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: (100)
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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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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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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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Mrs. R. Holdsworth
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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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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French (active in Britain), 1891-1915 Man with a White Beard 1911-12 Black and
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Old Man with a Flowing Beard: Bust 1631 Etching
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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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Gilbert Stuart - Richard Yates 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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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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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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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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George Romney - Portrait of Richard Palmer 1787 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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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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Joshua Reynolds - Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell 1774-75 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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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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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 Etching 17th century
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - Portrait of Richard Peers Symons, M.P. 1770-71 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum British
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Henry Inman - Portrait of Colonel Richard Varick c. 1831 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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Portrait head of a Hellenistic ruler (a Ptolemy?, perhaps, successively Ptolemy IX and X) Greek
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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 Etching late 17th century
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Artist: Jacob Jordaens Title: Two Studies of the Head of an Old Man with a
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Richard Mayer Jeremy #2 tempera 1970
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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 Engraving 1793
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Thomas Gainsborough - The honorable Richard Savage Nassau de Zuylestein, M.P. c. 1778-80 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Gilbert Stuart - Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates) 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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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 Etching circa 1770 - 1774
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Artist: Richard Bresnahan Title: Double-gourd Teapot Date: 1995 Medium: ceramic, reed handle Dimensions: H.6-3/4 (with
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Old Man With A Beard from Raccolta di Teste numero trenta, Libro Primo (Collection of Thirty Heads) Etching circa 1770 - 1774
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J. Thornetwaite Richard II 18th century
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Richard Correll Vineyard March Woodcut 1970
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Richard Zoellner Fragment screen print 1949
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Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of Richard Barrington, Later Fourth Viscount Barrington c. 1793-1794 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Joseph Wright - The Hon. Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwiliam of Merrion 1764 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Richard Janthur Wintermaerchen 19th - 20th century
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The letters of Sir Richard Westmacott, 19th century Author: Sir Richard Westmacott (British, 1775-1856)Collection of
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Frederick George Richard Roth Bear bronze 1904
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Richard Yates Plate pewter early 19th century
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Friedrich Boscovits Altmeister Richard Wagner Richard Wagner kˆmmt unangemeldet in die Musiksaale des Himmels, no. 157 opposite page 144 in the book, in der Karikatur (Berlin: B. Behr, [1907]) Reproduction of lithograph 1883
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Richard C Herman Dog with a stick Monotype with pastel 1983
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© Richard Buswell ; Richard Buswell, American, Born in 1945 Blacksmith"s Bench 1988, printed 1989
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© Richard Buswell ; Richard Buswell, American, Born in 1945 Newspaper in a Window 1997,
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Richard Bowman K8-59 (Kinetogenics 59) oil on canvas 1962
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Richard Evett Bishop Fall Ducks Drypoint 1938
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Richard Davis Takilnok The Hunt's On ink and graphiteon board circa 1954
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George Hollis Mr. Macready as Richard II 18th - 19th century
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Richard Brydges Beechey View of Plymouth pen and black ink 1844
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Richard Jerome Bogart Lake Charlevoix graphite and pastel 1971
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Richard Janthur Leda and the Swan 19th - 20th century
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Richard Abell, 1724 Christian Friedrich Zincke (German, 1683-85–1767)Enamel; Oval, 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.
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Alfred Richard Blundell The end of the day Etching 19th - 20th century
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Richard Woodman Bossuet 18th - 19th century
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Richard Woodman Erskine 18th - 19th century
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Richard DeVore #782 glazed stoneware 1995
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Richard Day New Mexico No. 1 Lithograph 20th century
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Richard Day The Abandoned Hut Lithograph 20th century
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Jacobus Houbraken (Sr. Richard Steele) 1748
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Richard Fiscus Goldweight with raised "X" design brass 20th century
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Richard Beale The Crewel Tondo Etching, Hand-c 1972
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Richard Marquis Glass Cup Glass 1979
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Richard Brodney an exhibition of paintings/bart perry/roy de forest/relf case/richard brodney/california school of fine arts exhibition gallery/ 800 chestnut street/san francisco/ daily except saturday and sunday/ june 2 through june 14, 1952/ please po
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Richard Dighton The Litany 1816
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Richard Dighton Two Soldiers 1805
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Richard Redgrave Barbara Etching 19th century

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...

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