Landscape view of London: Parliament Street from Trafalgar Square. In the foreground to the right is a statue of Charles I mounted on horseback, seen from the back, on a raised stone plinth or column with carved royal arms, surrounded by a palisade of railings and protected by stone bollards. Parliament Street goes to the left, lined with tall buildings of five or more storeys most of which have awnings over the street. The skyline shows many chimneys and chimney-pots. The pavements have lamps at regular intervals. On the left side of the street is a line of vehicles and drivers. In the distance is the Royal Banqueting House. Note the man in a top hat sitting slumped against the lamp post in the middle foreground, with four bollards around him.
This is one of the first daguerreotypes ever taken in the UK.
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Landscape view of London: Parliament Street from Trafalgar Square. In the foreground to the right is a statue of Charles I mounted on horseback, seen from the back, on a raised stone plinth or column with carved royal arms, surrounded by a palisade of railings and protected by stone bollards. Parliament Street goes to the left, lined with tall buildings of five or more storeys most of which have awnings over the street. The skyline shows many chimneys and chimney-pots. The pavements have lamps at regular intervals. On the left side of the street is a line of vehicles and drivers. In the distance is the Royal Banqueting House. Note the man in a top hat sitting slumped against the lamp post in the middle foreground, with four bollards around him.
He took the first daguerreotypes in the UK (of London) starting on the 13th of September 1839 just seven days after the first public disclosure of the practicalities of the process.
He was probably part of Daguerre's circle, he wrote a short book on the daguerreotype process with Francis Fauvel-Gouraud (see http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Daguerreotype.html?id=JXZFMwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y ). Fauvel-Gouraud also wrote a book with Daguerre see https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QciMnQEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Francis+Fauvel-Gouraud%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zTehVMmMFOrR7Ab52IH4Cw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAjgK )
St. Croix may not have been his real name.
nationality
France
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Previous altering
Yes
Remarks
This has been re-housed in recent times, using acid-free card mount and backing, masking tape border and (what looks like) modern glass.
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