Samuel Masury
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Samuel Masury was a photographer in 19th-century Boston
, Massachusetts
.
in Boston, ca.1842.
In 1853-1855 he and G.M. Silsbee worked together as "Masury & Silsbee", daguerreotypists
, on Washington Street
.
Masury "traveled to Paris in 1855 to learn the glass negative process from the Bisson brothers
, whose landscapes and architectural views were internationally celebrated."
By 1858 Masury ran his own studio in Boston, on Washington Street.
He presented work in the 1860 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
.
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
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Biography
Masury trained with photographer John PlumbeJohn Plumbe
John Plumbe, Jr. was an entrepreneurial photographer, gallerist, publisher, and an early advocate of an American transcontinental railroad in the mid-19th century. He established a franchise of photography studios in the 1840s in the U.S., with additional branches in Paris and Liverpool...
in Boston, ca.1842.
In 1853-1855 he and G.M. Silsbee worked together as "Masury & Silsbee", daguerreotypists
Daguerreotype
The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process. The image is a direct positive made in the camera on a silvered copper plate....
, on Washington Street
Washington Street (Boston)
Washington Street is a street originating in downtown Boston, Massachusetts that extends southwestward to the Massachusetts-Rhode Island state line. The majority of it was built as the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike in the early nineteenth century...
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Masury "traveled to Paris in 1855 to learn the glass negative process from the Bisson brothers
Louis-Auguste Bisson
Louis-Auguste Bisson was a 19th-century French photographer.Bisson opened a photographic studio in early 1841. Soon after, his brother Auguste-Rosalie Bisson entered into partnership with him. Their studio was in the La Madeleine in Paris, and they became famous as the Bisson Brothers.In 1860...
, whose landscapes and architectural views were internationally celebrated."
By 1858 Masury ran his own studio in Boston, on Washington Street.
He presented work in the 1860 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association of Boston, Massachusetts, was "formed for the sole purposes of promoting the mechanic arts and extending the practice of benevolence." Founding members included Paul Revere, Benjamin Russell, and others...
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