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Title:

Richard Willats's album.

Compiler:

Willats, Richard.

Photographer:

Bingham, Robert J.

Photographer:

Brodie.

Photographer:

Buckle, Samuel.

Photographer:

Cocke, Archibald Lewis.

Photographer:

Croucher, J. H. (John H.)

Photographer:

Cundall, Joseph, 1818-1895.

Photographer:

Field, Robert.

Photographer:

Henry, Charles.

Photographer:

Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871.

Photographer:

Horne, Thornewaite &; Wood.

Photographer:

Johnstone, John.

Photographer:

Negretti, Henry.

Photographer:

Nicholson.

Photographer:

Redman, T. S.

Photographer:

Sherrington, J.

Photographer:

Simpson, G. Wharton (George Wharton), 1824-1880.

Photographer:

Sutton, Thomas, 1818-1875.

Photographer:

Warner, W. Harding.

Photographer:

Woodbury, Walter B. (Walter Bentley), 1834-1885.

Publication / Origin:

ca. 1839 – 1888.

Abstract:

An album compiled from about 1845 onwards by Richard Willats, a manufacturer and dealer in photographic supplies, located at 98 Cheapside and Ironmonger Lane, London. It contains over 300 of the earliest paper photographs ever created, along with a selection of autographs from authors, authors, and politicians.

Size:

1 album.

Medium / Genre:

Photograph albums.

Photographic prints.

Photogenic drawings (photographs).

Contents:

Verso of front cover: one photograph. Brown pen inscription: Richard Willats / 98 Cheapside & 28 Ironmonger Lane. Center: Photogenic drawing of a branch of leaves . Inscription in pen: photogenic paper / printed by R. Willats / June 1840. Dealers’ label: 95.. Dealers’ pencil inscription: $150-. Book plate: from the Graphic Arts Collection for the Princeton University Library.Leaf 1A: four photographs. Top: Photogenic drawing of three branches of leaves. Bottom left: Photogenic drawing of lace. Bottom middle: Photogenic drawing of lace. Bottom right: Photogenic drawing of leaf. Inscription: by T. Redman / Chess?nut Peckham / 1839 / photogenic drawings.Leaf 1: three photographs. Top: Photogenic drawing of leaf. Bottom left: Photogenic drawing of a branch of leaves. Bottom right: Photogenic drawing of a branch of leaves (positive). Inscription: : Energiatype / by John Croucher.Leaf 2: eight photographs. Top left: Group portrait, three women, two men. Top right: Portrait of man and woman at desk. Inscription: Jersey. Center left: Portrait of a woman (servant?) carrying jug on her head. Center middle: Portrait of man and woman. Center right: Portrait of woman. Bottom left: Portrait of man with turban. Bottom middle: Architectural view. Bottom right: Marble sculpture . Inscription: Cambridge.Leaf 3: Three photographs. Bottom left: Portrait of man. Bottom middle: Portrait of woman with basket of ?carrots. Bottom right: Portrait of woman with rifle?. Inscription: Jersey / Camera Portraits on Paper by Mr. Brodie.Leaf 4: nine photographs. Top left: Portrait of woman. Inscription: Jersey. Top middle: Group portrait, two men, two women. Top right: City street scene. Inscription: Paris. Center left: Architectural view. Center middle: House. Center right: Architectural view. Bottom left: Portrait of man and woman. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom middle: Portrait of woman praying in front of open book. Bottom right: Portrait of two woman standing and man lying down, beside rock cliff.Leaf 5: nine photographs. Top left: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair. Top middle: Portrait of a woman sitting at a table. Top right: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair. Center left: Portrait of a woman sitting by basket of ?fish, she is cutting something in her other hand . Center middle: Portrait of a woman in a uniform. Inscription: Jersey. Center right: Portrait of a man with a book. Inscription: Thos. Landsen Esq. / taken in Jersey / by Mr. Brodie. Bottom left: Portrait of a man standing by ladder. Inscription: London / Mr. Archibald Cock[e]. Bottom middle: Four men playing cards. Bottom right: Portrait of a man in ?Scottish uniform.Verso of leaf 5: one photograph. Center: Stone cottage. Inscribed at top: Devonshire / Calotype Paper Process. Inscribed at bottom: Query Achibald [] L. / Taken by Mr. A. Cocke and Regent Circus Piccadilly / 32 Horoland Street Fibrisoy ? Square.Leaf 6: ten photographs. Top left: Photogenic drawing of a feather. Top middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Energiatype / Croucher. Top right: Photogenic drawing of a small flower. Inscription: paper negative. Top right below: Harbor scene (copy of a print?). Center left: Portrait of a woman sitting with a book. Center right: Portrait of a woman sitting. Right middle: Portrait of a woman. Bottom left: Portrait of a woman profile. Bottom middle: Houses along a street. Inscription: Calotype Cambridge / Mr. A. Cock[e]. Bottom right top: too faded, ?face. Bottom right below: too faded, ?face.Leaf 7: five photographs. Top left: Church. Inscription: Cambridge church / by Mr. A. Cock[e]. Top right: Architectural view. Inscription: Mr. Archibald Cocke - Cambridge. Center right: Architectural view. Bottom left: Four men playing cards, one standing. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom right: Architectural view, looking over roofs.Leaf 8: six photographs. Top left: House on city street. Top right: Three women, one with guitar, one with book. Center left: Portrait of a man in uniform with rifle. Inscription: Mr. Brodie, Jersey. Center right: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Bottom left: Landscape with bridge. Inscription: Dover cliffs & railway. Bottom right: Sailors on deck of boat.Leaf 9: five photographs. Top left: Lace around positive of butterfly. Top right: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Center left: Photogenic drawings of a feather. Bottom left: Two people below series of arches. Inscription: Paper Process / Energiatype / Croucher. Bottom right: Architectural view.Leaf 10: six photographs. Top middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge / Mr. A. Cocke. Center left: Architectural view. Center middle: Architectural view, looking over roofs. Center right: Architectural view. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom left: Architectural view. Bottom right: Portrait of a woman with baskets of vegetables and fruits.Leaf 11: six photographs. Top middle: Portrait of a woman standing outside with water jug. Center left: Two men sitting. Inscription: -Brodie Esq. / Jersey. Center middle: Portrait of a woman praying in front of an open book. Center right: Portrait of a woman in uniform. Bottom middle: Portrait of a man in plaid suit. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom right: Portrait of two boys (clerical uniform?). Inscription: Portraits from paper negatives / Chas. Henry Esq. / Royal Mint & Trinity Square.Leaf 12: three photographs. Top: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Center: Group portrait, three men, one woman, at a table. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom: Landscape with fence. Inscription: Hampstead.Leaf 13: two photographs. Top: City Street. Inscription: Quadrant Regent Street / 1847 / Mr. Cundall . Bottom: Landscape, cliff with houses. Inscription: Dover / by Mr. A. Cock[e].Leaf 14: six photographs. Top: Portrait of a woman reclining. Center left: Portrait of a woman. Center middle: Landscape. Inscription: Hammersmith. Center right: Portrait of a woman with jug. Bottom left: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair (African?). Bottom right: Portrait of a woman standing with a book.Leaf 15: five photographs. Top left: Church. Inscription: Cambridge church / Calotype Mr. A. Cock[e]. Top right: Portrait of a woman with a book. Center right: Landscape with architecture. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom left: Architectural view. Bottom right: Portrait of a man in uniform? sitting in a chair.Leaf 16: five photographs. Top left: Portrait of a woman. Top right: Portrait of a woman. Center middle: Portrait of man in cape and hat. Inscription: Jersey / Brodie Esq.. Bottom left: Portrait of a man with plaid suit. Bottom right: Portrait of a woman (servant?) with a jug on her head.Leaf 17: four photographs. Top left: Cityscape. Inscription: Jersey. Top right: Cityscape, view across rooftops. Inscription: Dover. Bottom left: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Bottom right: Architectural view. Inscription: Dover.Leaf 18: six photographs. Top left: Portrait of a standing woman. Top right: Three men sitting with glasses and wine. Center left: Landscape with architecture. Inscription: Hampstead North. Center middle: Close up of fence. Bottom left: Portrait of a man with apron sitting in chair. Bottom right: Two men playing chess. Inscription: Jersey.Leaf 19: three photographs. Top left: Portrait of a man standing by table and chair with book (drapery behind, outside?). Inscription: Brodie Esq. / Jersey. Top right: Women by fence holding jug. Bottom center: Landscape with house and fence. Inscription: Calotype / Hampstead / by Mr. A. Cocke.Leaf 20: nine photographs. Top left: image gone, completely grey. Inscription: Catalissotype. Top middle: Portrait of a man sitting on bench with his head down (sleeping). Inscription: Mr. A. Cocke. Top right: Portrait of a woman sitting in a chair. Inscription: Field Birmingham. Center left: Portrait of a woman sitting by a table. Center middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Center right: Portrait of a woman sitting outside. Bottom left: Portrait of a man. Inscription: Brodie Esq.. Bottom middle: Church. Inscription: Cambridge / church. Bottom right: Cupid statue.Leaf 21: three photographs (fourth has been cut out). Top: Architectural view, seen from a roof. Inscription: Jersey . Center left (cut out). Inscription: modification of / Cyanotype. Center right: Photogenic drawing of a leaf. Inscription: Experiment / Calotype by – Brodie Esq. Jersey / tinted by R. Willats . Bottom: Architectural view, see from a roof. Inscription: Jersey.Leaf 22: six photographs. Top left: Portrait of a woman praying in front of open book . Top right: Portrait of a man sitting at table writing. Center left; Architectural view. Center right: Group portrait, four men. Inscription: Calotype - Brodie Esq. . Bottom left: Portrait of a man with shawl. Inscription: Brodie Esq. / Jersey. Bottom right: Portrait of a woman with basket.Leaf 23: two photographs. Top: Cityscape of London, along a riverfront (St. Peter’s? in the distance). Inscription: Mr. Cundall / from Blackfriar’s Bridge / 1844 London . Bottom: Architectural view. Inscription: Rotterdam / Mr. Sherrington.Leaf 24: three photographs. Top: City Street. Inscription: Dover . Bottom left: Portrait of two women sitting with baskets of fruits and vegetables. Inscription: Calotype / Brodie / Jersey. Bottom right: Portrait of a man sitting on a chair outside, watering can.Leaf 25: all photographs have been removed. Caption left: Scotch Fishwives / by Sir W. Allen.Leaf 26: nine photographs. Top left: Architectural view (Rotterdam Cathedral). Top center: Portrait of a woman seated. Top right: City Street. Inscription: Rotterdam. Center left: Portrait of a man with plaid vest. Inscription: Sherrington Esq. / Rotterdam. Center middle: Portrait of a man with a violin. Center right; Portrait of a woman with purse. Inscription: Mrs. Sherrington. Bottom left: City Street. Inscription: Street in Rotterdam. Bottom middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Rotterdam Cathedral / taken by / Sherrington. Bottom right: Portrait of a man in uniform seated.Leaf 27: two photographs. Top: Architectural view. Inscription: Napoleon residence. Bottom: Architectural view (tomb?). Inscription: Rotterdam.Leaf 28: all photographs removed. Inscription: Query Cambridge. Inscription: Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Leaf 29: all photographs removed. Inscription: Sir Wm. Allen / late President of the Royal Scotch Academy.Leaf 30: two photographs. Top: Architectural view. Inscription: Rotterdam workhouse. Bottom: house by a river. Inscription: Rotterdam.Leaf 31: one photograph (one removed). Top: Factory by a river. Inscription: Old Lime Kiln / ?View on the Regents Canal / Nr Hackney Road / from the bridge / taken by R. Bingham / Coloured by R. Willats / about 1848. [Torn out]. Inscription: Mr. Sherrington / Rotterdam / The Docks.Leaf 32: three photographs. Top left: Portrait of a woman sitting on a chair outside. Top right: Cityscape taken from a roof. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom: Architectural view (negative). Inscription: Calotype / negative / Mr. A. Cock[e].Leaf 33: one photograph (one removed). [removed]. Inscription: Rotterdam. Bottom: Cityscape by river. Inscription: Paris.Leaf 34: three photographs. Left: Cityscape. Inscription: Rotterdam . Top right: Home in the country. Bottom right: Factory by the river. Inscription: Old Lime Kiln / on land / Nr. Hackney / R. Bingham.Verso of Leaf 34: one photograph . Cityscape by river.Leaf 35: two photographs. Top: Portrait of four men outside, three playing cards, wheel barrel. Bottom: Portrait of four men at shop doorway. Inscription: Calotype / Nr. Windsor / by Mr. A. Cocke / and Mr. Golls / London.Leaf 36: one photograph. Cityscape from a roof. Inscription: Query Pont Neaure [sic] / Paris / from Albumen on Glass.Leaf 37: one photograph. Cityscape in ruins. Inscription: Ruins / of Theatre / after a Fire Rotterdam / Mr. Sherrington / Paper Negative.Leaf 38: two photographs. Top: Country architecture. Inscription: Goring Church / Nr. Reading / Mr. Nicholson / Paper. Bottom: Mill by a river. Inscription: Water Mill Nr. Dorking / By R. Bingham / on Paper.Leaf 39: all photographs removed. Inscription: Rotterdam / Mr. Sherrington / Paper.Leaf 40: two photographs. Top: Portrait of two women sitting outside by a table that holds large marble sculpture. Inscription: Portraits from life / by Mr. John Johnstone / Birmingham / by his modification of / Calotype Process on Paper. Bottom: Steamboat at river dock. Inscription: Rotterdam / Mr. Sherrington / Paper.Leaf 41: six photographs. Top left: Copy of an engraving of two dogs . Top right: Copy of an engraving of a dog. Center: Copy of an engraving of nymphs. Bottom left: Copy of a portrait engraving . Bottom middle: Copy of a portrait engraving. Bottom right: Copy of a portrait engraving. Inscription: /copies of Engravings / By Mr. S. Buckle / Paper Process / Peterborough .Leaf 42: one photograph. Landscape with house and women (copy of an engraving?). Inscription in photograph: Cyanotype. Inscription: By Sir John Herschel. In pencil: 1842-43? .Verso of Leaf 42: one photograph. Landscape with reflecting pond and architecture. Inscription: Poitvan’s [Poitevin’s] – Albumen Process on Glass – Luxemburg – Paris / The first photograph taken from a Negative on Glass / Exhibited by T. & R. Willats opticians 98 Cheapside London. Leaf 43: two photographs. Top: Cityscape along river with a boat. Bottom: Cityscape along river with a boat. Inscription: Rotterdam / By Mr. Sherrington / Paper.Leaf 44: four photographs. Top: Portrait of four men at architectural worksite, two carving stone, two sitting. Inscription: Masons at Durham Cathedral . Center left: Portrait of a man standing outside at easel. Inscription: Artist / Nr. Newcastle . Center right: Portrait of a man at a distance chopping wood outside farm. Inscription: Nr. Leicester . Bottom: Architectural view. Inscription: Rochester Castle / Paper.Leaf 45: all photographs have been removed or torn out. Inscription: Energiatype / Mr. John Croucher.Leaf 46: one photograph. Portrait of a man sitting on the front steps to a Cathedral. Inscription: Peterborough Cathedral / By Mr. S. Buckle / Peterborough / from Paper Negative / Calotype.Verso of leaf 46: one photograph. Interior of cathedral. Caption glued onto page: Interior of Roslyn Chapel. Inscription: The Apprentice’s Columns / Scotland. This photograph is later, albumen from glass negative.Leaf 47: five photographs. Top left: Posed scene, two women and one man coming downstairs in their nightclothes to answer the door, man has a rifle. Inscription: The Alarm [initials in negative: V R]. Top center: Copy of a painting?. Inscription: Mr. S. Buckle / Peterborough . Top right: Sculpture of Diana outside the Crystal Palace, London. Inscription: Glass Negative Albumen Process / Diana / Crystal Palace . Center: Mill by a river and bridge. Inscription: By Mr. Nicholson / Taken by / Mr. Nicholson / of Queen Street / Cheapside London / Turner’s / Chafford Paper Mill. Bottom: Copy of painting of hunters with horses and dogs. Inscription: Mr. S. Buckle. . Leaf 48: three photographs. Top: Landscape outside farm. Inscription: Nr. Margate. Center: Seascape with large boat moving in water. Inscription: Margate Harbour. Bottom: Portrait of a man standing by large wagon or cart. Inscription: Taken at Reading / Paper.Leaf 49: three photographs. Top: Seascape with boats at harbor. Center: Landscape with farm yard. Inscription: Nr. Margate. Bottom: Architectural arch. Inscription: Whitby / [words crossed out].Leaf 50: one photograph. City street . Inscription: In Devonshire / By