Southworth & Hawes: America's Early Masters of the Daguerreotype Portrait

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography podcast: the story of
Boston-based Southworth & Hawes, the first American masters
of daguerreotype portraiture. We will talk about the partnership
between Albert Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes in the
earliest days of photography that created some of the most
beautiful portraits ever. We'll also take a dive into the
daguerreotype process.


Sources for this episode:

Center for Artifact Studies, Photograph Identification Guide,
“Tintypes, Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes,” David Rudd
Cycleback
http://www.cycleback.com/photoguide/dags.html

Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Southworth & Hawes”
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Southworth-and-Hawes

George Eastman House photos of Southworth and Hawes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/sets/72157606223836462/


George Eastman House, “Guide to the Southworth & Hawes
Records” (PDF)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qt2Cal2WvraU9ziuAjI0A1hc-6AUUR9b/view


Historic Camera, “Francois Gouraud”
http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=1510


International Center of Photography, “Southworth & Hawes:
Permanence” Accessed via Web Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20090914011610/http://museum.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/southworth_hawes/pages/permanence.html


International Center of Photography, “Young America: The
Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes,” Accessed via Web
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20090914013122/http://museum.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/southworth_hawes/pages/young_america.html


National Gallery of Art, Southworth and Hawes, “The Letter, ca.
1850”
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.110216.html

Skinner, “How to Identify a Daguerreotype: 5 Considerations When
Looking at Early Photography”
https://www.skinnerinc.com/news/blog/how-to-identify-a-daguerreotype-early-photography/


Wikipedia, “Daguerreotype”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype

Wikipedia, “François Fauvel Gouraud”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Fauvel_Gouraud

Wikipedia, “Photography in the United States”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography_in_the_United_States


Wikipedia, “Samuel Morse”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse

Wikipedia, “Scollay Square”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scollay_Square

Wikipedia, “Tremont Row”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremont_Row