made.  This is the best and cheapest place in the city to get a good likeness.  A good likeness in a case, as low as fifty cents.

1850 July 4.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  July 4, 1850, Whole No. 5869, P. 2.

Broadway Daguerrean Gallery, No. 323 Broadway, is the place where all who feel particularly good natured will call to-day, and have their likenesses made.  Harrington & Buswell are prepared to make some less than a thousand. A likeness in a case can be had as low as 50 cents.

1850 September 21.  New London Democrat.  (New London, Connecticut.)  September 21, 1850, Vol. VI, No. 28, Whole No. 288, P. 3.

Harrington & Bushnell, at No 323 Broadway, New York, furnish Daguerreotype Pictures at 50 cents, and which they warrant accurate to life.

Please call and examine specimens.  Aug. 24, 1850

Advertisement ran from September 21 to December 7, 1850.

1850 December 20.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  December 20, 1850, No. 6034, P. 4.

Daguerreotypes for the Holidays.—Harrington, who has made those superb Daguerreotypes in Broadway, has removed to the corner of Hudson and Canal, and has fitted up a new room with a large skylight, for the purpose of making those ever to be admired likenesses as holiday gifts.  We advise all who wish a cheap, durable and finished picture, to give him a call.

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

1848  Not Listed.

1849  daguerreotypes, 130 Broadway.

1850  daguerreotypes, 323 Broadway. (Harrington & Buswell).

1851  daguerreotypes, 222 Canal, H-52 Sullivan.

1852  daguerreotypes, 413 Broadway, H-52 Sullivan.

1853  daguerreotypes, 413 Broadway, H-413 Broadway.

1854  daguerreotypes, 413 Broadway, H-413 Broadway.

1855  Not Listed.

1856  daguerreotypes, H-223 Chrystie.

1857  Not Listed

Hall, John Bishop

Hallotypes, Patent, , , , ,

1857                585 Broadway, New York, New York.

1857 January 21.  Evening Star.  (Washington, District of Columbia.)  January 21, 1857, Vol. IX, No. 1,252, P. 2.

Patents for the week ending January 20, 1857.  John Bishop Hall—For improved in treating photographic pictures.  No. 16,438.

1857 January 27.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 27, 1857, Whole No. 7454, P. 3.

New Patents Issued for the week ending January 20, 1857.  John Bishop Hall of N. Y., for improved in treating photographic pictures.  [No. 16,438]

1857 February 14.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 14, 1857, Whole No. 7472, P. 5.

Highly Important to the Pubic—Hallotypes patented.  The undersigned would respectfully announce that they will exhibit specimens of the “Hallotype” at their gallery.  No. 585 Broadway, on and after the 16th inst., and that they will commence taking them for the public on the 16th., and will deliver them on and after the 19th inst.  The hallotypes will be taken in this city by J. B. Hall the inventor and patentee, at the above gallery.  N. B.—No connection with any other establishment in the city.  John Bishop Hall, C. D. Fredricks.  585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

Advertisement ran on the 14 & 16, 1857.

1857 February 16.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  February 16, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4938, P. 7.

Important caution To The Public And Photographic Artist.  Hallotypes.

It having been announced in the Photographic journals and the daily papers that specimens of the Hallotype would be exhibited at Nos. 585 and 349 Broadway on the 16th inst. the undersigned would state that justice to the public, to himself and to the art, of which he is the inventor and patentee, demands of him the following statement:

The specimens exhibited by J. Gurney at No. 349 Broadway will not give a correct idea of the merits of this new Art, as they were not executed in strict accordance with instructions given by the undersigned, and for this reason he will not exhibit at his Gallery, No. 585 Broadway, any of the specimens produced at No. 349 Broadway, which he had designed doing as during his absence from the city some of the most important parts of the manipulation were neglected.  All the specimens, therefore, which he will exhibit at No. 585 Broadway will be those produced since the 13th inst., at his own Gallery—he having also recently made some very important improvements.  The undersigned will not, therefore, be in any way responsible for the results produced at any other establishment, as the Hallotypes will only be made under his personal direction at No. 585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel.    John Bishop Hall.

1857 February 21.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  February 21, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4943, P. 7.

Hallotypes—These Beautiful Portraits are taken by J. B. Hall, the inventor and patentee, only at the Gallery of Hall & Fredricks, No. 585 Broadway, opposite the Metropolitan Hotel.

Advertisement ran every three to four days from February 21 to 28, 1857.

1857 February 26.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  February 26, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4947, P. 7.

Hallotypes.  To Photographic Artists And The Public.  The following not from Mr. Hall requires a public reply:

Temple Of Art, No. 585 Broadway, Feb. 24. 1857.

J. Gurney, esq.—Dear Sir:  My attention has been called to your card of the 17th inst., published in the Tribune and Times, in reply to mine of the 16th, which appeared in the same papers.  My arrangements have been such that I have here huberto neglected to take any steps in the matter.  You understand better than the public possibly can the reasons which prompted me to pen my Card.  But you evidently misunderstood the some what ambiguous language which I emplied, or your high sense of honor, of propriety and justice, would not have allowed you to prefer against me so grave a charge as “repudiating legal obligations,” and masing statement [    ] were “false.”  If you understood me as denying your right to practice the Hallotype, and your ability to present it in an attractive form to the public, you could not do otherwise than to pronounce such statements false.  The peculiar circumstance of the case, in connection with the somewhat ambiguous style which I employed, has led you into an error.  But there was nothing in my Card which if properly understood, could have justified the conclusion at which you arrive, and by correcting the erroneous impressions which your Card is calculated to procure, you will do no honor to yourself, justice to the public and to the undersigned.  Wishing you every success in the practice of the Hallotype. I am Truly Yours, John Bishop Hall.

                                                                        Reply

Mr. John B. Hall—Dear Sir:  Your conclusion is correct, that the peculiar circumstances of the case, together with the somewhat ambiguous language which you employed. did lead me to misunderstand your meaning, and it affords me pleasure to be able to make the correction.  A discriminating public will award to you the honor of having invented the most brilliant improvement in the Photographic art, and which I am determined to present to the public in all its exquisite perfection and beauty.  Yours truly,  J. Gurney, Photographic Artist.  Palace of Art, No. 349 Broadway, Feb. 26, 1857.

We, the undersigned, copartners in the disposal of the patent rights throughout the United States and Europe for the new style of portraiture called Hallotypes, would inform Photographic artists and amateurs that we are now ready to dispose of said rights to suit purchasers.

John Bishop, J. Gurney

All business letters to be addressed to Gurney’s Palace of Art, No. 340 Broadway, corner of Leonard-st., New York.

Advertisement ran on February 26 & 28, 1857.

1857 February 27.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 27, 1857, Whole No. 7485, P. 8.

To Photographic Artists And The Public.  The following note from Mr. Hall requires a public reply:

Temple Of Art, No. 585 Broadway, Feb. 24. 1857.

J. Gurney, esq.—Dear Sir:  My attention has been called to your card of the 17th inst., published in the Tribune and Times, in reply to mine of the 16th, which appeared in the same papers.  My arrangements have been such that I have here hitherto neglected to take any steps in the matter.  You understand better than the public possibly can the reasons which prompted me to pen my card.  But you evidently misunderstood the somewhat ambiguous language which I employed, or your high sense of honor, of propriety and justice, would not have allowed you to prefer against me so grave a charge as “repudiating legal obligations,” and making statement which were “false.”  If you understood me as denying your right to practice the Hallotype, and your ability to present it in an attractive form to the public, you could not do otherwise than to pronounce such statements false.  The peculiar circumstance of the case, in connection with the somewhat ambiguous style which I employed, has led you into an error.  But there was nothing in my card which if properly understood, could have justified the conclusion at which you arrive, and by correcting the erroneous impressions which your card is calculated to produce, you will do no honor to yourself, justice to the public and to the undersigned.  Wishing you every success in the practice of the Hallotype. I am Truly Yours, John Bishop Hall.