Mr. A. Cocke / Howland St FitzRoy Square.Leaf 51: two photographs, (two cut out). Top: Stain glass window from the interior. Inscription: Winchester West Window / from the interior / by Mr. Nicholson / London / an early interior on paper / if not the first. [torn out]. Inscription: taken by Mr. Brodie / Jersey. Bottom: Three stain glass windows taken from the inside. Inscription: Winchester.Verso of leaf 51: three photographs (torn from recto). Top: Portrait of man. Inscription: Mr. With. Har[ding Warner] / …Coat School Hereford . Center: City street. Inscription: Old House 1665 / Hereford / taken by Warner Esq. / of Ross . Bottom: Train station. Albumen photograph mounted on white paper. Inscription on mount: Weybridge Station / Collodion Mr. Simpson.Leaf 52: five photographs. Top: Portrait of two men inside steam railroad engine . Inscription: G. W. Engine / Mr. Warner. Center: Architectural view. Inscription: The Pulpit / Blackfriars / Hereford / Mr. Warner. Bottom left: Landscape with harbor. Photographer’s Embossed stamp: English Scenery / Warner’s. Inscription: Warner Esq. / Ross, Hereford / Torquay 4 seconds / foggy day / R.W.? Lens. Bottom middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Hotel Hereford. Bottom right: Landscape with river. Caption glued onto page: Pont Aberglaslyn, North Wales.Verso of Leaf 52: three photographs. Top: Portrait of an old man sitting with cane. Inscription: Study by J. Redman. Center: Copy of engraving. Inscription: Permanent Print / by Mr. Thos. Sutton Jersey / October 1855 . Bottom: Copy of a painting?, scene from a play. Caption glued onto page: Nym. Dame Quickly. Bardolph. Pistol.Leaf 53: five photographs. Top: Portrait of a man’s face. Inscription: Vincent Tregar [?] Esq. / killed at Meerut /India / Indian Mutiny 1857 / Government Inspector / of Schools. Center left: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair. Inscription: Mr. Johnstone / Birmingham / Paper Process / Mr. Johnstone / Birmingham. Bottom left: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair leaning on a table. Inscription: Mr. J. Cousins / Dover Road / Mr. J. Cousins London / Schoolmaster of Lastiner [?] . Bottom left: Portrait of a woman sitting. Inscription: Mrs. Cousins . Bottom right: Portrait of a boy standing by table. Inscription: Master Cousins.Verso of Leaf 53: one photograph. Exterior view of the Pantheon. Inscription: Negative / Albumen on glass / The Pantheon Paris .Leaf 54: one photograph (one removed). [removed]. Inscription: M. Gustave Le Gray Paris – 1851 / Inventor of the Wax Paper / Process / 1850. Bottom: Harbor scene (cut in oval). Inscription: Query Guernsey / on Jersey .Verso of Leaf 54: one photograph. View of Hotel de Ville, horses and carriages. Inscription: Hotel de Ville Paris.Leaf 55: two photographs. Top: Vendôme column. Inscription: The Vendome Column – Paris / Destroyed May 16th - 1871 . Bottom: Paris bridge. Inscription: Pont Neuf / Paris / Albumen Process on Glass.Verso of Leaf 55: one photograph. Statue of Minerva Protecting a Warrior by C. Blaeser of Berlin, outside Crystal Palace. Inscription: Crystal Palace Statuary.Leaf 56: one photograph. Wooden bridge over stream.Verso of Leaf 56: one photograph. Forest scene in the wind.Leaf 57: one photograph. Copy of a ?painting. Caption glued onto page: The Saltarella Dance – This Italian dance. . . / costume nei torni di Napoli .Verso of Leaf 57: five photographs. Top left: Archway door. Inscription: Norman arch / Bishops Teynton, Devon. Top right: Interior arch in chapel. Inscription: Saxon arch – Bridston Church. Center: Portrait of a man looking across river at Windsor Castle. Inscription: Windsor Castle from the Thames. Bottom left: Landscape with road cut into rocky mountain. Inscription: Switzerland. Bottom right: Landscape, scenic view from mountain road.Leaf 58: seven photographs. Top left: Interior still life with cupid statue. Top center: (Copy of a painting or posed?), shepherds. Top right: (Copy of a painting or posed?), knight with two women. Center: marble statue, [Diana]. Bottom left: (Copy of a painting or posed?) Orthodox priest seated by table with crucifix, skull, hourglass, books. Bottom middle: Portrait of three men and boy outside, two playing musical instruments. Bottom right: posed old man in armor, sitting by table, reading a book. . Verso of Leaf 58: one photograph. Portrait of a woman sitting by table (cut into oval).Leaf 59: one page from another album laid in, two photographs. Top: Portrait of seven people posed with horses, ready to ride. Bottom: Group portrait of twelve people outside, nine women, three men. . Inserted before leaf 60. Two form letters concerning the exhibition of works in the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851.Leaves 60-73 filled with autographs, cut and glued onto the pages alphabetically.Leaf 74: one photograph. Portrait of Javanese musicians and dancers arranged outside for a performance. Inscription: Albumen & / Collodion Process / by W Woodbury / Java. Caption cut and glued onto the page: An exhibition of considerable interest has opened at the Royal Aquarium, consisting of a Javanese "Gamelon" or orchestra, fourteen male and four female performers. . . . .Verso of Leaf 74: one photograph. Portrait of 78 people posed on lawn for opening ceremony [1865] (photograph is torn). Inscription: Sewage Works / Crossness Pumping Station – Opening Ceremony / The Company [The Crossness Pumping Station was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. It was officially opened by the Prince of Wales in April 1865.].Leaf 75: one photograph. Crossness Pumping Station, exterior view [1865]. Inscription: Crossness Pumping Station / Sewage Outfall / Engine House.Verso of leaf 75: two photographs. Top: Family portrait, man, woman, and girl. Inscription: Mr. Blondin – wife and daughter [Blondin (1824-1897) was a French tight-rope walker and acrobat. In 1861 Blondin first appeared in London, at the Crystal Palace, turning somersaults on stilts on a rope stretched across the central transept]. Caption cut and glued onto page: A challenge to M. Blondin . . . 1861 . . .. Bottom: Interior view of the Crystal Palace . Caption cut and glued onto page: Royal Aquarium. / Blondin / . . .. Inscription on caption: October 1 1888.Leaf 76: one photograph. Interior view of Crystal Palace.Verso of leaf 76: one photograph. Sixteen vignette portraits cut and pasted into two circles, then rephotographed. Inscription: Ministers and others connected with the Baptist Union London.Leaf 77: two photographs. Top: Ornate casket or box. Inscription: Casket containing the Freedom of the City of London / presented to the Prince of Wales. Bottom: Portrait of Sir Jonathan Pollock. Inscription: Lord Chief Baron Pollock [The Rt.. Hon. Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock] .Leaf 78: empty.Leaf 79: one photograph. Close-up detail of capitols of two columns .Verso of leaf 79: one photograph. Seven exposure on one sheet: circular vignette views inside the Crystal Palace.Leaf 80: one photograph. Relief carving of nativity scene.Verso of leaf 80: one photograph. Interior view of chapel arrangement. Inscription: Crystal Palace Sydenham.Leaf 81: one photograph. Cityscape of building in ruins. Inscription: Storm Flood / Bursting the – Fleet Sewer or River Clerkenwell, Destruction of the Underground Railroad Works / N&Z [Negretti & Zambra].Leaf 82: one photograph. Cityscape, Fleet Sewer or River – Clerkenwell / N&Z [Negretti & Zambra].Leaf 83: one photograph. Cityscape, Fleet Sewer or River Clerkenwell / N&Z [Negretti & Zambra].Laid in before leaf 84: two photographs. First photograph: Portrait of Sir Jonathan Pollock [The Rt.. Hon. Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock] . Inscription on verso: Lord Chief Baron Pollock [albumen silver print unmounted]. Second photograph: Architectural view. Inscription on verso: Geudou [?] Hall [albumen silver print unmounted].

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Leaf from Richard Willats's album.

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Verso of front cover: one photograph. Brown pen inscription: Richard Willats / 98 Cheapside & 28 Ironmonger Lane. Center: Photogenic drawing of a branch of leaves . Inscription in pen: photogenic paper / printed by R. Willats / June 1840. Dealers’ label: 95.. Dealers’ pencil inscription: $150-. Book plate: from the Graphic Arts Collection for the Princeton University Library.

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Leaf from Richard Willats's album.

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Verso of front cover: one photograph. Brown pen inscription: Richard Willats / 98 Cheapside & 28 Ironmonger Lane. Center: Photogenic drawing of a branch of leaves . Inscription in pen: photogenic paper / printed by R. Willats / June 1840. Dealers’ label: 95.. Dealers’ pencil inscription: $150-. Book plate: from the Graphic Arts Collection for the Princeton University Library.

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Leaf 1A: four photographs. Top: Photogenic drawing of three branches of leaves. Bottom left: Photogenic drawing of lace. Bottom middle: Photogenic drawing of lace. Bottom right: Photogenic drawing of leaf. Inscription: by T. Redman / Chess?nut Peckham / 1839 / photogenic drawings.

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Leaf 1: three photographs. Top: Photogenic drawing of leaf. Bottom left: Photogenic drawing of a branch of leaves. Bottom right: Photogenic drawing of a branch of leaves (positive). Inscription: : Energiatype / by John Croucher.

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Leaf 2: eight photographs. Top left: Group portrait, three women, two men. Top right: Portrait of man and woman at desk. Inscription: Jersey. Center left: Portrait of a woman (servant?) carrying jug on her head. Center middle: Portrait of man and woman. Center right: Portrait of woman. Bottom left: Portrait of man with turban. Bottom middle: Architectural view. Bottom right: Marble sculpture . Inscription: Cambridge.

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Leaf 3: Three photographs. Bottom left: Portrait of man. Bottom middle: Portrait of woman with basket of ?carrots. Bottom right: Portrait of woman with rifle?. Inscription: Jersey / Camera Portraits on Paper by Mr. Brodie.

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Verso of leaf 5: one photograph. Center: Stone cottage. Inscribed at top: Devonshire / Calotype Paper Process. Inscribed at bottom: Query Achibald [] L. / Taken by Mr. A. Cocke and Regent Circus Piccadilly / 32 Horoland Street Fibrisoy ? Square.

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Leaf 4: nine photographs. Top left: Portrait of woman. Inscription: Jersey. Top middle: Group portrait, two men, two women. Top right: City street scene. Inscription: Paris. Center left: Architectural view. Center middle: House. Center right: Architectural view. Bottom left: Portrait of man and woman. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom middle: Portrait of woman praying in front of open book. Bottom right: Portrait of two woman standing and man lying down, beside rock cliff.

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Leaf 5: nine photographs. Top left: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair. Top middle: Portrait of a woman sitting at a table. Top right: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair. Center left: Portrait of a woman sitting by basket of ?fish, she is cutting something in her other hand . Center middle: Portrait of a woman in a uniform. Inscription: Jersey. Center right: Portrait of a man with a book. Inscription: Thos. Landsen Esq. / taken in Jersey / by Mr. Brodie. Bottom left: Portrait of a man standing by ladder. Inscription: London / Mr. Archibald Cock[e]. Bottom middle: Four men playing cards. Bottom right: Portrait of a man in ?Scottish uniform.

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Leaf 6: ten photographs. Top left: Photogenic drawing of a feather. Top middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Energiatype / Croucher. Top right: Photogenic drawing of a small flower. Inscription: paper negative. Top right below: Harbor scene (copy of a print?). Right middle: Portrait of a woman. Center left: Portrait of a woman sitting with a book. Center right: Portrait of a woman sitting. Bottom left: Portrait of a woman profile. Bottom middle: Houses along a street. Inscription: Calotype Cambridge / Mr. A. Cock[e]. Bottom right top: too faded, ?face. Bottom right below: too faded, ?face.

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Leaf 7: five photographs. Top left: Church. Inscription: Cambridge church / by Mr. A. Cock[e]. Top right: Architectural view. Inscription: Mr. Archibald Cocke - Cambridge. Center right: Architectural view. Bottom left: Four men playing cards, one standing. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom right: Architectural view, looking over roofs.

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Leaf 8: six photographs. Top left: House on city street. Top right: Three women, one with guitar, one with book. Center left: Portrait of a man in uniform with rifle. Inscription: Mr. Brodie, Jersey. Center right: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Bottom left: Landscape with bridge. Inscription: Dover cliffs & railway. Bottom right: Sailors on deck of boat.

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Leaf 9: five photographs. Top left: Lace around positive of butterfly. Top right: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Center left: Photogenic drawings of a feather. Bottom left: Two people below series of arches. Inscription: Paper Process / Energiatype / Croucher. Bottom right: Architectural view.Leaf 1: three photographs. Top: Photogenic drawing of leaf. Bottom left: Photogenic drawing of a branch of leaves. Bottom right: Photogenic drawing of a branch of leaves (positive). Inscription: : Energiatype / by John Croucher.

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Leaf 10: six photographs. Top middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge / Mr. A. Cocke. Center left: Architectural view. Center middle: Architectural view, looking over roofs. Center right: Architectural view. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom left: Architectural view. Bottom right: Portrait of a woman with baskets of vegetables and fruits.

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Leaf 11: six photographs. Top middle: Portrait of a woman standing outside with water jug. Center left: Two men sitting. Inscription: -Brodie Esq. / Jersey. Center middle: Portrait of a woman praying in front of an open book. Center right: Portrait of a woman in uniform. Bottom middle: Portrait of a man in plaid suit. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom right: Portrait of two boys (clerical uniform?). Inscription: Portraits from paper negatives / Chas. Henry Esq. / Royal Mint & Trinity Square.

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Leaf 12: three photographs. Top: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Center: Group portrait, three men, one woman, at a table. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom: Landscape with fence. Inscription: Hampstead.

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Leaf 13: two photographs. Top: City Street. Inscription: Quadrant Regent Street / 1847 / Mr. Cundall . Bottom: Landscape, cliff with houses. Inscription: Dover / by Mr. A. Cock[e].

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Leaf 14: six photographs. Top: Portrait of a woman reclining. Center left: Portrait of a woman. Center middle: Landscape. Inscription: Hammersmith. Center right: Portrait of a woman with jug. Bottom left: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair (African?). Bottom right: Portrait of a woman standing with a book.

