RICHARD BEARD, BEARD & FOARD AND BEARD PATENTEES

Daguerreotype portraits, 1840s-early 50s

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RICHARD BEARD, BEARD & FOARD AND BEARD PATENTEES
Daguerreotype portraits, 1840s-early 50s
Three quarter-plate, four sixth-plate and seven ninth-plate daguerreotypes, seven hand-tinted or with gilt highlights, two in early Wharton gilt-metal cases, the others in plain gilt-metal mounts, four stamped Beard Patentee on mounts, each in folding morocco case (one ninth-plate lacking front cover), six with gilt credit stamp Beard's Photographic Institutions 85 King William Street, 34 Parliament St. and the Royal Polytechnic Institution London and 34 Church Street Liverpool, one with similar stamp but at 31 King William Street, one stamped Beard & Foard's Photographic Institutions 14 St. Ann's Square Manchester and 34 Church Street Liverpool also at ......London and one stamped By Royal Letters Patent Beard & Foard 34 Church St Liverpool and 14 St. Ann's Square Manchester. (14)

Lot Essay

Three portraits of ladies have cloud backgrounds, another shows two women holding hands. One early portrait of a gentleman includes a note in a later hand describing the sitter as Ledsom (Engineer). One is a copy of a painting. Beard's studio at 34 Church Street Liverpool opened in late 1842 or 1843 under the management of James F. Foard. The Wharton mount was used in the early 1840s. The majority of these daguerreotypes were made at the height of Beard's career when he had studios at several London and other addresses between 1842 and 1852.

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