Daguerreotype
D186
Size |
1/6 |
Notes Signed on the back of the plate by Jabez Hogg, "number 9", and dated: "Dec '46", with Richard Beard signature in blue in the back of the case. Jabez Hogg (1817-1899) worked as an assistant and operator for Richard Beard at 34 Parliament Street, London, from 1843-1846. In December 1846 he did an experimental series of numbered daguerreotypes.In 1845 he wrote the "Practical Manual of Photography", which went through several editions. Like his fellow student Charles Dickens, he wrote many more books, his most famous being on the subject of the microscope. He was more known in the medical world, as he went on to study at the medical school of Charing-Cross Hospital from 1847-1850, and becoming assistant physician in 1851. He was a surgeon at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital from 1856-1886, where he was regarded as an authority on diseases of the eyes. |