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Leaf 15: five photographs. Top left: Church. Inscription: Cambridge church / Calotype Mr. A. Cock[e]. Top right: Portrait of a woman with a book. Center right: Landscape with architecture. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom left: Architectural view. Bottom right: Portrait of a man in uniform? sitting in a chair.

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Leaf 16: five photographs. Top left: Portrait of a woman. Top right: Portrait of a woman. Center middle: Portrait of man in cape and hat. Inscription: Jersey / Brodie Esq.. Bottom left: Portrait of a man with plaid suit. Bottom right: Portrait of a woman (servant?) with a jug on her head.

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Leaf 17: four photographs. Top left: Cityscape. Inscription: Jersey. Top right: Cityscape, view across rooftops. Inscription: Dover. Bottom left: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Bottom right: Architectural view. Inscription: Dover.

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Leaf 18: six photographs. Top left: Portrait of a standing woman. Top right: Three men sitting with glasses and wine. Center left: Landscape with architecture. Inscription: Hampstead North. Center middle: Close up of fence. Bottom left: Portrait of a man with apron sitting in chair. Bottom right: Two men playing chess. Inscription: Jersey.

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Leaf 19: three photographs. Top left: Portrait of a man standing by table and chair with book (drapery behind, outside?). Inscription: Brodie Esq. / Jersey. Top right: Women by fence holding jug. Bottom center: Landscape with house and fence. Inscription: Calotype / Hampstead / by Mr. A. Cocke.

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Leaf 20: nine photographs. Top left: image gone, completely grey. Inscription: Catalissotype. Top middle: Portrait of a man sitting on bench with his head down (sleeping). Inscription: Mr. A. Cocke. Top right: Portrait of a woman sitting in a chair. Inscription: Field Birmingham. Center left: Portrait of a woman sitting by a table. Center middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Cambridge. Center right: Portrait of a woman sitting outside. Bottom left: Portrait of a man. Inscription: Brodie Esq.. Bottom middle: Church. Inscription: Cambridge / church. Bottom right: Cupid statue.

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Leaf 21: three photographs (fourth has been cut out). Top: Architectural view, seen from a roof. Inscription: Jersey . Center left (cut out). Inscription: modification of / Cyanotype. Center right: Photogenic drawing of a leaf. Inscription: Experiment / Calotype by – Brodie Esq. Jersey / tinted by R. Willats . Bottom: Architectural view, see from a roof. Inscription: Jersey.

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Leaf 22: six photographs. Top left: Portrait of a woman praying in front of open book . Top right: Portrait of a man sitting at table writing. Center left; Architectural view. Center right: Group portrait, four men. Inscription: Calotype - Brodie Esq. . Bottom left: Portrait of a man with shawl. Inscription: Brodie Esq. / Jersey. Bottom right: Portrait of a woman with basket.

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Leaf 23: two photographs. Top: Cityscape of London, along a riverfront (St. Peter’s? in the distance). Inscription: Mr. Cundall / from Blackfriar’s Bridge / 1844 London . Bottom: Architectural view. Inscription: Rotterdam / Mr. Sherrington.

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Leaf 24: three photographs. Top: City Street. Inscription: Dover . Bottom left: Portrait of two women sitting with baskets of fruits and vegetables. Inscription: Calotype / Brodie / Jersey. Bottom right: Portrait of a man sitting on a chair outside, watering can.

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Leaf 25: all photographs have been removed. Caption left: Scotch Fishwives / by Sir W. Allen.

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Leaf 26: nine photographs. Top left: Architectural view (Rotterdam Cathedral). Top center: Portrait of a woman seated. Top right: City Street. Inscription: Rotterdam. Center left: Portrait of a man with plaid vest. Inscription: Sherrington Esq. / Rotterdam. Center middle: Portrait of a man with a violin. Center right; Portrait of a woman with purse. Inscription: Mrs. Sherrington. Bottom left: City Street. Inscription: Street in Rotterdam. Bottom middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Rotterdam Cathedral / taken by / Sherrington. Bottom right: Portrait of a man in uniform seated.

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Leaf 27: two photographs. Top: Architectural view. Inscription: Napoleon residence. Bottom: Architectural view (tomb?). Inscription: Rotterdam.

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Leaf 28: all photographs removed. Inscription: Query Cambridge. Inscription: Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.

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Leaf 29: all photographs removed. Inscription: Sir Wm. Allen / late President of the Royal Scotch Academy.

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Leaf 30: two photographs. Top: Architectural view. Inscription: Rotterdam workhouse. Bottom: house by a river. Inscription: Rotterdam.

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Leaf 31: one photograph (one removed). Top: Factory by a river. Inscription: Old Lime Kiln / ?View on the Regents Canal / Nr Hackney Road / from the bridge / taken by R. Bingham / Coloured by R. Willats / about 1848. [Torn out]. Inscription: Mr. Sherrington / Rotterdam / The Docks.

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Leaf 32: three photographs. Top left: Portrait of a woman sitting on a chair outside. Top right: Cityscape taken from a roof. Inscription: Jersey. Bottom: Architectural view (negative). Inscription: Calotype / negative / Mr. A. Cock[e].

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Leaf 33: one photograph (one removed). [removed]. Inscription: Rotterdam. Bottom: Cityscape by river. Inscription: Paris.

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Leaf 34: three photographs. Left: Cityscape. Inscription: Rotterdam . Top right: Home in the country. Bottom right: Factory by the river. Inscription: Old Lime Kiln / on land / Nr. Hackney / R. Bingham.

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Verso of Leaf 34: one photograph . Cityscape by river.

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Leaf 35: two photographs. Top: Portrait of four men outside, three playing cards, wheel barrel. Bottom: Portrait of four men at shop doorway. Inscription: Calotype / Nr. Windsor / by Mr. A. Cocke / and Mr. Golls / London.

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Leaf 36: one photograph. Cityscape from a roof. Inscription: Query Pont Neaure [sic] / Paris / from Albumen on Glass.

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Leaf 37: one photograph. Cityscape in ruins. Inscription: Ruins / of Theatre / after a Fire Rotterdam / Mr. Sherrington / Paper Negative.

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Leaf 38: two photographs. Top: Country architecture. Inscription: Goring Church / Nr. Reading / Mr. Nicholson / Paper. Bottom: Mill by a river. Inscription: Water Mill Nr. Dorking / By R. Bingham / on Paper.

