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For a number of years, artists travelled from town to town selling miniatures as a quick & cheaper way to involve the masses in a much more affordable alternative to having a full portraiture done of one's self or one's family. Something which most could ill afford and which usually required a number of sittings in a set environment.<br> | For a number of years, artists travelled from town to town selling miniatures as a quick & cheaper way to involve the masses in a much more affordable alternative to having a full portraiture done of one's self or one's family. Something which most could ill afford and which usually required a number of sittings in a set environment.<br> | ||
− | It appears to have started | + | It appears to have started as early as 1819, and lasted 40+ years until photography became too much of a novelty & competitor. <br> |
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+ | <td>[[Image:MacaulayKINGSTONJul23_1819PO.jpg|250px]]<br> | ||
+ | <div style="text-align: center;">KIngston<br>July 1819</div> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td>[[Image:LikenessesMtlGaz06Sep_1827WM.jpg|250px]]<br> | ||
+ | <div style="text-align: center;">Montreal<br>Master Hankes 1827</div> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td>[[Image:PainterAug15_1846PO.jpg|250px|T H Stevenson]]<br> | ||
+ | <div style="text-align: center;">Hamilton 1846<br>T H Stevenson</div> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td>[[Image:StevensonHAMDec1848PO.jpg|250px|T H Stevenson]]<br> | ||
+ | <div style="text-align: center;">Hamilton 1848<br>T H Stevenson</div> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td>[[Image:HaycockKINGSTONOct7_1841PO.jpg|250px|Arthur Haycock]]<br> | ||
+ | <div style="text-align: center;">Kingston 1841<br>Arthur Haycock</div> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
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+ | A later alternative worked with the photograph to add colour | ||
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+ | <td>[[Image:MeyerHenryHAMApr10_1867P.jpg|300px]]<br> | ||
+ | <div style="text-align: center;">Henry Meyer</div> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td>[[Image:AmPhotoPorcelainOTTNov9_1860PO.jpg|300px]]<br> | ||
+ | <div style="text-align: center;">Ottawa Nov 9 1860<br>Barrie Dec 19 1860</div> | ||
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+ | <td>[[Image:PhotoBARRIESep24_1862PO.jpg|300px]]<br> | ||
+ | <div style="text-align: center;">Barrie Sep 1862</div> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | ''(more to come)'' |
Latest revision as of 11:16, 3 October 2018
Of course, the precursor to the photographer, was the artist; be it the portrait painter, landscape painter, the sculptor, etc.
But there was a special category of artist who led the way for the early photographer; the itinerant specialty artist.
There is a misconception that the photographer was the first artistic type to take his work directly to the masses.
For a number of years, artists travelled from town to town selling miniatures as a quick & cheaper way to involve the masses in a much more affordable alternative to having a full portraiture done of one's self or one's family. Something which most could ill afford and which usually required a number of sittings in a set environment.
It appears to have started as early as 1819, and lasted 40+ years until photography became too much of a novelty & competitor.
KIngston
July 1819 |
Montreal
Master Hankes 1827 |
Hamilton 1846
T H Stevenson |
Hamilton 1848
T H Stevenson |
Kingston 1841
Arthur Haycock |
A later alternative worked with the photograph to add colour
300px Henry Meyer
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Ottawa Nov 9 1860
Barrie Dec 19 1860 |
Barrie Sep 1862
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(more to come)