Marcus Sparling
Fotograf
Lebensdaten
(Irland 1826 - 19.08.1860 Liverpool / England)
Werdegang
voller Name Marcus Fitzell Sparling, Name auch : W. Sparling oder N. M. Sparling
1846-1853 militärische Karriere bei den 4th Light Dragoon Guards
frühes Mitglied der Photographic Society of London
Assistent von Roger Fenton , u.a. während des Krimkriegs
"... he was living at Fenton’s address by the end of 1853, giving his occupation as ‘chemist,’ and presumably already employed as his assistant. He accompanied Fenton on his autumn photographic journey to Yorkshire, and in 1855 he worked as his assistant in the Crimea." [1]
Literatur
W. Sparling: "Theory and Practice of the Photographic Art", London 1856, Houlston and Stoneman, Neuausgabe von 1973 bei Ayer Co. Publishing, ISBN 0405049420
John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
| Normdaten (Person): GND: 141721308 |
Quelle
- ↑ Zitiert aus: John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
