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: (60)
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Richard Beard Man Seated in front of a painted backdrop of sky & clouds 1/4 plate daguerreotype with hand coloring circa 1848
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James Beard Dog with Puppies oil on canvas 1863
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Study Head of an Old Man with a White Beard, ca. 1617-20 Anthony van Dyck
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Stanislaw Zamecznik Red Beard color lithograph, poster 1966
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Anton Overlaet Old man with beard, fur trimmed coat and cap 18th century
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Orchard Painter Reclining male figure with beard terra cotta circa late 6th century BC
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Artist: Mark Beard and New York: Vincent Fitz Gerald Title: Plate from the book Utah
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Portrait, James H. Beard (United States, New York, Buffalo, 1812 - 1893) , 1859, Oil on canvas
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Mischa Dolnicoff Various East Indian Subjects (Man with beard kneeling) drawing: ink 20th century
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Henry Wolf Mr. Beard, collector of the Port of Boston 19th - 20th century
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Anonymous 20 watercolors of Otsu-e subjects: Daikoku combing Fukurokuju's beard watercolor early 20th century
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Mischa Dolnicoff Various East Indian Subjects (Man with long hair and beard sitting) drawing: ink 20th century
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a) Seated biblical figure; b) Man with beard, Ludwig Meidner (Germany, Bernstadt, 1884 - 1966) , 1915, Reed pen and pencil drawing
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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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Man in Profile
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres) (Untitled) Man with beard Etching 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres) (Untitled) Man with beard Etching 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres) (Untitled) man with beard Etching 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres) (Untitled) man with beard Etching 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres) (Untitled) Man with beard Etching 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres) (Untitled) man with beard Etching 17th - 18th century
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Comte de Caylus (Anne-Claude-Philippe de TubiËres) (Untitled) Man with beard-profile Etching 17th - 18th 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) Engraving 1729
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Nicolas Africano Male figure with basketry beard Wood, bark cloth, basketry 19th century
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James H. Beard - Portrait 1859 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Glaucus and Scylla
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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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R. Waitz, American, 19th century Portrait of a Man with Blond Beard 1872 Oil on
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James Henry Beard - The Night Before the Battle 1865 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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William Holbrook Beard - Susanna and the Elders 1865 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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James Henry Beard - The Long Bill 1840 oil on cavnas Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Bust of an Old Man with a Flowing Beard
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak
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William Holbrook Beard, American, 1824-1900 The Wreckers 1874 Oil on canvas 35.88 x 71.44 cm
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Thomas Francis (Frank) Beard, American, 19th century Exiles from Tennessee Graphite and wash on paper
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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 Kno
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Mrs. R. Holdsworth
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Old Man with a Flowing Beard: Bust 1631 Etching
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French (active in Britain), 1891-1915 Man with a White Beard 1911-12 Black and
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John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925 Double-sided Drawing: a. (Recto) Sketch of Man with a Beard
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Man with a Beard Style of Rembrandt (17th century or later)Oil on canvas; 28 7/8
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Auguste Vacquerie
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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
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Nu (4e quart 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by BONHOMME Léon
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Gilbert Stuart - Richard Yates 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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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?) Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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James Henry Beard, American, 1812-1893 Lyman Beecher about 1840 Oil on paperboard 35.88 x 29.84
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Yvonne Dant (de l'Opéra ) (4e quart 19e siècle ; 1ère moitié 20e siècle) by BOURDELLE Emile Antoine
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Femme assise (20e siècle) by Sénoufo (population)
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Yvonne Dant (de l'Opéra ) (4e quart 19e siècle ; 1ère moitié 20e siècle) by BOURDELLE Emile Antoine
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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 Etching circa 1645 - 1650
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Francis Wheatley - The Death of King Richard II c. 1792-93 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Portrait of Richard Milles c. 1760's oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Femme debout (20e siècle) by Baoulé (population)
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George Romney - Portrait of Richard Palmer 1787 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1785-1787 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Gainsborough Dupont - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1787-1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Encina, Richard Oginz (United States, born 1944) , 1996, Black ink
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Espiñola, Richard Oginz (United States, born 1944) , 1987, Pencil

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (11)
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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...
Anne Irwin Fine Art: Vanishing Barns
About Anne Irwin Fine Art Anne Irwin Fine Art is thriving with creative energy, artistic pursuits and exciting monthly gallery shows. Anne Irwin edits judiciously when selecting works for her space, representing a lively mix of more than 30 pr...
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...
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery: No Dead Artists Opens Its 13th Annual Exhibition
Each year hundreds of artists submit their work to a jury of renowned arts professionals and noted collectors. Participation in the show has been a springboard for several artists leading to national recognition, museum and corporate acquisitions,...
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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