                                                                        Reply

Mr. John B. Hall—Dear Sir:  Your conclusion is correct, that the peculiar circumstances of the case, together with the somewhat ambiguous language which you employed. did lead me to misunderstand your meaning, and it affords me pleasure to be able to make the correction.  A discriminating public will award to you the honor of having invented the most brilliant improvement in the photographic art, and which I am determined to present to the public in all its exquisite perfection and beauty.  Yours truly, J. Gurney, Photographic Artist.  Palace of Art, No. 349 Broadway, Feb. 26, 1857.

We, the undersigned, copartners in the disposal of the patent rights throughout the United States and Europe for the new style of portraiture called Hallotypes, would inform Photographic artists and amateurs that we are now ready to dispose of said rights to suit purchasers.

John Bishop Hall, J. Gurney.

All business letters to be addressed to Gurney’s Palace of Art, No. 340 Broadway, corner of Leonard street, New York.

1857 February 27.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 27, 1857, Whole No. 7485, P. 8.

Hallotypes.  Letters Patent Granted January 20, 1857.  A large collection of this new and beautiful style of portraiture is now on exhibition at J. Gurney’s well known photographic palace of art, No. 349 Broadway, N. Y.

The public are respectfully invited to call and judge for themselves of the superiority of these pictures over other styles; and although executed by the camera, they combine the truthfulness of the finest photographs, with the beauty and finish of the most delicate miniature in ivory.  To quote the expression of our celebrated miniature painters, “The stereoscopic effect is wonderful; our occupation is gone; these pictures surpass in every respect, our best endeavors.”  J. Gurney is now prepared to execute said pictures for the public.  Gallery open from 8 A. M. till 6 P. M.  J. Gurney, Photographic Artist, No. 349 Broadway, cor. Leonard st., N. Y.  N. B.—No connection with any other establishment.

1857 March 10.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  March 10, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4957, P. 7.

Hallotypes.  J. B. Hall, the inventor and patentee of the Hallotypes, would respectfully inform the public that his Gallery of Pictures in the above style is at the Photographic establishment of Mr. Fredericks, No. 585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel, and he has no connection with any other establishment in this city.

Advertisement ran on March 10 & 13, 1857.

1857 March 11.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 11, 1857, Whole No. 7497, P. 5.

Hallotypes.—J. B. Hall, the inventor and patentee of the hallotypes, would respectfully inform the public that his Gallery of pictures in the above style is at the photographic establishment of Mr. Fredericks, No. 585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel, and he has no connection with any other establishment in this city.

Advertisement ran on March 11 & 14, 1857.

1857 March 19.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  March 19, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4965, P. 7.

John Bishop Hall’s Gallery Of Hallotypes, At Fredericks’s Temple Of Art, No. 585 Broadway, Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

1857 March 21.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 21, 1857, Whole No. 7507, P. 5.

John Bishop Hall’s Gallery of Hallotypes.  At Frederick’s Temple of Art, No. 586 Broadway, Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

Advertisement ran on March 21, 25, 28; April 1, 1857.

1857 March 26.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  March 26, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4971, P. 7.

John Bishop Hall’s Gallery Of Hallotypes, At Fredericks’s Temple Of Art, No. 585 Broadway, Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

Advertisement ran from March 26 to April 2, 1857.

1857 April 3.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 3, 1857, Whole No. 7520, P. 5.

Hallotypes!—$1,000 Reward.—The Undersigned will give the above reward for the first conviction of any person or persons infringing the patent granted by the United States government to John Bishop Hall, of New York city, on the 20th day of January, 1857, for producing pictures known as “hallotypes”  Hall & Gurney.  New York, March 7, 1857.

Advertisement ran From April 3 to 10, 1857.

1857 April 11.  Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.  (New York, New York.)  April 11, 1857, Vol. III, No. 70, P. 15.

Frederick’s Temple of Art—Hallotypes, Photographs, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes.  585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

John Bishop Hall, The Inventor and Patentee of the Hallotype, would respectfully inform the Public that his gallery is at Frederick’s Temple Of Art, 585 Broadway, and that he has no connection with any other establishment.

Haas, Philip

Daguerreotypes, Engravers, Lithographs, Photographs, , , , , , ,

1843-1844       Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C.

1844-1845       561 Broadway, at the Lyceum, New York, New York.

1845-1852       289 Broadway corner of Reade Street, Lafarge Building, New York, New York.

1848                Jarvis Buildings, N.W. corner of Baltimore & North Streets, Baltimore, Maryland.

1852                73 Spring, New York, New York.

1852-1854       371 Broadway, New York, New York.

1855-1856       505 Broadway, New York, New York.

1857                546 Broadway, New York, New York,

1858                132 West 36th-st., New York, New York.

1859                Address Unknown, New York, New York.

N. D.  The New-York Historical Society’s Dictionary Of Artist In America 1864-1860.  (New Haven, Connecticut & London, England.  1957, P. 282.

Haas, P. Lithographer, and publisher of Washington, (D, C.)between 1837 and 1845.  His work included technical prints, portraits and views of Washington and Mt. Vernon.

1843 May 27.  The Daily Madisonian.  (Washington,. D. C.)  May 27, 1843, Vol. II, No. 446, P. 2.

Daguerreotype Likenesses.  Mr. P. Haas, at the eastern end of Pennsylvania avenue, is taking, and has taken, many excellent Daguerreotype likenesses.  Mr. H. also possesses the art of coloring his likenesses, which, we believe, is a new addition to the process.  The faithful and perfect (not counterfeit) presentment of official dignitaries, Senators, M. C.’s, &c., which Mr. H. exhibits at his establishment, will convince the most sceptical [sic.] of his ability to make a genuine copy of the most beautiful as well as the most homely features.  

1843 June 1.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  June 1, 1843, Vol. IX, No. 149, Whole No. 3362, P. 3.

Philadelphia Daguerreotype Establishment.  Exchange Building, Rooms 26 & 27.  The Subscribers, having procured the agency for the sale of Voigtander’s Daguerreotype Apparatus, constructed according to Professor Petzval’s calculation, have on hand a large assortment of these Apparatus, and artists as well as amateurs of their art, wishing to procure a good apparatus, will find it to their advantage to procure instruments of this construction.  They also have lately imported a large quantity of German and French plates, and all the chemicals used in their art, which they warrant in every respect, as they are made to their order.  Polishing substances, and morocco cases, and all necessary materials, are sold on the most reasonable terms.  The following gentlemen have agreed to act as their agents, viz:—

E. White, 175 Broadway, N. Y.

P. Haas, Esq., Washington, D. C.

Dr. A. Caspari, Richmond, Va.

P. Laurens, Esq., Savannah, Ga.

William West, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio. Added to advertisement on (June 22, 1843.)

All communications (post paid) and orders, accompanied with remittance, will be promptly attended to, and should be directed to W. & F. Langenheim, Exchange Building, Phila.

Advertisement ran from June 1 to September 5, 1843.

1843 August 23.  The New York Journal of Commerce.  (New York, New York.)  August 23, 1843, Vol. XXVIII, No. 5830, P. 2.

New Map Of Liberia:—A map of the West Coast of Africa, comprising Guinea and the British possessions at Sierra Leone, on the Gambia, the Gold Coast, the Liberia, together with the countries [within] the [coarsest] of the rivers Senegal, Gambia, and Kowarra, compiled mostly from the map of John Arrowsmith, has been lithographed by P. Haas, of Washington City.  The same sheet contains a separate map of Liberia on an enlarged scale.      

