Artist: Richard Beard (1802 - 1885)
Nationality: British
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
Initially a coal merchant, Richard Beard began the first daguerreotype studio in England in 1841. An entrepreneur by nature, Beard handled the business while scientist, John Goddard actually took the photographs. The studio was very profitable and subsequently, Beard purchased the sole patent for daguerreotypes in England, Wales, and the British colonies later in 1841. Nine years later however, he went bankrupt because of legal issues surrounding the license fees required to practice the daguerreotype process. Beard continued in the business until 1857 and then passed it on to his son.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Richard Beard, Man Seated in front of a painted backdrop of sky & clouds, circa 1848
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Stanislaw Zamecznik, Red Beard, 1966
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James Beard, Dog with Puppies , 1863
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Anton Overlaet, Old man with beard, fur trimmed coat and cap, 18th century
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn , Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap and Velvet Cloak, circa 1632
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Study Head of an Old Man with a White Beard, ca. 1617-20 Anthony van Dyck
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn , Old Man with a Flowing Beard: bust, circa 1631
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Mischa Dolnicoff, Various East Indian Subjects (Man with beard kneeling), 20th century
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Henry Wolf, Mr. Beard, collector of the Port of Boston, 19th - 20th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres), (Untitled) man with beard, 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres), (Untitled) Man with beard, 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres), (Untitled) man with beard, 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres), (Untitled) man with beard, 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres), (Untitled) Man with beard, 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres), (Untitled) Man with beard, 17th - 18th century
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Mischa Dolnicoff, Various East Indian Subjects (Man with long hair and beard sitting), 20th century
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Anonymous, 20 watercolors of Otsu-e subjects: Daikoku combing Fukurokuju"s beard, early 20th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres), (Untitled) Man with beard-profile, 17th - 18th century
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Artist: Mark Beard and New York: Vincent Fitz Gerald Title: Plate from the book Utah
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William Blake , The Goat Without a Beard, opposite page 99 in the book, Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), Vol. 1, 1793
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Old Man With A Beard from Raccolta di Teste numero trenta (Collection of Thirty Heads) by G.B. Tiepolo, circa 1770 - 1774
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Portrait of a Man with Beard and Mustache, Wearing a Cap with Large Plume (Portrait of G.L. Bernini?), circa 1645 - 1650
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Stefano della Bella, Head of an Old Soldier with a Beard, from the series Recueil de diverse piËces servant ý l"art de portraiture, 17th century
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John Wootton, The Goat Without a Beard, plate for Fable XXII on page 84 in the book, Fables (London: J. Tonson nd J. Watts, 1729), 1729
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Old Man With A Beard from Raccolta di Teste numero trenta, Libro Primo (Collection of Thirty Heads), circa 1770 - 1774
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Stefano della Bella, Head of a Bald Old Man With a Beard, from the series Recueil de Diverse PiËces Servant ¿ L"Art de Portraiture, 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait head of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (called Caracalla), ca. A.D. 217–230; late Severan
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Bust of an Old Man with Flowing Beard and
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Man with a Long Beard, Wearing a Headdress and Fur Cap, Facing Right, from the series Large Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress, circa 1645 - 1650
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Man in Profile
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Copy in reverse of Man With a Long Beard, Wearing a Headdress and Fur Cap, Facing Right, from the series Large Studies of heads in Oriental Headdress, 17th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Man with a Beard and Mustache, Wearing a Tassled Headdress, Facing Left, from the series Large Studies of heads in Oriental Headdress, late 17th century
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James H. Beard - Portrait 1859 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - Richard Yates 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gustave DorÈ , This Ho! Ho! with a Beard of Flies Legs, illustration no. 233 on page 319 in the book Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine (Les contes drolatiques) by HonorÈ de Balzac. 1st English translation (London: John Camden Hotten, [18
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Glaucus and Scylla
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William Dickes, Service-Tree Berries and Old Man"s Beard, on page 47 in the book Beauty in Common Things, Illustrated by Twelve Drawings from Nature by Mrs. J. W. Whymper Printed in Colors by William Dickes (London: Society for Promoting Christian Know
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Drachm with head of Dionysos Coin Greek Archaic Period, 550–530 B.C. Sicily, (Naxos) Silver Diameter:
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Richard Smith, Red, 1976
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mrs. R. Holdsworth

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (9)
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West Hollywood City Hall: Rob Wilson and Julian Siminski: Culture, People, and Places
The artworks will be based on the culture, people, and places that make up the city. West Hollywood Recreation Administrator, Nancy Beard, is thrilled about the upcoming exhibit. "The art of Rob Wilson and Julian Siminski will be a wonderfu...
womenphotographers.com: Website for Women Photographers Launched
Women photographers are being offered a page on the website, which enables them to include four images of their choice, 50 words of text, plus a portrait of themselves. If they have their own website, a link is provided. To have a page on the webs...
Columbus Museum of Art: John Henry Blatter: Video Installations
This generous grant allows the Museum an opportunity to continue its tradition of celebrating, and honoring local artists through the exhibition and acquisition of their work, says Annegreth Nill, the Museum's curator of 20th-century a...
Icebox: Water: Gonzalo Contreras del Solar
“The process of designing an exhibition with a photographer living so far away has been a wonderful experience. (Santiago, Chile.) Gonzalo and I have become friends through our many email conversations. He is multi - talented and a gentleman. O...
Telfair Museum of Art: WINDOWS TO HEAVEN: RUSSIAN ICONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DANIEL BIBB AND THE NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART
Russian icons have a long history. The earliest Russian icons appeared in Kiev in the 10th or 11th centuries; the icons in this exhibition range in date from the late 17th to ...
Boundary Gallery: In Praise of Humanity II: Jacob Epstein and Dora Gordine
Self Portrait with a Beard (1920) is one of the two self portraits Epstein ever sculpted. It shows the sculptor as a troubled Bohemian figure revealing truthfully his inner self. In Nan the Dreamer (1911) he depicts a gypsy model following the tre...
Museum of Modern Art: Van Gogh's Postman: The Portraits of Joseph Roulin
Joseph Roulin was a postal employee in Arles, and van Gogh painted him for the first time in the summer of ...
Hugh Lane Gallery: Francis Bacon's 7 Reece Mews Studio Reconstructed
Donated by Bacon’s heir John Edwards, the reconstructed studio was formally opened by The Rt. Hon The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ald Maurice Ahern on 23 May 2001. This remarkable cultural donation is the most important received by the Gallery since it ...
Frick Collection: El Greco: Themes and Variations
Together, they present an opportunity to examine El Greco’s artistic evolution over the decades he worked in Italy and Spain. Moreover, these seven paintings call attention to an intriguing aspect of the master’s production – the recycling of com...

Further Artwork and Information:

Richard Beard (Getty Museum)
A History of Photography, by Robert Leggat: BEARD, Richard
Richard Beard (1802 - 1885) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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Richard Beard Online
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