Albert Sands Southworth (1811 - 1894)

Born 12 Mar 1811 in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Mar 1894 at age 82 in United States

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Biography

Albert Southworth is Notable.

With Josiah Johnson Hawes he operated (from 1843 to 1861 or 62, except for a brief period when he joined the California Gold Rush) one of the first and most important daguerreotype studios in the United States. Located in Boston, they specialized in "whole plate" images measuring 6 1⁄2 × 8 1⁄2 inches (16.5 × 21.6 cm), which was expensive. Southworth & Hawes introduced a number of innovations relating to photography. This collaboration resulted in the photographic documentation of many prominent American of the mid-nineteenth century^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Southworth & Hawes [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28583102/albert-sands-southworth : accessed 22 March 2022), memorial page for Albert Sands Southworth (1811–1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28583102, citing Bloodbrook Cemetery, West Fairlee, Orange County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by sbibeau (contributor 46992931)
• Wikipedia entry for Albert Southworth
• Feature on his work
• Getty Museum ULAN profile
• Wikipedia entry for Southworth & Hawes [2]