1843 October 17.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  October 17, 1843, Vol. IX, No. 275, Whole No. 3497, P. 3.

Philadelphia Daguerreotype Establishment.  Exchange Building, Rooms 26 & 27.  The Subscribers, has received a large supply of Voigtander’s celebrated Daguerreotype Apparatus, large and small sizes, with achromatic lenses made according to Professor Petzval’s calculation.

Also a new supply of the best plates and chemicals, which he warrants good and sells at reduced prices.

The following gentlemen have agreed to act as their agents, viz:—

E. White, 175 Broadway, N. Y.  P. Haas, Esq., Washington, D. C.  Dr. A. Caspari, Richmond, Va.  S. Broadbent, Esq., for the Southern States.  William West, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio.          

All communications (post paid) and orders, accompanied with remittance, will be promptly attended to, and should be directed to William Langenheim, Exchange Building, Phila.

Advertisement ran from October 17, 1843 to January 26, 1844.

1844 January 21.  The Atlas.  (New York, New York.)  January 21, 1844, Vol. VI, No. 33, Whole No. 285, P. 3.

…By the way, we have one branch of art practiced here, in a way which must surely be perfection.—With you the daguerreotype has taken the place of portrait painting, but here Messrs. Haas & Clarke[1]—the former of some repute, and the latter a gentleman of great skill and attainments from the north—have given a tone to their pictures, a delicacy of coloring, and an exquisite finish, which has never been approached by any other artists.  They are evidently forming a gallery of eminent statesmen and jurists, and gentlemen distinguished in other pursuits, which would be worth a place in the National Gallery of Arts.

1844 February 27.  The Evening Post.  (New York, New York.)  February 27, 1844, Vol. XLII, P. 2.

Correspondence of the Evening Post. Washington, Feb. 25, 1844.

The weather during the past week has been most delightful.  It has been for several days past very much like Indian summer, the same genial air, blue, pleasant but chastened sun beams, and hazy atmosphere.  I am reminded of this latter circumstance, so unusual in the month of February, from having witnessed a somewhat singular effect resulting from it, in the art of taking impressions by the daguerreotype process.  The slight haze visible near the horizon, however cloudless the sky, has a greater influence in rendering the action of the light upon the prepared plate, feeble and ineffectual, than even a cloud which quite obscures the sun.

The vexation which this causes the several gentlemen who are engaged in that business, is the greater, for it is upon these very beautiful days that those whose faces they are most desirous to obtain perfect copies of, are most inclined graciously to afford them the opportunity of so doing.  The success of Mr. Haas, a German artist of this city, in the use of this wonderful discovery and improvement in portrait taking, elicits the admiration of every visitor to Washington.  His apparatus produces, with its natural aid, and under the direction of his acquired skill, the only perfectly true likeness of the human face divine that I have ever seen taken by this process.

There is no blur, no indistinctness of expression, or utter want of expression, as in most of them, the consequence probably of a defect in the instruments for the concentration of the light upon the surface of the plate.  The features are all traced, and the minutest delineation made, with infinitely greater clearness and force than by the most delicate graver.  To any one anxiously desirous of perpetuating his present appearance, countenance, figure, and tailorly embellishments, a journey to Washington and a visit to the premises of Mr. Haas, would be, if not the cheapest, certainly the only completely effectual means of attaining his object.

1844 March 19.  The Whig Standard.  (Washington, D. C.)  March 19, 1844, Vol. I, No. 114, P. 3.

Portrait Of The Late T. W. Gilmer.—We have received from the publisher, P. Haas, a fine lithograph likeness of the late Secretary of the Navy.  It was drawn by A. Gibert, from the daguerreotype by P. Haas, and is pronounced a good likeness of Mr. Gilmer.  Price 50 cents; to be had at the store of the publisher.

1844 March 20.  The Daily National Intelligencer.  (Washington, D. C.)  March 20, 1844, Vol. XXXII, No. 9699, P. 1.

The Late Mr. Gilmer’s Portrait.—Our townsman Mr. P. Haas, has just published an excellent and well executed portrait of the late Secretary of the Navy.  It was drawn by that talented artist. M. Gibert, from the daguerreotype of Mr. P. Haas.  This portrait of Mr. Gilmer is considered by all with whom we have conversed as a faithful likeness.

1844 March 21.  The Daily Madisonian.  (Washington, D. C.)  March 21, 1844, Vol. III, No. 697, P. 2.

Portrait of Gov. Gilmer.—We have been presented with a most accurate lithograph portrait of the lamented Gilmer.

It is published by P. Haas, Lithographer.  Drawn on stone by A. Gibert, from the Daguerreotype by Haas; 50 cents per copy.

1844 August 8.  National Intelligencer.  (Washington, D. C.)  August 8, 1844, Vol. XLV, No. 6496, P. 3.

Miniature Likeness Of Mr. Clay.  In the whole course of our observation of works of art we have never seen a more beautiful thing that the Miniature Daguerreotype of Mr. Clay, recently executed by Mr. P. Haas of this city, of a size to be set in one of the smallest sized breastpins.  The portrait is colored or tinted after nature, and is a very striking likeness.  Set in gold as a breastpin, we are informed that Mr. Haas will have them for sale at his establishment in this city at the low price of $5 each.

1844 August 17.  The Whig Standard.  (Washington, D. C.)  August 17, 1844, Vol. I, No. 243, P. 3.

Haas’s Medallion Likeness Of Henry Clay.  We have had the pleasure of examining a handsome breastpin, got up by Mr. Haas, of our city, containing a small but most accurate daguerreotype likenesses of Henry Clay.  The original picture from which the medallion is taken, was executed by Mr. Hass during Mr. Clay’s late visit to this city, and is as good a specimen of the art as can well be conceived.  No Whig, who can afford it, we feel satisfied, will fail to obtain a memento so valuable.  Mr. H. will take pleasure in exhibiting the original picture and the medallion to those who may desire to examine them.   

1844 December 16.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  December 16, 1844, Vol. X, No. 347, Whole No. 3947, P. 3

Beautiful Christmas And New Year’s Presents.  Photographic Miniatures of James K. Polk, by P. Haas. Set in a neat Gold Breast-pin, to be had at Haas’ Daguerreotype Rooms, 561 Broadway, at the Lyceum, nearly opposite Niblo’s—where the most splendid Daguerreotype Likenesses, of all sizes, as well as family groups are taken at all hours of the day. 

Advertisement ran from December 16, 1844 to January 4, 1845.

1845 January 10.  The Evening Post.  (New York, New York.)  January 10, 1845, Vol. XLIII, P. 2.

The Vice President elect, George M. Dallas, yesterday, accompanied by Mayor R. B. Boyd and Mr. Riell, visited the rooms of Professor Haas, in the Lyceum, 561 Broadway.  On his invitation, the professor executed a daguerreotype portrait of Mr. Dallas. Which for beauty of execution and fidelity of likeness has never been excelled.  Mr. Haas received his instruction in the art from the inventor in Paris, and is in every respect a perfect master of it.

1845 January 15.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 15, 1845, Vol. XI, No. 14, Whole No. 3976, P. 2.

Professor Haas.—We have seen a beautiful specimen of daguerreotype, executed by him at his rooms in New York Lyceum; it is a portrait of Mr. Dallas, the vice president elect, with a view of the capitol at Washington in the distance—as a work of art it is unsurpassed,  It is in the possession of Mr. H. E. Riell; duplicates can be obtained by application to the professor at his rooms 561 Broadway.      