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Leaf 39: all photographs removed. Inscription: Rotterdam / Mr. Sherrington / Paper.

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Leaf 40: two photographs. Top: Portrait of two women sitting outside by a table that holds large marble sculpture. Inscription: Portraits from life / by Mr. John Johnstone / Birmingham / by his modification of / Calotype Process on Paper. Bottom: Steamboat at river dock. Inscription: Rotterdam / Mr. Sherrington / Paper.

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Leaf 41: six photographs. Top left: Copy of an engraving of two dogs . Top right: Copy of an engraving of a dog. Center: Copy of an engraving of nymphs. Bottom left: Copy of a portrait engraving . Bottom middle: Copy of a portrait engraving. Bottom right: Copy of a portrait engraving. Inscription: /copies of Engravings / By Mr. S. Buckle / Paper Process / Peterborough .

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Leaf 42: one photograph. Landscape with house and women (copy of an engraving?). Inscription in photograph: Cyanotype. Inscription: By Sir John Herschel. In pencil: 1842-43? .

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Verso of Leaf 42: one photograph. Landscape with reflecting pond and architecture. Inscription: Poitvan’s [Poitevin’s] – Albumen Process on Glass – Luxemburg – Paris / The first photograph taken from a Negative on Glass / Exhibited by T. & R. Willats opticians 98 Cheapside London.

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Leaf 43: two photographs. Top: Cityscape along river with a boat. Bottom: Cityscape along river with a boat. Inscription: Rotterdam / By Mr. Sherrington / Paper.

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Leaf 44: four photographs. Top: Portrait of four men at architectural worksite, two carving stone, two sitting. Inscription: Masons at Durham Cathedral . Center left: Portrait of a man standing outside at easel. Inscription: Artist / Nr. Newcastle . Center right: Portrait of a man at a distance chopping wood outside farm. Inscription: Nr. Leicester . Bottom: Architectural view. Inscription: Rochester Castle / Paper.

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Leaf 45: all photographs have been removed or torn out. Inscription: Energiatype / Mr. John Croucher.

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Leaf 46: one photograph. Portrait of a man sitting on the front steps to a Cathedral. Inscription: Peterborough Cathedral / By Mr. S. Buckle / Peterborough / from Paper Negative / Calotype.

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Verso of leaf 46: one photograph. Interior of cathedral. Caption glued onto page: Interior of Roslyn Chapel. Inscription: The Apprentice’s Columns / Scotland. This photograph is later, albumen from glass negative.

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Leaf 47: five photographs. Top left: Posed scene, two women and one man coming downstairs in their nightclothes to answer the door, man has a rifle. Inscription: The Alarm [initials in negative: V R]. Top center: Copy of a painting?. Inscription: Mr. S. Buckle / Peterborough . Top right: Sculpture of Diana outside the Crystal Palace, London. Inscription: Glass Negative Albumen Process / Diana / Crystal Palace . Center: Mill by a river and bridge. Inscription: By Mr. Nicholson / Taken by / Mr. Nicholson / of Queen Street / Cheapside London / Turner’s / Chafford Paper Mill. Bottom: Copy of painting of hunters with horses and dogs. Inscription: Mr. S. Buckle. . .

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Leaf 48: three photographs. Top: Landscape outside farm. Inscription: Nr. Margate. Center: Seascape with large boat moving in water. Inscription: Margate Harbour. Bottom: Portrait of a man standing by large wagon or cart. Inscription: Taken at Reading / Paper.

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Leaf 49: three photographs. Top: Seascape with boats at harbor. Center: Landscape with farm yard. Inscription: Nr. Margate. Bottom: Architectural arch. Inscription: Whitby / [words crossed out].

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Leaf 50: one photograph. City street . Inscription: In Devonshire / By Mr. A. Cocke / Howland St FitzRoy Square.

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Leaf 51: two photographs, (two cut out). Top: Stain glass window from the interior. Inscription: Winchester West Window / from the interior / by Mr. Nicholson / London / an early interior on paper / if not the first. [torn out]. Inscription: taken by Mr. Brodie / Jersey. Bottom: Three stain glass windows taken from the inside. Inscription: Winchester.

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Verso of leaf 51: three photographs (torn from recto). Top: Portrait of man. Inscription: Mr. With. Har[ding Warner] / …Coat School Hereford . Center: City street. Inscription: Old House 1665 / Hereford / taken by Warner Esq. / of Ross . Bottom: Train station. Albumen photograph mounted on white paper. Inscription on mount: Weybridge Station / Collodion Mr. Simpson.

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Leaf 52: five photographs. Top: Portrait of two men inside steam railroad engine . Inscription: G. W. Engine / Mr. Warner. Center: Architectural view. Inscription: The Pulpit / Blackfriars / Hereford / Mr. Warner. Bottom left: Landscape with harbor. Photographer’s Embossed stamp: English Scenery / Warner’s. Inscription: Warner Esq. / Ross, Hereford / Torquay 4 seconds / foggy day / R.W.? Lens. Bottom middle: Architectural view. Inscription: Hotel Hereford. Bottom right: Landscape with river. Caption glued onto page: Pont Aberglaslyn, North Wales.

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Verso of Leaf 52: three photographs. Top: Portrait of an old man sitting with cane. Inscription: Study by J. Redman. Center: Copy of engraving. Inscription: Permanent Print / by Mr. Thos. Sutton Jersey / October 1855 . Bottom: Copy of a painting?, scene from a play. Caption glued onto page: Nym. Dame Quickly. Bardolph. Pistol.

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Leaf 53: five photographs. Top: Portrait of a man’s face. Inscription: Vincent Tregar [?] Esq. / killed at Meerut /India / Indian Mutiny 1857 / Government Inspector / of Schools. Center left: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair. Inscription: Mr. Johnstone / Birmingham / Paper Process / Mr. Johnstone / Birmingham. Bottom left: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair leaning on a table. Inscription: Mr. J. Cousins / Dover Road / Mr. J. Cousins London / Schoolmaster of Lastiner [?] . Bottom left: Portrait of a woman sitting. Inscription: Mrs. Cousins . Bottom right: Portrait of a boy standing by table. Inscription: Master Cousins.

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Verso of Leaf 53: one photograph. Exterior view of the Pantheon. Inscription: Negative / Albumen on glass / The Pantheon Paris .

