Phillipps family photographs, ca. 1850-1868.

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Phillipps family photographs, ca. 1850-1868.

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The collection consists of 66 images that represent Sir Thomas Phillipps, members of his family and a few family friends. Among the persons represented are: his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Mansel Phillipps and two of his daughters: Maria Phillips Walcot and her son Owen Walcot, and Kate Phillips Fenwick, her husband John and their son Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick. The collection also includes: group photographs of his servants at Middle Hill; his long-time personal servant, George Holloway; unidentified childlren (possibly his grandchildren), and a few friends. Photographic processes represented include daguerreotypes (some taken by Richard Beard and Antoine Claudet), ambrotypes and photographs. Almost all the daguerreotypes are housed in their original morocco cases, and some have been tinted by hand. The ambrotypes are in their original pinchbeck gilt frames, and some have been tinted by hand. A number of the ambrotypes and photographs have been annotated by Sir Thomas.

6 daguerreotypes ; 6 x 5 cm. and smaller.6 stereoscopic daguerreotypes ; 23 x 16 cm.17 ambrotypes ; 21 x 8 cm. and smaller.34 photographs ; 25 x 17 cm. and smaller.3 silhouettes ; 8 x 13 cm. and smaller.

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English antiquary and collector. He began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, Phillipps embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. His collection of manuscripts eventually numbered over 60,000 items. During Continental trips in the 1820s Phillipps bought heavily, and back in England he continued to do so, often buying up entire estate libraries at auction. He collected Eastern, Greek and Lat...

Walcot, Owen Charles Bampfylde Dashwood.

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Claudet, A. (Antoine), 1797-1867

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Epithet: glass salesman, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x000281 Antoine Claudet was a French photographer who worked in London. In 1853 he became photographer to the Queen, and was elected FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society). He published over 40 scientific papers about his research and improvements in photography. From the description of Letters to D. Hastings, 1844-1854. (Getty Re...

Holloway, George.

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Fenwick, John Edwin Addison, 1824-1913.

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Fenwick, Thomas FitzRoy Phillipps, 1856-1938

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Phillipps family.

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Phillipps, Elizabeth Mansel, Lady, b.1815.

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Beard, Richard, 1801 or 1802-1885

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Epithet: MD, of Worcester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x0001c7 ...

Horblit, Jean Mermin,

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Horblit, Harrison D.

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Walcot, Maria Sophia Phillipps, 1821-1858.

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Fenwick, Katharine Somerset Wyttenbach Phillipps,

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