
Thomas Richard Williams
Photographer · 1824–1871
33 works across 2 collections 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
View as IIIF ↗![Ceres and Proserpine. By Ludwig Schwanthaler, of Munich. In the English and German Sculpture Court.[Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F1f96a64d-e9f0-4525-aaac-702a7c1ff13d%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Ceres and Proserpine. By Ludwig Schwanthaler, of Munich. In the English and German Sculpture Court.[Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]
Getty Museum · 1851
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![[C. Hoile. Basket and Seivemaker. 36 Duke Street.]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fa670ea3f-6ce5-4547-afc7-567af18f5f51%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[C. Hoile. Basket and Seivemaker. 36 Duke Street.]
Getty Museum · about 1860
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Mixed Fabrics Court.
Getty Museum · 1851
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Mr. Guest
Getty Museum · about 1862–1866
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Mrs. Grant Thorold
Getty Museum · about 1862–1866
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Old Mortality / Still life of Skull, Books, and Hourglass / Vanitas / The Sands of Time
Getty Museum · about 1860
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![[Portrait of a mother and two children]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F8ac46b0e-df7a-4ba7-88fb-cfd2e9efd168%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Portrait of a mother and two children]
Getty Museum · 1855–1858
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![[Portrait of three well-dressed boys standing]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F9823d79c-7bf3-4e13-b44e-f0e914c7a892%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Portrait of three well-dressed boys standing]
Getty Museum · about 1855
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Scenes from our Larder.
Getty Museum · about 1860
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Scenes from our Larder.
Getty Museum · about 1860
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![[Sculpture of Psyche by Sir R.P. Westmacott. Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F2c35fe1a-b932-45b0-8519-671d7579d0e9%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Sculpture of Psyche by Sir R.P. Westmacott. Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]
Getty Museum · 1851
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![[Seated man with muttonchop whiskers in robes, on crested chair]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F1991b607-6cf1-43eb-80a6-e4cca4f662ce%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Seated man with muttonchop whiskers in robes, on crested chair]
Getty Museum · about 1855
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![Statue in the Nave. [Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F07955831-cb15-4ed9-a7d1-0c1d35838bc7%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Statue in the Nave. [Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]
Getty Museum · 1851
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![[Statue of Andromeda by John Bell, Crystal Palace]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F277b8d24-1952-4d8f-b479-7388de86b1b1%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Statue of Andromeda by John Bell, Crystal Palace]
Getty Museum · 1851
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![[Statue of Andromeda by John Bell, Crystal Palace]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F806f9ef7-8990-41bf-b773-1b6dd67d6113%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Statue of Andromeda by John Bell, Crystal Palace]
Getty Museum · 1851
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![[Statue of Venus, Crystal Palace]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F69301b05-fe2f-4e58-b26c-1ca950481cb3%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Statue of Venus, Crystal Palace]
Getty Museum · 1851
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![Statues in South Transept. [Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F74eb92d2-0cb2-48d4-8281-576597e7013c%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Statues in South Transept. [Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]
Getty Museum · 1851
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![[Still life of oriental vase, stuffed parrot, spear, and objet d'art]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Ff2cca048-0440-4565-8edf-96ae72ce40d0%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Still life of oriental vase, stuffed parrot, spear, and objet d'art]
Getty Museum · about 1852
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![[Still-Life with Cockatoo, Ornamental Ball, Lace, Peacock Feathers]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP700248.jpg)
[Still-Life with Cockatoo, Ornamental Ball, Lace, Peacock Feathers]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1850s
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![[Still-Life with Cockatoo, Ornamental Ball, Lace, Statuette]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP700250.jpg)
[Still-Life with Cockatoo, Ornamental Ball, Lace, Statuette]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1850s
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![[Still life with game, a container of onions, and garden tools] / [Farm implements, game, and provisions]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F5ec4b612-a495-4542-9ad7-ac530c88c9ee%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Still life with game, a container of onions, and garden tools] / [Farm implements, game, and provisions]
Getty Museum · about 1855
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![[Still Life with hanging ducks, fruits, baskets, wine bottle, jug and barrel with initials "T.R.W"]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F90524809-14df-4837-a6bb-c98334fcdb2e%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Still Life with hanging ducks, fruits, baskets, wine bottle, jug and barrel with initials "T.R.W"]
Getty Museum · about 1855
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![[Still life with parrot, large vase, and objet d'art]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fce5e4318-59cf-45b3-9c7b-401db1090c30%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Still life with parrot, large vase, and objet d'art]
Getty Museum · 1855–1857
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![[Still life with parrot, large vase, and objet d'art]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fbcd9f8e6-c1d2-4cd7-a8ee-dbb231c9b603%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Still life with parrot, large vase, and objet d'art]
Getty Museum · 1855–1857
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The Italian Court.
Getty Museum · 1851
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The Italian Court.
Getty Museum · 1851
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The Park Bridge.
Getty Museum · about 1855
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The Sands of Time
Getty Museum · 1850–1852
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The Telescope Gallery.
Getty Museum · 1860s
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Turning Barley.
Getty Museum · about 1855
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Vanitas / Still Life of Skull, Books, and Hourglass / The Sands of Time
Getty Museum · 1850–1852
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Vanitas / Still Life with Skull, Open Book with Glasses and Hourglass / The Sands of Time
Getty Museum · 1850–1852
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![View in the Ancient Sculpture Gallery. [Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fbdbf54e3-cfe7-4e7c-a6f3-01c74405532e%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
View in the Ancient Sculpture Gallery. [Crystal Palace, at Sydenham]
Getty Museum · 1851
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