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Leaf 54: one photograph (one removed). [removed]. Inscription: M. Gustave Le Gray Paris – 1851 / Inventor of the Wax Paper / Process / 1850. Bottom: Harbor scene (cut in oval). Inscription: Query Guernsey / on Jersey .

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Images labelled "verso of leaf 54" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Verso of Leaf 54: one photograph. View of Hotel de Ville, horses and carriages. Inscription: Hotel de Ville Paris.

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Images labelled "leaf 55" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 55: two photographs. Top: Vendôme column. Inscription: The Vendome Column – Paris / Destroyed May 16th - 1871 . Bottom: Paris bridge. Inscription: Pont Neuf / Paris / Albumen Process on Glass.

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Verso of Leaf 55: one photograph. Statue of Minerva Protecting a Warrior by C. Blaeser of Berlin, outside Crystal Palace. Inscription: Crystal Palace Statuary.

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Images labelled "leaf 56" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 56: one photograph. Wooden bridge over stream.

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Verso of Leaf 56: one photograph. Forest scene in the wind.

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Images labelled "leaf 57" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 57: one photograph. Copy of a ?painting. Caption glued onto page: The Saltarella Dance – This Italian dance. . . / costume nei torni di Napoli .

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Images labelled "verso of leaf 57" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Verso of Leaf 57: five photographs. Top left: Archway door. Inscription: Norman arch / Bishops Teynton, Devon. Top right: Interior arch in chapel. Inscription: Saxon arch – Bridston Church. Center: Portrait of a man looking across river at Windsor Castle. Inscription: Windsor Castle from the Thames. Bottom left: Landscape with road cut into rocky mountain. Inscription: Switzerland. Bottom right: Landscape, scenic view from mountain road.

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Images labelled "leaf 58" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 58: seven photographs. Top left: Interior still life with cupid statue. Top center: (Copy of a painting or posed?), shepherds. Top right: (Copy of a painting or posed?), knight with two women. Center: marble statue, [Diana]. Bottom left: (Copy of a painting or posed?) Orthodox priest seated by table with crucifix, skull, hourglass, books. Bottom middle: Portrait of three men and boy outside, two playing musical instruments. Bottom right: posed old man in armor, sitting by table, reading a book.

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Verso of Leaf 58: one photograph. Portrait of a woman sitting by table (cut into oval).

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Images labelled "leaf 59" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 59: one page from another album laid in, two photographs. Top: Portrait of seven people posed with horses, ready to ride. Bottom: Group portrait of twelve people outside, nine women, three men. . Inserted before leaf 60. Two form letters concerning the exhibition of works in the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851.

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Images labelled "leaf 60-73" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaves 60-73 filled with autographs, cut and glued onto the pages alphabetically.

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Images labelled "leaf 74" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 74: one photograph. Portrait of Javanese musicians and dancers arranged outside for a performance. Inscription: Albumen & / Collodion Process / by W Woodbury / Java. Caption cut and glued onto the page: An exhibition of considerable interest has opened at the Royal Aquarium, consisting of a Javanese "Gamelon" or orchestra, fourteen male and four female performers. . . . .

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Verso of Leaf 74: one photograph. Portrait of 78 people posed on lawn for opening ceremony [1865] (photograph is torn). Inscription: Sewage Works / Crossness Pumping Station – Opening Ceremony / The Company [The Crossness Pumping Station was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. It was officially opened by the Prince of Wales in April 1865.].

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Images labelled "leaf 75" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 75: one photograph. Crossness Pumping Station, exterior view [1865]. Inscription: Crossness Pumping Station / Sewage Outfall / Engine House.

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Images labelled "verso of leaf 75" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Verso of leaf 75: two photographs. Top: Family portrait, man, woman, and girl. Inscription: Mr. Blondin – wife and daughter [Blondin (1824-1897) was a French tight-rope walker and acrobat. In 1861 Blondin first appeared in London, at the Crystal Palace, turning somersaults on stilts on a rope stretched across the central transept]. Caption cut and glued onto page: A challenge to M. Blondin . . . 1861 . . .. Bottom: Interior view of the Crystal Palace . Caption cut and glued onto page: Royal Aquarium. / Blondin / . . .. Inscription on caption: October 1 1888.

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Images labelled "leaf 76" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 76: one photograph. Interior view of Crystal Palace.

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Images labelled "verso of leaf 76" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Verso of leaf 76: one photograph. Sixteen vignette portraits cut and pasted into two circles, then rephotographed. Inscription: Ministers and others connected with the Baptist Union London.

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Leaf 77: two photographs. Top: Ornate casket or box. Inscription: Casket containing the Freedom of the City of London / presented to the Prince of Wales. Bottom: Portrait of Sir Jonathan Pollock. Inscription: Lord Chief Baron Pollock [The Rt.. Hon. Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock] .

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Images labelled "leaf 79" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 79: one photograph. Close-up detail of capitols of two columns .

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Images labelled "verso of leaf 79" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Verso of leaf 79: one photograph. Seven exposure on one sheet: circular vignette views inside the Crystal Palace.

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Images labelled "leaf 80" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 80: one photograph. Relief carving of nativity scene.

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Verso of leaf 80: one photograph. Interior view of chapel arrangement. Inscription: Crystal Palace Sydenham.

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Images labelled "leaf 81" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 81: one photograph. Cityscape of building in ruins. Inscription: Storm Flood / Bursting the – Fleet Sewer or River Clerkenwell, Destruction of the Underground Railroad Works / N&Z [Negretti & Zambra].

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Images labelled "leaf 82" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 82: one photograph. Cityscape, Fleet Sewer or River – Clerkenwell / N&Z [Negretti & Zambra].

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Images labelled "leaf 83" include an image of the entire page as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the page.

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Leaf 83: one photograph. Cityscape, Fleet Sewer or River Clerkenwell / N&Z [Negretti & Zambra].

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Leaf from Richard Willats's album.

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Images labelled "laid in before leaf 84" include an image of the entire pages as described below, as well as close ups of each image on the pages.

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Laid in before leaf 84: two photographs. First photograph: Portrait of Sir Jonathan Pollock [The Rt.. Hon. Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock] . Inscription on verso: Lord Chief Baron Pollock [albumen silver print unmounted]. Second photograph: Architectural view. Inscription on verso: Geudou [?] Hall [albumen silver print unmounted].