Early views of Ledbury, Herefordshire

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DAGUERREIAN UNKNOWN
Early views of Ledbury, Herefordshire
2 sixth-plate and 3 ninth-plate daguerreotypes. Circa 1841-45. 2 in plain wood frames, 3 with painted paper mounts, one mounted as oval and dated 1841 on mount; with 18 daguerreotype portraits (3 with cover glass broken), 4 ambrotype portraits and one other photograph in a folding leather case, one each dated 1843 and another 1845, the majority sixth-plate, two quarter-plate, one in faux-tortoiseshell mount, most paper-taped, 4 in folding leather cases.

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The Ledbury views have been identified as Abbey House in the Homend (once a school and little altered since this photograph was taken), a group of houses and shops in the Homend which have now been demolished, the Temperance Hotel in the Homend which has now been demolished, the Tannery in the Homend (built circa 1600 and demolished circa 1893) and St. Katherine's Almshouses (built in 1822 and still in existence). The various portraits may all be members of the same Herefordshire family which included local councillors, solicitors and engineers. The majority of the photographs are either unframed or simply framed and may have been taken by the same amateur photographer, possibly a family member. Including a fine portrait of a little boy holding a basket and wearing a peaked cap with tassels and dated 24 December 1845.

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