Thomas Richard Williams
Photographer · 1824–1871
13 works on LinkedCulture
Little is known about the life of Thomas Richard Williams. The first professional record of him comes from 1850, when he set up a photographic business in London. In 1854, while working for Philip Henry Delamotte, Williams made his celebrated stereograph daguerreotypes of the Crystal Palace. Some scholars consider Williams to be one of the first photographers to record events as they happened, mak
Works
Old Mortality / Still life of Skull, Books, and Hourglass / Vanitas / The Sands of Time
Getty Museum · about 1860
![[Portrait of a mother and two children]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/8ac46b0e-df7a-4ba7-88fb-cfd2e9efd168/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Portrait of a mother and two children]
Getty Museum · 1855–1858
![[Portrait of three well-dressed boys standing]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/9823d79c-7bf3-4e13-b44e-f0e914c7a892/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Portrait of three well-dressed boys standing]
Getty Museum · about 1855
Scenes from our Larder.
Getty Museum · about 1860
Scenes from our Larder.
Getty Museum · about 1860
![[Seated man with muttonchop whiskers in robes, on crested chair]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1991b607-6cf1-43eb-80a6-e4cca4f662ce/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Seated man with muttonchop whiskers in robes, on crested chair]
Getty Museum · about 1855
![[Still life of oriental vase, stuffed parrot, spear, and objet d'art]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/f2cca048-0440-4565-8edf-96ae72ce40d0/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Still life of oriental vase, stuffed parrot, spear, and objet d'art]
Getty Museum · about 1852
![[Still life with game, a container of onions, and garden tools] / [Farm implements, game, and provisions]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/5ec4b612-a495-4542-9ad7-ac530c88c9ee/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Still life with game, a container of onions, and garden tools] / [Farm implements, game, and provisions]
Getty Museum · about 1855
![[Still life with parrot, large vase, and objet d'art]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/ce5e4318-59cf-45b3-9c7b-401db1090c30/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Still life with parrot, large vase, and objet d'art]
Getty Museum · 1855–1857
![[Still life with parrot, large vase, and objet d'art]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/bcd9f8e6-c1d2-4cd7-a8ee-dbb231c9b603/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Still life with parrot, large vase, and objet d'art]
Getty Museum · 1855–1857
The Sands of Time
Getty Museum · 1850–1852
The Telescope Gallery.
Getty Museum · 1860s
Vanitas / Still Life of Skull, Books, and Hourglass / The Sands of Time
Getty Museum · 1850–1852