1845 February 26.  True Sun.  (New York, New York.)  February 26, No. 605, P. 2.

We are indebted to Col. W. H. Maxwell for a Congressional document of no little value.—It is a statement of expenses charged to the contingent fund of the House of Representatives.  It is a rich exhibit of the economy of the “true, faithful, honest, and high minded friends of the people” in Congress.  We shall give the details of this account as we can find room.  Meantime the following is part of the summary.

Amount paid W. J. Stone for maps,   $3, 270.78.

P. Haas for do,                                    $3,789.50…

1845 February 27.  New York Journal of Commerce.  (New York, New York.)  February 27, Vol. XXXII, No. 6299, P. 3.

The amendment was put up and lost.  The resolution then coming up was adopted.  The singular part of the amendment, was that portion of it which confined the Clerk to Mr. Haas,—a German, I believe, who has never been naturalized,—to give him the job at some price.  If it would have passed, it would probably have put $10,000 dollars into Mr. Haas’ pocket! 

We believe, from past developments, it has been made to appear that this same Mr. Haas, by collision with some parties about the Capitol. Has made a large  sum of money.  He for a time, had a kind of “carte blanche,” to charge what he pleased.

It was in vain the most skillful and experienced American engraver and lithographer became applicants for work.  Jobs they would gladly have done at one half to one fourth the price, were denied, all were either thrown into the hands of Haas, or Mr. Stone, an English engraver.  It is supposed Haas had strong friends in high quarters, who had some interest in the direction things took.  Although this tergiversation has been publicly condemned, we again find a proposition put forth to-day, to give him probably $10,000 more!!

1845 October 16.  New York Commercial Advertiser.  (New York, New York.)  October 16, 1845, Vol. XLVIII, P. 2.

Fair Of The American Institute.  Ninth Day…

Of Daguerreotypes there is an endless variety.  One of the finest that we ever saw is the panoramic view of Niagara Falls, taken from the Clinton house, Canada side.  The very spray from the tumbling waters appears to be rising before you, and any one who has ever visited the falls will recognize the scenery at a glance.  This picture is the work of Mr. Langenheim of Philadelphia.  There are also some finely marked portraits and a view near the City Hall credited to Langenheim & Recker, [sic.] the work, we presume, of the same artist.  Plumbe of this city has some excellent portraits.  Among them is a frame containing likenesses of the present members and officers of the Common Council, which any one acquainted with the originals will recognize at once.  How life-like is “Old Hays”; you feel an involuntary inclination to ‘pull off your hat,” the moment it is seen.  The portraits of P. Haas, M. M. Lawrence, M. B. Brady, E. & G. H. Morand, and very finely finished.  In fact all or nearly all exhibited are pictures which furnish abundant evidence of the still continued improvement in the art.  The other exhibitors, so far as we could ascertain them through the crowd that always surrounds this portion of the exhibition, are Mr. Shankland, T. S. Walsh, Perry, Brothers & Co., J. P. Weston, A. F. Thompson, J. T. Tracy, S. Hart, Meade& Brothers, G. R. Spellman, and Walker & Garritt, (of Albany.)

1845 October 25.  New York Commercial Advertiser.  (New York, New York.)  October 25, 1845, Vol. XLVIII, P. 2.

Fair Of The American Institute The eighteenth annual Fair of the American Institute…

Silver Medals…

M. B. Brady and P. Haas, for best Daguerreotypes.  Silver Medal; each.

1845 October 27.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  October 27, 1845, Vol. XI, No. 276, Whole No. 4158, P. 3.

First Premium Daguerreotypes.  P. Haas, Daguerrean Artist, 289 Broadway, corner of Reade Street, Lafarge Building.

Mr. H. has received the Medal at the late Fair of the American Institute, for Pictures executed by himself, and not purchased nor done by hired operators; the public, therefore, can at all times depend upon obtaining the same style of Portraits, from the smallest to the largest sizes, which cannot be surpassed for beauty or accuracy.

Instruction given in the Art on reasonable terms.                             

Advertisement ran from October 27 to December 14, 1845.

1845 November 1.  New York Weekly Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  November 1, 1845, Vol. V, No. 8, Whole No. 216, P. 4.

Gen. Tallmadge Address at the close of the Fair…

So of the wonderful improvements in Daguerreotyping; a few years since, and we knew no more about it than the man in the moon; and now Messrs. Haas, Plumbe, Anthony & Edwards, Gavitt, Brady, &c. have far surpassed all French daguerreotypes.

1845 November 15.  Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics.  (Portsmouth, New

Hampshire.)  November 15, 1845, Vol. LVI, No. 46, P. 1.

Domestic Industry.  Almost every person among us who is acquainted with the industry of our country on a large scale, is in favor of continuing the operation of those laws which give it encouragement; and under which it is generally prosperous.  A perusal of the following extracts from the recent speech of Mr. Tallmadge at New-York, will astonish many who know but little of the magnitude or the variety of our manufactures

Gen. Tallmadge’s Address At The Close Of The Fair Of The Institute At New York…

So of the wonderful improvement in Daguerreotyping; a few years since we knew no more about it than the man in the moon; and now Messrs. Haas, Plumbe, Anthony & Edwards, Gavitt, Brady, &c. have far surpassed all French Daguerreotypes…

1846 October 16.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  October 16, 1846, Vol. VI, No. 163, Whole No. 1718, P. 2.

Haas, in the Lafarge Building, corner of Broadway and Reade st. produces a softness of shading, a depth of expression and a perfectness of finish in his Daguerreotypes which render them true works of art, rather than mere shadows caught by the hair and transfixed upon the plate.  He has also so thoroughly studied the art of coloring as to impart to his pictures all the exquisitely blended effects of a miniature united with all that truthfulness and identity of likeness for which the heart, bowing before the ivory semblance of dear features, yearns in vain.

1847 February 10.  New York Morning Express.  (New York, New York.)  February 10, 1847, Vol. II, P. 1.

Herr Alexander, so well known as a gentleman, in private, as well as most amusing performer, in his way, is now in this city.  He has accepted a most flattering invitation from the commander of a United States man-of-war, (the Scourge) to be his guest to Havana.  Mr. Davignon has just finished a capital likeness of Alexander from a daguerreotype of Haas, a copy of   which we have seen.

1847 February 14.  The Atlas.  (New York, New York.)  February 14, 1847, Vol. IX, No. 37, Whole No. 445, P. 2.

in literary circles.—One day during the week, we received a speaking likeness, by Davignon, fro a daguerreotype of Haas, of Herr Alexander, the prince of the magic; together with an intimation that he was about accompanying the commander of the Scourage, [sic.] an American armed vessel, on a trip to Havana, the Secretary of the Navy…

1847 March 3.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 3, 1847, Vol. XIII, No. 61, Whole No. 4658, P. 2L.

Nagel has published a beautiful lithographic portrait of Sig. Beneventano, of the Italian opera, drawn on stone by F. Davignon, from a Daguerreotype by Haas.—The likeness is perfect, and the execution admirable.

1847 March 6.  Merchants’ Ledger.  (New York, New York.)  March 6, 1847, Vol. 1, No. 1,  P. 10.

First Premium Daguerreotypes.  P. Haas, Daguerrian Artist, 289 Broadway, 289 Corner of Reade Street—Lafarge Building.

1847 March 21.  The Atlas.  (New York, New York.)  March 21, 1847, Vol. IX, No. 42, Whole No. 450, P. 2.

Our Portrait.—We gave this week a portrait of the fascinating Barili, the new prima donna of the Opera.  The portrait is drawn by an eminent artist in this city, from a capital daguerreotype likeness taken by Haas, of Broadway.  It will be more readily recognized by those who have seen the charming singer in private than only on stage.  It is therefore the more life-like.

