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Last Name Sutton

Given Name Thomas

alt. Names T. S. ;

Marriage Mary on June 8, 1847, in Stoke, Cheshire, 3rd daughter of John Grace, Esq., of Cheshire

Children

Year born 1824

Year died 1875

Place of death Pwlheli, North Wales

Father's occupation

Relatives

Education school in Newington Butts; studied architecture for 4 years before studying at Caius College, Cambridge Univ.,graduating in 1846 as 27th wrangler

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for physicist James Clark Maxwell (1831-1879) ;

Patronage Prince Albert; Photographic Notes (founding journal editor 1856-1867) ;

Collaborators physicist James Clark Maxwell in 1861: first color photograph of a tartan ribbon, photogr. 3x with different colour filters ; photographer ->Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard ;

Techniques photography and experimental 3-colour photography: see www.worldsfamousphotos.com/2007/10/07/the-first-color-photograph-1961/ ;

Sample(s) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tartan_Ribbon.jpg ;

Archival sources http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=&suro=c&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=STN842T&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 ;

Published sources Jack H. Coote: The Illustrated History of Colour Photography (1993) ;

other T. S. opened a photography studio in Jersey in 1847, in 1855 T. S.set up a photography company in Jersey with photography & business partner ->Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard.

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