Photograph (Albumen Print) of George Dollond Junior, Probably 1852

In MS Blundell 23, Dollond family scrapbook. Albumen print from a wet collodion glass negative of George Dollond junior, seated nearly full length. Rich dark brown, silver tarnishing. Untrimmed, showing the edges and photographer's inscription of the glass negative. The most likely date is 1852, when Dollond inherited the family business from his uncle and changed his name from Huggins; the photographer's serial number may lend support to this. It would make it (and it has all the appearance of) an exceptionally early example both of an albumen print and of a glass negative. The photographer is unknown, but it is more in the style of the calotypists and amateurs than the commercial (mostly daguerreotype) portrait studios.

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