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Southworth, Albert Sands |
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Albert Sands Southworth (1811-1894)
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| Birth Place |
West Fairles, Vermont |
| Death Place |
Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Born |
March 12, 1811 |
| Died |
March 3, 1894 |
| General Notes |
Southworth and Hawes opened a daguerreotype studio in Boston in 1843, leaving their respective careers as druggist and painter to pursue the newly discovered art of photography. They took great care with their work. Sitters were positioned and lighting was arranged so that the likeness was much more natural and sensitive to the character of the individual than daguerreotypes produced by typical studios. The quality of their work led many notable individuals to Boston to have their portraits made at the Southworth and Hawes establishment. Although portraits made up the bulk of their work, the studio also did some landscape views. In 1853 Hawes paid John Adams Whipple for the right to use his process for making paper prints (crystalotypes). Southworth and Hawes exhibited several of these salted paper prints in 1856 at the Massachusetts Mechanics' Fair. |
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