engraving of Harriet Beecher Stowe from a Daguerreotype
Toronto. We had the pleasure of hearing speaker Philippe Maurice from Alberta back in November, 1996. In issue 17-3 Philippe has an article titled, “The Artist’s Hand – Engravings Based on Daguerreotypes”. This harkens back to Daguerre’s original idea for the photograph – a means to capture a scene for painting his dioramas at leisure.
At left is an image from the engraving of author, Harriet Beecher Stowe based on the daguerreotype she sat for in a studio.
Philippe begins speaking about Stowe, “In 1850 Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (18 11 – 1896) accompanied her husband from Ohio to his new teaching position at Bowdoin College in Maine.
“That same year Stowe stopped in Boston to visit her brother Henry Ward Beecher. She found him a sympathetic supporter of her strong feelings against human slavery and received encouragement to express her thoughts in writing. Two years later she published Uncle Tom’s Cabin which sold 300,000 copies in the first year of publication – 10,000 in the first week – and was ultimately translated into twenty-three languages.
“Though the book was received with much attention, its reception was (except for abolitionist press) almost uniformly hostile.”
Members read the entire article on the PHSC DVD sent to all members. To join, please see the ‘MEMBERSHIP’ menu item above and/or the right side panel. ‘Membership – Join or Renew!’. Questions? Email our Membership Secretary Lilianne at member@phsc.ca.
By the way, old photos and cameras etc are available at our fall events. The next event is the October 20th fall fair. Details here.
