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[Brewster Codex: portraits, views, group portraits, etc. with drawings, compiled by Sir David Brewster. (Front cover)

John Herschel, Henry Fox Talbot, Henry Collen

The J. Paul Getty Museum

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190 mounted prints plus 8 drawings.

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  • Title: [Brewster Codex: portraits, views, group portraits, etc. with drawings, compiled by Sir David Brewster. (Front cover)
  • Creator: Sir David Brewster, William Henry Fox Talbot, Robert Adamson, Henry Collen, Hill & Adamson, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair, William Holland Furlong, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, M.H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Thomas Rodger, Dr. John Adamson, Capt. Henry Craigie Brewster, Frances Monteith, Nicolaas Henneman, Capt., M.P. Ashley George John Ponsonby, J. W. Lawrance, Unknown, Sir David Brewster, Juliet Brewster
  • Date Created: 1839–1849
  • Location Created: Scotland
  • Type: Album
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Talbotype / Cyanotype
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XZ.574
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Sir David Brewster (Scottish, 1781 - 1868) William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800 - 1877) Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821 - 1848) Henry Collen (English, 1797 - 1879) Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848) Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (Irish, 1812 - 1881) Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair (British, active 1850s) William Holland Furlong (Irish, active about 1840 - about 1857) Sir John Frederick William Herschel (British, 1792 - 1871) M.H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne (British, 1823 - 1911) Thomas Rodger (Scottish, 1832 - 1883) Dr. John Adamson (Scottish, 1810 - 1870) Capt. Henry Craigie Brewster (British, 1816 - 1905) Frances Monteith (Scottish, 1805 - 1898) Nicolaas Henneman (British, 1813 - 1893) Capt., M.P. Ashley George John Ponsonby (British, 1831 - 1898) Attributed to J. W. Lawrance (British, active Petersborough, England 1840s - 1850s) Unknown maker, British Sir David Brewster (Scottish, 1781 - 1868) Juliet Brewster (Scottish, 1786 - 1850)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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