1848 April 16.  The Atlas.  (New York, New York.)  April 16, 1848, Vol. X, No. 46, Whole No. 505, P. 3.

Card.—Philip Haas, Daguerrian Artist, 289 Broadway, cor. of Reade street.

Advertisement was recorded three times between April 16 to 30, 1848.

1848 August 9.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  August 9, 1848, No. 5178, P. 3.

To Daguerreotypist.—I Would Caution Operators in this city, and throughout the country, against a man who peddles a chemical purporting to be the same as I use in producing pictures.  It is a false imitation; an abortive attempt at copying; the work of a country boy who was formerly in my employ, but never as an operator.  The genuine chemical is only to be had at my establishment, 289 Broadway.  I suffer no one to peddle it. 

1848 October 4.  Baltimore Patriot And Commercial Gazette.  (Baltimore, Maryland.)  October 4, 1848, Vol. 72, No. 75, Whole No. 10,941, P. 2.

Haas’ Celebrated New York and Philadelphia Daguerreotypes.  The Understand takes pleasure in informing the Ladies and Gentlemen of Baltimore that he has recently arrived in this city and taken Rooms in Jarvis’ Buildings, north-west corner of Baltimore and North sts., entrance 1st door in North street, 2nd floor.

Mr. Haas’ Daguerreotypes are well known throughout the country, they are of the best order and taken with all the late improvements of the art and entirely on a new principle.  Ladies and Gentlemen are invited to visit the rooms, whether they wish pictures or not, their visits will always be welcome.

Gentlemen Residences, Churches and all other buildings correctly taken.

Deceased and sick persons at their residences taken.

Portraits, Landscapes and Drawings of all description also copied.

Persons who are in possession of pictures badly taken by other operators, the undersigned is willing (for accommodation sake) to exchange them for superior ones taken by his new process embracing all the improvements of the art for a moderate price.

Mr. Haas will guarantee good pictures as they will all be taken by himself.

Advertisement ran from October 4 to December 13, 1848.

1848 November 5.  The Atlas.  (New York, New York.)  November 5, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 23, Whole No. 534, P. 2.

…The portraits are all from daguerreotypes—that of Mr. Anderson, by Plumbe; that of Mr. Hart, by Haas; and that of Mr. Arcularius, by Gurney, 189 Broadway—and were all engraved by Mr. Roberts, “in haste.”  When Roberts has time, he can’t be beat, in cutting heads; but, when he has to cut four, in three days, we cannot expect perfection.

1848 November 12.  The Atlas.  (New York, New York.)  November 12, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 24, Whole No. 535, P. 2.

On the outside page of our paper to-day, will be found a portrait of Mr. S. Cornelius Bogardus, the naval officer of the port of New York, and who was translated to that office by Mr. President Polk, some six weeks since, on the death of Mr. Michael Hoffman.  The portrait, which is an admirable one, is from a daguerreotype of Hass, and was engraved by Roberts…

1848 November 29.  Baltimore Patriot And Commercial Gazette.  (Baltimore, Maryland.)  November 29, 1848, Vol. 121, No. 75, Whole No. 10,9768 [sic.], P. 2.

We have received from Mr. Haas, Jarvis Building, agent for their sale in Baltimore, an engraving of Gen. Taylor.  It is printed and published by Michelin, N. York, and for a colored plate, is among the best issued.  The General is in undress uniform, put on with Characteristic neglige; and as to the likeness, faithful or not as it may, those strongly marked features, with their determined cast, are not to be mistaken, distinguishing in any guise or garb “the noblest Roman of them all.”

1849 April 12.   The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 12, 1849, Whole No. 5424, P. 2.

Haas Daguerreotypes.—Among the most wonderful specimens of this branch of art, we do not think that any others may be compared with the admirable daguerreotypes made by Mr. Haas, the famed artist, who dwells in Lafarge Building.  This gentleman may be considered as the Raphael of his profession, and the portraits which are issued from his studio are the ne ultra plus of discovery and chemistry.  We have visited the gallery of M. Haas, which contains, the most curious collection of portraits, not only of the celebrated men of this country, but also of the prettiest ladies who grace the parlors and the streets of New York.  On this subject we may add, that, by a particular process M. Haas has discovered the means to make visible not only the lines of the face, but also the loveliness and beauty of the ladies, as well as the colors of the skin.  A daguerreotype of M. Haas is as fine as a beautiful painting or the French painters, Ingres, Court, or Winterhalter.

1850 November 20.   The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  November 20, 1850, Whole No. 6006, P. 2.

…We have already advised this interesting class of our city visitors where the best bonnets, shoes, shawls, dry goods, and dancing masters are to be had; and if they should desire a daguerreotype to send home in the new fashions, we should say that Haas, one of the most experienced in the art on Broadway, or Brady, who has a fine collection, would do it in style….

1852 May 11.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  May 11, 1852, Vol. XII, No. 3452, P. 3.

Removal.—Haas’s Daguerreotypes from 289 to 371 Broadway, Between White and Franklin-sts., where he respectfully invites his friends and customers to give him a call.

1852 October 13.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  October 13, 1852, Whole No. 7286, P. 4.

371 Broadway.—Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Daguerreotypes, in a superior stype, at Haas’ Daguerrean gallery, 371 Broadway; also, his new and much admired style of vignette Daguerreotypes, which are considered the most artistical specimens of the art.

Advertisement ran on October 13, 17 & 27.

1852 November 12.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  November 12, 1852, Whole No. 7316, P. 4.

Vox Populi Gold Medal.—Haas’ Daguerreotypes, 371 Broadway, have received the gold medal vox populi, the greatest proof of their superiority.  Stereoscopic pictures are done in this establishment to great perfection. As well as Haas’ new and original vignette daguerreotypes.

1853 February 21.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 21, 1853, Whole No. 7366, P. 5.

A Droll Illustration of the Difficulties of the English language occurred to an artist friend of ours a day or two since.  A French gentleman inquired of him:”Sare, you shall tell a me who has se best daguerre in se Broadway.”  “Well,” said our friend, “I should say Haas.”  “Yes sair, is what I ask a you, who has?”  “Why Haas has the”—“Dable! Is what I ask a-you; who has?”  “I tell you Mr. Haas has, of 371 Broadway.”  “O, ah! Now I comprehend.  Mr. Haas, (nom proper) has, ah! By gar is a [noner] beauty of se English language.  Ah! Ah!  I am fort oblige, I shall go immediatement.”  By the way, a notice of Mr. Haas, contained in a letter to Humphrey’s Journal, dated London, December 30th, speaking of Mr. Kilburn’s colored daguerreotypes, says:  “With the single exception of Mr. Haas, of your city, I do not remember of ever seeing any thing bearing even an approximation to competition in this department on the western side of the Atlantic.”

1853 August 19.  Semi-Weekly Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  August 19, 1853. Vol. VIII, No. 859. P. 1.

