[Richard Doyle]
![[Richard Doyle] by John and Charles Watkins](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/richard-doyle-685583.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Approx. 10.2 x 6.3 cm (4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970
Accession Number
1970.659.242
Tags
Art Historical Context
This carte-de-visite portrait captures Doyle, the celebrated British known for his whimsical contributions to magazine and his intricate fairyale drawings. Created in the 1860 by the London-based photographic firm of John and Charles Watkins the image exemplifies the era’s growing with photography as both a documentary tool and a means of preserving likenesses of notable figures. The small albumen silver print, measuring 4 by 2½ inches was produced using the albumen process, which coated paper with egg-white emulsion to achieve the fine detail and rich tonal range characteristic of mid-Victori...
About the Artist
John and Charles Watkins · 1840–1875
**John and Charles Watkins: Pioneers of Victorian Portrait Photography** John Watkins (1823–1874) and his younger brother Octavius Charles Watkins (1836–1882) were prominent British portrait photographers whose collaborative studio captured the luminaries of Victorian Britain.) Born in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales, John began his career around 1840, establishing a studio at 34 Parliament Street i...