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Southworth & Hawes was an early photographic firm in Boston, 1843–1863. Its partners, Albert Sands Southworth (1811–1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901), have been hailed as the first great American masters of photography, whose work elevated photographic portraits to the level of fine art.
Southworth was a student of Samuel F.B. Morse, who, in addition to his other more famous pursuits, was an avid daguerreotypist.The partnership's studio, located on the top floor of a Boston building, had enormous skylights to allow in copious amounts of light necessary for relatively "short" exposures of portraits of their subjects.
Josiah J. Hawes, c. 1850-1855 Advertisement for J.J. Hawes, Boston, 1868. Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901) was a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts.He and Albert Southworth established the photography studio of Southworth & Hawes, which produced numerous portraits of exceptional quality in the 1840s–1860s.
1845 daguerreotype of Walker's branded hand by photographers Southworth & Hawes.. Jonathan Walker (1799 – May 1, 1878), known as "The Man with the Branded Hand", was an American fishing ship captain and abolitionist who became a national hero in 1844 when he was tried and sentenced as a slave stealer following his attempt to help seven runaway slaves find freedom.
John Ellis Wool (February 20, [1] 1784 – November 10, 1869) was a US officer in the United States Army during three consecutive American-involved wars: the War of 1812 (1812-1815), the Mexican–American War (1846-1848), and with allegiance to the Union, in the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Newspaper accounts report that he also made diapositive "window hanger" images. At least one of his stereo negatives is credited on an Anthony paper stereo view. He corresponded with Southworth & Hawes and purchased one or two of their parlor stereoscopes. [1] Photographer George Barker worked for Babbitt in Niagara Falls, New York. [4]
After unsuccessfully trying to work for his living by day and to attend school at night, in August 1839 [c] he went on a whaling voyage, taking with him all the books he wanted to study. [11] William Lloyd Garrison 1845 daguerreotype of Walker's branded hand by photographers Southworth & Hawes.
Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts.Everett, as a Whig, served as U.S. representative, U.S. senator, the 15th governor of Massachusetts, minister to Great Britain, and United States secretary of state.