The Exhibition At The Crystal Palace.  XVI.  American Art—Daguerreotypes.  If there be any one department in the whole building which is peculiarly American, and in which the country shines prominent, it is in that of Daguerreotypes, which are exhibited below stairs; and the collection, which is an extensive one, is made up of contributions from almost every section of the Union where the art is practiced.  In contrasting the specimens of art which are taken herewith those taken in European countries, the excellence of American pictures is evident, which is [to] be accounted for by several reasons.  In the first place, American skies are freer from fogs and clouds—from bituminous coal not being much used, the atmosphere of our cities is free from smoke, at least upon the Atlantic coasts.  Then the chemicals and processes are, generally speaking, of a more sensitive character, and the apparatus is more convenient and suitable than that of Europe.  Our little inventions come into play and aid in saving time and developing a good picture, and last, though perhaps not least our people are readier in picking up processes and acquiring the mastery of the art than our trans-Atlantic rivals.  Not that we understand the science better, but the detail of the work is acquired in a shorter time by us, while the enormous practice which our operators enjoy combines to render the daguerreotype art a necessary adjunct to the comfort of life.  Does a child start on the journey of existence and leave his “father’s hall” forthwith the little image is produced to keep his memory green..  Does the daughter accept the new duties of matron, or does the venerated parent descend into the grave; what means so ready to revive their recollection?  Does the lover or the husband go to Australia or California, and not exchange with the beloved one the image of what afforded so much delight to gaze upon?  The readiness with which a likeness may be obtained, the truthfulness of the image and the smallness of cost, render it the current pledge of friendship, and the immense number of operators who are supported by the art in this country shows how widely the love of sun-pictures is diffused.  Several thousand industrious artists and artisans are occupied in the preparation of very pure chemicals, as bromine, iodine, gold salts, hyperphosphate of soda.  Another class prepare silvered plates, cases, buffs, gilding, cut glass, and a hundred little addenda.  Then the manufacture of cameras and the grinding of good lenses is an important branch of the business; for without a camera having good lenses the best operator would fail to produce an image which would be distinct or saleable; and even with a good Voigtlander or Harrison camera, it requires great skill to focus the image; for, strange as it may appear, the point where a good view of the sitter is obtained is not the point best adapted for bringing out a good picture.  In other words the focus of vision and the focus of chemical action are not the same, and hence when we have the one we lose the other.  This is owing to the fact that it is not the rays of color on the solar spectrum which produce the image, but a different set of rays, viz: those of chemical action; and since this is the case, we submit the opinion that it is not possible to obtain a daguerreotype in its natural colors, as Mr. Hill and others have been trying to delude our operators into believing, and leading themselves and others by the [iguis fatuus] of plates tortured into iridescent colors by chemical oxidation.  But we are getting discursive upon this beautiful art, which was intended to subserve many other useful purposes than that of portrait painting.

Everybody known how difficult it is to keep silver from tarnishing, and that the action of the light is to destroy all preparations of silver.  Some of these are more readily acted on by light than others—are more sensitive, as it is termed.  Such are the iodide, bromide, and chloride of silver.  These salts cannot be kept exposed to the light for any reason, even a very short time, without undergoing some change; and when a plate of silver has a thin layer of iodine and bromine on its surface; and is placed in a camera, as soon as the screen is raised the image of the sitter falls on the plate.  The silver plate is acted on unequally, producing the effects of light and shade when brought out, as it is termed, by exposure to the vapor of quicksilver.  It is then fixed or prevented from undergoing further change, by washing it with a solution of gold.

To produce a daguerreotype picture there are five operations necessary.  The first is cleaning the plate.  This is the stumbling block of most operators.  They are not cleanly enough.  Several views in this Exhibition show that the plates were not well enough cleaned.  Never was a maxim more true than the old one, that “cleanliness is a virtue”—when it has reference to daguerreotyping.  The second the second is the foundation of the sensitive iodide of silver over the surface of the plate.  The third is the adjusting the plate in the camera obscura, for the purpose of receiving the impression.  The fourth is the bringing out the photographic picture, which is invisible when the plate is taken from the camera.  The fifth, and last, is to remove the excess of sensitive coating, and thus prevent that susceptibility to change under luminous influence which would otherwise exist and ultimately effect the picture.  The second operation is that which gives tone and warmth to the picture, and when performed by skillful hands makes a daguerreotype a beautiful piece of art.  The clearness and distinctness of the image is produced by the third process when carefully conducted, and the whole picture should be distinct over the whole plate.  These remarks will serve to illustrate the subjoined notes upon the collections in the Exhibition.

Mr. Lawrence exhibited a case in which softness of tone and distinctness of image are united with artistic arrangement.  The latter quality is specially noticeable in “The Three Ages.”  The mechanical execution of these pictures is unexcelled.  These pictures of Mr. L. were exhibited in London.  Mr. Brady’s collection is not very large, but there are a few very good pictures exhibited by him.  In Gurney’s collection the coloring of the background has a fine effect; there are some very well executed portraits, among which is one of Mr. Forrest, worth notice as a work of art: taken as a Whole there is less softness and more distinctness in this collection than in that of Lawrence.  The picture of Ware and his sister is an instance of a picture well developed when the chemical action extends to the margin of the plate.  D. Clark, New Brunswick, N. J., has four pictures of merit; and Van Schneidan a small collection of well-selected heads.  J. Brown has a collection of portraits of Commodore Perry and the officers of the squadron for the Japan Expedition, in half-size plates: the interest of this collection is much marred by the names of the officers not being attached underneath the plate; it is not too late to rectify this omission.  Haas has a whole-plate allegorical figure of a family man reading the paper at home—an excellent idea and well executed.  Besides this, he has a couple of other pictures, though on the whole his show is mediocre.  In the cases of Harrison & Hill there is displayed excellent artistic arrangement with very indifferent mechanical execution.  In the mammoth plates occupied by allegorical designs, the back-ground is wretchedly brought out—the plates were not properly cleaned, and are full of scratches; there are a few half and whole-sized pictures set in gaudy frames.

Webster, of Louisville, KY., has twenty-three pictures possessing clearness.  They have, however, been exposed a little too much in the camera; they lack warmth, but are otherwise well developed and exhibit good mechanical execution.  Alex Hesler has a collection of whole plates handsomely executed, possessing a nice arrangement of of the drapery, which has the effect of throwing the head out in good relief.  There is artistic arrangement in this collection, especially evinced in the picture “Driving a “Trade,” one of a series illustrating character and passion.  The panoramic view of Galena, Ill. Shows that city to advantage; and the three views of the Falls of St. Anthony possess great merit.  Mr. North, of Cleveland, O., has a case of pretty fail likenesses, perhaps exhibiting the lights too strongly.  Bisbee, of Dayton, O. exhibits a panoramic view of Cincinnati from Newport, upon six large plates.  This view is, without exception, the finest thing in the whole room; we might even go further, and say that it is the finest view by the Daguerreian process ever exhibited.  The mechanical execution is excellent, the perspective good, and the development unsurpassed.  The effect of the smoke over the southern part of the city is very finely given.  the distinctness of the letter signs, three-quarters of a mile distance and across the Ohio river, is well brought out.  The rest of the collection is fair, possessing no peculiar merit.  Williamson exhibits a poor collection.  Dobyn, Richardson & Co. have several whole size well-executed specimens, in which the mechanical part, the artistic arrangement and the chemical effect is good.  The “Cupid Reposing” is a very ungraceful picture of an ill-formed child, and the coloring is bad.  That of the Bateman Children, in character, is a good picture.  There are some exceedingly well executed heads in this collection.

Long, of St. Louis, has four frames of 180 heads of Wyman’s School, in that city, with the edifice and Principal; they possess no merit.  A likeness of Prof. Mitchell, Cincinnati, is well executed.  Some of the pictures in this collection are inverted with papier mache frames inlaid with mother of-pearl and tinsel.  As this style of frame appears in a few other collections we may as well here express dissent to the use of this material as being too gaudy and wholly unsuitable for daguerreotype plates. These latter are difficult to be viewed except in one light, and from the brightness of their surface, are much set off by deadened color on the frames, while the glare and iridescence of the papier mache add to the difficulty of discerning the picture; the use of such implies bad taste in the artist.  We felt this opinion growing upon us as we looked at them and found our view corroborated by a boarding school miss, who whisked alongside of us and caught by the colors, exclaimed, “Oh my! aint those “frames beautiful?”  Fitzgibbon has the richest exposition in the Fair—The most expensive frames with a large and passable collection.  The mammoth plate of Judge Colt is very good—That of Jenny Lind the best in the exhibition—those of McAllister, Julia Dean, Kate Hays, and Kossuth, are good pictures.  His collection of Indian Warriors, is a very fine one, which we understand is to be forwarded to the Ethnological Society of London, to have copies and busts made from them.  Masury & Silsbee, Boston exhibited twelve pretty and tasteful plates, with good arrangement and well finished.  The collections of Kilsey, Beals, and Howe do not require notice.  Whitehurst has a few good pictures in a large and passable collection; he has ten pictures illustrating the Falls of Niagara, which are very well executed.  Some of his large heads have their features out of all proportion.  Whipple of Boston, has a collection of photographic pictures, which he calls Crystallotypes, taken from Hyalotypes; there is a plate of the moon daguerreotyped, and one of the spots on the sun.  McDonnell & Co., Buffalo, have a very poor collection—so poor as not to deserve a place in the exhibition; the views of Niagara are fair.   Hawkins exhibits photographs on paper.  Drummond, eight plates of the order of Free masons in their lodge dress.  Fitzgibbon (already noticed) exhibits a very interesting case, which is a frame of electrotype copies from daguerreotype plates, very beautifully executed.  It should not be over looked upon as a mere curiosity to place a daguerreotype plate in a copper solution and take a copper cast from its surface by means of electricity: the copper cast looks much warmer in tone than the original.  It is to be regretted that Fitzgibbon did not complete this frame by the insertion of a third plate, by taking a second copy from the copper copy.  This would be in relief, like the original silver-plate, and is succeptible of being treated like an engraved plate; yielding, when inked, prints resembling mezzotint.  Besides the above collection of daguerreotypes, there is an assortment of cameras, lenses, stereoscopes and photographic paper, which are of interest to those practicing these beautiful arts.

1854 May 28.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 28, 1854, Whole No. 6486, P. 4.

Paul Julien.—We have received a lithographic portrait of this great artist, drawn upon stone by F. Davignon, from a daguerreotype by P. Haas.  The artists have done their work well, and we have rarely seen a more [objective] and spirited likeness.  As our lady readers are well aware, Master Julien has a fine face  and handsome person in addition to his wonderful talent.  In consequence, we have no doubt that all his admirers will possess themselves of this “counterfeit presentment.”  Our copy is endorsed “Souvenir de haute effect offert a M. James Gordon, par Paul Julien.”  New York, May 27, 1854.

1855 March 14.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 14, 1855, Whole No. 6774, P. 6.

The Late William Poole.—The Late William Poole.—The Best Daguerreotype or photograph of Wm. Poole can be procured at Haas’s new daguerrean gallery, 505 Broadway, next door to the St. Nicholas Hotel.

1855 March 15.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 15, 1855, Whole No. 6775, P. 4.

William Poole’s Portrait, executed in artistic style, can be found in the Police Gazette, now ready.  It is taken from a large daguerreotype, for which he sat a few days prior to receiving his death wound.

1855 December 8.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  December 8, 1855, Whole No. 7041, P. 6.

Hass’ Photographs, Ambrotypes And Daguerreotypes, with all the latest improvements, 505 Broadway, one door below the St. Nicholas Hotel.

1855 December 19.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  December 19, 1855, Whole No. 7052, P. 4.

P. Hass, 505 Broadway.—Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and photographs in the latest style.

Advertisement ran on December 19 & 21, 1855.

1855 December 27.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  December 27, 1855, Whole No. 7060, P. 4.

Hass’ Photographs, Ambrotypes and Daguerreotypes, with the latest improvements, 505 Broadway, one door below the St. Nicholas Hotel.

Advertisement ran from December 27 to 29, 1855.

1856 January 1.  Photographic and fine Arts Journal.  (New York, New York.)  January 1, 1856, Vol. IX, No. 1, P. 19.

In an article entitled the Photographic Galleries of America.  Number One, New York. The author visited 69 Galleries in New York City.

Haas—The photographs by this artist are in the first style of the art, as is I believe all that he undertakes. Most of them general in being portraits.

1858 February 12.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  February 12, 1858, Vol. XVII, No. 5246, P. 1.

Photographic Visits—A Specialty.—Mr. P. Haas devotes special attention to Photographic and Daguerrian Portraits of the old, the sick, the infirm or dead, and is prepared to take such portraits upon the shortest notice, at the subjects residence in New-York or vicinity.  he will also devote particular attention to the copying of old Daguerreotypes to any desired size.  His long established artistic reputation continues a guaranty for the correctness and excellence of his pictures.  Orders received and promptly attended to at Wm. Hall & Son’s, No. 239 Broadway; S. M. Peyser, No. 487 Broadway; Sidney Kopman, Clinton Place Hotel, and at Mr. Haas’s residence, No. 132 West 39th-st.

Advertisement ran from February 12 to March 3, 1858.

1870 June 11.  Alexandria Gazette.  (Alexandria, Virginia.)  June 11, 1870, Vol. LXXI, No. 139, P. 3.

Mr. David Haas, an old and respected citizen of this place, came to this country from Hamburg in 1841, and went immediately to his brother in Washington, Philip Haas, who was a lithographer there, and subsequently removed to New York.  David Haas settled in Alexandria in 1853, and as since carried on his business in a daguerrean gallery, and was successful as an artist.  In 1857 he was called to Hamburg at the death of his mother, and returned to this country in August or September, 1857, brining with him from Hamburg his sisters’ children—a nephew named Joseph Hertz and a niece Bertha Hertz—[father’s] name Philip Joseph Hertz.  He has not heard anything of them since, and would be glad of ascertaining their whereabouts; also of his brother and brother’s Children.  Philip Haas, who lived in Washington, afterwards went to New York; New York; has five children—four daughters and one son; Berta, Mathilda, Annette and America Haas, and a son Leonard Hass.  It is added to this card by a friend that David Haas suffered much loss by the war, and is now in infirm health, and deserves the sympathy and kindness of our citizens as well as of his relations.

1871 September 12.  Alexandria Gazette.  (Alexandria, Virginia.)  September 12, 1871, Vol. LXXII, No. 216, P. 2.

Philip Haas, who died a few days ago in Chicago, was the first man who took a successful picture with a camera in this city.  On his arrival in this country from Amsterdam, where he was born, he was appointed lithographer for the United States Government, and was allowed a room in the Capitol, in which to experiment with a camera.  He subsequently removed to New York city.

[Was he not an uncle or near relative of the late Mr. Haas, a very worthy and respectable citizen of this place, and who was him self an artist in the same line?]

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

1844.  Not listed.

1845.  daguerreotype—289 Broadway, h-23 Mercer.

1846.  daguerreotype—289 Broadway, h-44 Hudson.

1847.  daguerreotype—289 Broadway, h-40 Hudson.

1848.  daguerreotype—289 Broadway, h-20 West Broadway Place.

1849.  daguerreotype—289 Broadway, h-Broadway, n. 21st.

1850.  daguerreotype—289 Broadway, h-914 Broadway.

1851.  daguerreotype—289 Broadway, h-73 Spring.

1852.  daguerreotype—73 Spring, h-43 Spring.

1853.  daguerreotype—371 Broadway, h-89 W. 26th.

1854.  daguerreotypes—371 Broadway, h-13 Prince.

1855.  daguerrean—505 Broadway, h-13 Prince.

1856.  daguerreotypes—505 Broadway, h-13 Prince.

1857.  daguerreotypes—546 Broadway, h-132 W. 36th.

