Yale Center for British Art

Title:: Tothill family photograph album.
Published / Created:: England, circa 1857-1863.
Physical Description:: 1 album (43 photographs) : albumen prints ; volume 21 x 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14066740
Classification:: Photographs
Notes:: The primary photographer for the present album -- for images initialed "E.T." -- was probably Edward Tothill (1793-1878), physician of Staines, Middlesex. The same Edward Tothill also lived ca. 1855-1860 in North Berwick, Scotland, from which place he wrote several letters to contemporary photographic magazines. In 1856, a letter from Tothill appears in Photographic notes (v. 1, pages 144-145), in which he describes his experiments with albumenized negative paper. The Photographic news of April 5, 1860 (v. III, pages 377-378) includes a letter from Tothill describing his thoughts on the "photographic paradox of Mr. C.J. Busk" (on contact printing?).
Subject Terms:: Tothill family. | Tothill, William, 1819–1906. | Tothill, Edward, 1793–1878. | Tothill, William, 1783–1875. | Tothill, Rebecca Mary. | Tothill, Francis, 1823–1900. | Tothill, Mary Darby, 1851–1892. | Tothill, Ann Loftus, 1849–1929. | Glastonbury Abbey. | Bristol (England) | Somerset (England) | Gloucestershire (England) | Sneyd Park (Bristol, England)
Form/Genre:: Portraits. | Photographs. | Albumen prints. | Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) | Photograph albums.
Contributors:: Tothill, William, 1819–1906, photographer. | Tothill, Edward, 1793–1878, photographer.