Hugh Welch Diamond
The Photographic Album for the Year 1857, Being Contributions from the Members of The Photographic Club

The Photographic Album for the Year 1857, Being Contributions from the Members of The Photographic Club

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The Photographic Album for the Year 1857, Being Contributions from the Members of The Photographic Club
ArtistBritish, 1809–1886
ArtistBritish, born France, 1823–1901
ArtistBritish, 1817–1886
ArtistBritish, active 1850s
ArtistBritish, active 1850s
ArtistIrish, 1826–1905
ArtistBritish, active 1850s
ArtistEnglish, 1818–1895
ArtistBritish, 1809–1889
ArtistBritish, 1830–1880
ArtistEnglish, 1820–1889
ArtistBritish, d. 1874
ArtistEnglish, 1819–1869
ArtistBritish, 1827–1882
ArtistBritish, 1809–1862
ArtistBritish, active 1850s
ArtistBritish, active 1850s
ArtistBritish, active 1850s–1860s
ArtistWelsh, 1810–1882
ArtistBritish, 1821–1871
ArtistBritish, 1813–1901
ArtistBritish, 1809–1879
ArtistBritish, 1809–1865
ArtistBritish, 1819–1874
ArtistBritish, 1826–1889
ArtistBritish, active 1850s
ArtistBritish, active 1850s
ArtistBritish, 1835–1890
ArtistIrish, active 1850s
ArtistBritish, 1814–1867
ArtistBritish, 1830–1886
ArtistBritish, born Sweden, 1813–1875
ArtistBritish, 1802–1880s
ArtistBritish, 1830–1901
ArtistBritish, born 1805
ArtistBritish, active 1850s
ArtistBritish, 1815–1894
ArtistBritish, active 1850s
ArtistEnglish, 1815–1894
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Photographic Album for the Year 1857, Being Contributions from the Members of The Photographic Club
Date1857
MediumBook of albumen silver prints and salted paper prints
DimensionsOverall: 17 7/8 × 12 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (45.4 × 31.7 × 5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.168.1-.39
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

In 1857 each member of the Photographic Exchange Club submitted 50 prints of a single image. These were then collated and bound with accompanying text and technical data and distributed to each of the contributing members. The resulting album is a perfect encapsulation of the state of photography at that moment and the wide variety of processes then in use.


Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, November 17, 2021, Lot 146]; [purchased by Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography Ltd, Brighton, England, November 17, 2021]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.

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