1858.  Not Listed.

1859.  daguerrean—h-364 Eighth Ave.

1860.  Not Listed.

1861.  Not Listed.

1861-1863.  Nineteenth Century Photography An Annotated Bibliography 1830-1879.

By William S. Johnson, 1990.  (Boston, Massachusetts.) P. 278.

…When the Civil War broke out Hass enlisted in Company A, 1st. N. Y. Engineers, where he was promoted to lieutenant.  His company spent part of 1863 among the forces involved in the blockade of the Confederacy.  Haas, with a partner Peale, photographed the activities of these troops patrolling the string of islands off the coast of South Carolina.

[1] James R. Clark variant spelling

Grant, A. G.

Ambrotypes, Photographs, , , ,

1857                483 Broadway, New York, New York.

1857.  New York City Directory.  (New York, New York.)  1857-1858, advertisement N. P.

Grant & Alcooke’s Improved Skylight Gallery, Photographic and Ambrotype Emporium, On the First Floor, No. 483 Broadway, Adjoining Wallack’s Theatre, New York.

Colored or Plain, Single Or Double, Dense Or Transparent, done instantaneously, and without fail.  Daguerreotypes Renovated and Copied in every style, at the shortest possible notice, and at a moderate price.

1857 May 7.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 7, 1857, Whole No. 7554, P. 7.

Grant & Alcooke’s First Class Ambrotypes and photographs, 483 Broadway, next door to Wallack’s theatre, first floor.

1857 May 8.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 8, 1857, Whole No. 7555, P. 7.

Grant & Alcooke’s Improved Light, First floor, 483 Broadway.—Photographs colored or plain vitae portraits and ambrotypes, stereoscopic, [transparent] or plain.

1857 May 21.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  May 21, 1857, Whole No. 7568, P. 5.

Unequalled are the Ambrotypes and Photographs taken at Grant & Alcooke’s improved light, first floor, 483 Broadway, adjoining Wallack’s theatre.

Advertisement ran on May 21 & 22, 1857.

1857 September 9.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  September 9, 1857, Whole No. 7678, P. 5.

Ambrotypes, Photographs and Vitae Portraits at Grant & Alcooke’s, first floor, 483 Broadway, are all the rage.

1857 December 2.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  December 2, 1857, Whole No. 7762, P. 6.

Ambrotypes and Photographs, Cheap and perfect, taken at Grant & Alcooke’s, 483 Broadway, adjoining Wallack’s theatre.

1858 January 3.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 3, 1858, Whole No. 7793, P. 5.

Ambrotypes, Heliographs, Melainotypes, photographs and oil portraits, taken at Grant & Alcooke’s gallery, 483 Broadway, every day, until their departure for Europe.

1858 January 6.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 6, 1858, Whole No. 7796, P. 5.

Ambrotypes, Heliographs, Photographs and oil portraits, taken at Grant & Alcooke’s gallery, 483 Broadway, daily until their departure for Europe.

1858 January 7.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 7, 1858, Whole No. 7797, P. 5.

Ambrotypes, Niellographs, Photographs and oil portraits, taken at Grant & Alcooke’s, 483 Broadway, daily, until their departure for Europe.

1858 February 19.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 19, 1858, Whole No. 7840, P. 5.

To Photographic Artists.—For Sale, after March 1st., Grant & Alcooke’s improved Gallery, first floor, 483 Broadway,

1858 March 5.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 5, 1858, Whole No. 7854, P. 5.

To Photographers.—For Sale, the Beautiful gallery 483 Broadway, now doing a large business, as Messrs. Grant & Alcooke’s are about leaving for Europe.

1858 April 15.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 15, 1858, Whole No. 7895, P. 7.

Grant & Alcooke’s Ambrotypes and Photographs, Niellographs, ton send in letters.  First floor, 483 Broadway.

1858 April 26.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 26, 1858, Whole No. 7906, P. 5.

Niellographs, Niellographs, Niellographs.  Ambrotypes and Photographs by Grant & Alcooke, 483 Broadway.  Last week in America.

Glosser, Henry

Daguerreotypes, Photographs, , ,

1858                363 Broadway, New York, New York.

1858                765 Broadway, New York, New York.

1859                Address Unknown, New York, New York.[1]

1857 December 19.  Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.  (New York, New York.)  December 19, 1857, Vol. V, No. 107, P. 11.

Masonic Celebration…

List of the officers of St. John’s Lodge No. 1, for 1857…H. Glosser, Church Steward…

1858 June 17.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  June 17, 1858, Vol. XVIII, No. 5353, P. 6.

Diaphaneotypes, Photographs and Daguerreotypes made at Glosser’s Gallery (late. Booth’s[2]), (sic.) No. 765 Broadway, between 8th and 9th-sts.  Daguerreotypes copied and enlarged.

Advertisement ran from June 17 to 19, 1858.

[1] New York City Directory 1859/1860.

[2] Samuel Root

Gerrish, Horatio N.

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1853                Street’s Building, 155 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut.

1854                243 Grand, New York, New York.

1855                144 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut.

1853 June 28.  Morning Journal and Courier.  (New Haven, Connecticut.)  June 28, 1853, Vol. VIII, No. 151, P. 2.

A Card.  I hope the gentleman who wrote poetry on those splendid Views, will be careful the next time and not make a mistake as to the place at which he saw them.  H. N. Gerrish.

Executor of Views, Houses, Landscapes, &c.  Office, Street’s Building, 155 Chapel st. next door below Skinner & Sperry’s.

Advertisement ran on June 28 & 29, 1853.

1854.  New York City Directory.  (New York, New York.) 1854/1855, Published by John Fowler Trow.

Daguerreian 243 Grand, h-108 Bowery.[1]

1855 January 15.  Columbian Register.  (New Haven, Connecticut.)  January 15, 1855, Vol. X, P. 2.

Jackass For Sale!  Will be sold at public auction, on the 31st day of February next, precisely at 12 o’clock, a bill due H. N. Gerrish, for sundry articles, against an individual  know as H. J. Rodgers.  Said bill against said Rodgers will be sold to the highest bidder, from the spout of the Town Pump, on said day, and previous notice of the sale will be given by Booth’s crier, who will pass through the streets braying like a Jackass.  No cash is expected of the bidder of said bill, until the time said Rogers pays all bills.  And as the day of judgement by law will be a busy day with him, it is not expected that he will pay said bill until the day after.  The public are invited to call and see said bill at Gerrish and Jones Daguerreotype Gallery, 144 Chapel st. next door below Gerrish’s old stand.

1855 January 16.  Columbian Register.  (New Haven, Connecticut.)  January 16, 1855, Vol. X, P. 2.

We noticed considerable in circulation in our city concerning Mr. Hopper’s instantaneous process for Daguerreotyping Children, which process consists of nothing more than in applying a little sweet oil to the plate previous to the chemical process—as this process was first introduced into this city by Mr. Gerrish who showed Mr. H. the process, not thinking it a secret worth keeping, as pictures cannot stand taken this way, as the oil on the plate, mingled with the coating, will soon cause it to corrode.  But he has another process, by which Daguerreotypes can be taken as instantaneous, with better finish and durability—which process he is now ready to practice, at his new establishment, 144 Chapel st. next door below his old stand.  Take notice—Mothers wishing good and durable Daguerreotypes of their little children, will do well to call and examine daguerreotypes taken by this process, previous to procuring them elsewhere.  Perfect satisfaction will be given, or no charge, at Gerrish & Jones’ Daguerrean Gallery, 144 Chapel st.  formerly occupied by W. A. Judson.

Advertisement was recorded nineteen times between January 16 to February 15, 1855.

[1] Not listed in the 1853 or 1855 city directories.