Can we identify a portrait without ever using an argument based on resemblance? That is the challenge posed in this article. In our first episodes we sketched the portrait of a young village photographer on the banks of the Erie Canal, John B. Roberts — the hero, as it were, of our serial — then […]
Étiquette : John B. Roberts
Lost Daguerreotype — Draft – Episode 10: The Photographer and His Notable Patron
The village of Clyde, like many small American towns, had a single photographic studio that saw a succession of operators. Wayne Morrison’s research provides a detailed account of the photographers who worked in Clyde’s Daguerreian Gallery:
Lost Daguerreotype — Draft – Episode 9: The Stop at Clyde
The Village of Clyde, situated on the Clyde River, is part of the Town of Galen in Wayne County, New York. Located on the county’s southern border and west of Syracuse, Clyde had a population of 2,093 in 2010, while the town’s population was 4,290.
Lost Daguerreotype — DRAFT -Episode 10: The Photographer and His Notable Patron
The village of Clyde, like many small American towns, had a single photographic studio that saw a succession of operators. Wayne Morrison’s research provides a detailed account of the photographers who worked in Clyde’s Daguerreian Gallery: