Gallery›National Science and Media Museum Bradford›Very early portrait from the earliest Richard Beard studio. This was taken in the month following the opening of the studio. Taken with Wolcott's reflecting camera (this used a curved mirror to focus the image rather than a lens). The mounting and frame are very much more elaborate than later photographs from Beard's studio. See also PBM.F.00030
Very early portrait from the earliest Richard Beard studio. This was taken in the month following the opening of the studio. Taken with Wolcott's reflecting camera (this used a curved mirror to focus the image rather than a lens). The mounting and frame are very much more elaborate than later photographs from Beard's studio. See also PBM.F.00030
National Science and Media Museum Bradford

Very early portrait from the earliest Richard Beard studio. This was taken in the month following the opening of the studio. Taken with Wolcott's reflecting camera (this used a curved mirror to focus the image rather than a lens). The mounting and frame are very much more elaborate than later photographs from Beard's studio. See also PBM.F.00030

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Very early portrait from the earliest Richard Beard studio. This was taken in the month following the opening of the studio. Taken with Wolcott's reflecting camera (this used a curved mirror to focus the image rather than a lens). The mounting and frame are very much more elaborate than later photographs from Beard's studio. See also PBM.F.00030

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