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Early Photography
1839 |
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The year 1839 is generally regarded
as the year that photography, as we know it, commenced. There had
been some earlier experiments, but problems with long exposure times and
difficulties in fixing the image. But it was in 1839 that both
Daguerre and Talbot announced their discoveries.
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Daguerre's
discovery
The Daguerreotype
7 January 1839 |
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre’s discovery
of his Daguerreotype photographic process was announced in The Literary
Gazette and in La Gazette de France on 7 January 1839.
The public announcement giving
details of the Daguerreotype process was not made until 19 August 1839
i.e. after the French
Government had bought the rights to the process, and the process had been
patented in England and Wales. |
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Talbot' discovery
Photogenic Drawing
25
January 1839 |
William Henry Fox
Talbot displayed the results of his negative/positive process to the Royal
Institution in London on 25
January 1839.
He then presented a Paper
to the Royal Society on 31 January 1839, describing his process as
“photogenic drawing” |
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Royal Scottish
Society of Arts
Lectures +
Exhibits
27 Mar 1839
and
13 April 1839 |
On 27 Mar 1839 and 10 April
1839, Andrew Fyfe gave accounts of his experiments in photogenic drawing
to
The Royal Scottish Society of Arts ('The Society for the Encouragement
of the Useful Arts) at their meetings in Edinburgh.
He gave details of his
methods and showed specimens, commenting on the relevance to lithography |
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Materials for Sale
Photogenic Drawing
© 13 April
1839 |
The first advertisement
I have found in the Edinburgh press for photographic materials being
offered for sale was on 13 April 1839
T & H Smith, chemists, offered materials
and instructions for photogenic drawing. |
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Royal Scottish
Society of Arts
Communications +
Public Lecture
©
17 Apr 1839 |
On 27 Mar 1839 and 10 April
1839, Andrew Fyfe gave accounts of his experiments in photogenic drawing
to
The Royal Scottish Society of Arts ('The Society for the Encouragement
of the Useful Arts) at their meetings in Edinburgh.
He gave details of his
methods and showed specimens, commenting on the relevance to lithography |
