Wedgwood 250
Event info
Wedgwood 250 is an online meeting, organised by the Royal Photographic Society and the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Tom Wedgwood on 14 May 1771.
Tom Wedgwood, fifth child of the midlands potter Josiah Wedgwood, is now best remembered for his 1802 paper in which he outlined a chemical method of preserving an image. This became widely recognised as major precursor to the development of photography in the 1830s. But Wedgwood’s short life (he died aged 34 in 1805) encompassed much more. A member of the loosely defined radical romantic movement, he associated with such major figures at William Godwin, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas Beddoes, Humphry Davy and many others. Speakers at this meeting will discuss these and other aspects of his life and work, as well as his enduring legacy as a founder of photography.
Originally planned as a live event, the meeting will now run online over two afternoons:
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14 May |
UPDATED |
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1400 |
Frank James and Michael Pritchard |
Introduction and welcome |
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1405 |
Tom Wedgwood |
Tom Wedgwood |
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1415 |
Geoffrey Batchen - keynote |
All His Numerous Experiments: Tom Wedgwood and the history of photography |
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1500 |
Break |
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1530 |
Lucy Lead |
Tom Wedgwood: Through the eyes of an archivist |
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1610 |
Michael Gray |
Through a Glass Darkly: Thomas Wedgwood’s Experiments Reconsidered |
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1650 |
Brian Dolan |
Growing Up Wedgwood |
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1730 |
End of Day 1 |
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15 May |
UPDATED |
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1405 |
Tim Fulford |
Wedgwood, Beddoes and Davy |
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1440 |
Catrin Jones |
Wedgwood, ceramics and the transfer of images |
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1500 |
Break |
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1530 |
Michael Pritchard |
‘A faint promise of success’. How the photographic press represented Thomas Wedgwood and his experiments in the long nineteenth century |
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1615 |
Rose Teanby |
Tom Wedgwood - A Posthumous Portrait |
| 1705 | Frank James and Michael Pritchard |
Conclusion and End of Day 2 |
The full programme, paper abstracts, speaker biographies and a facsimile of Davy and Wedgwood's 1802 paper will be sent to all registrants shortly before the meeting start.
For more information contact Dr Michael Pritchard (michael@rps.org) or Professor Frank James (frank.james@ucl.ac.uk).
Event Organiser
- Name
- Dr Michael Pritchard
- michael@rps.org
- Tel
- 0117 316 4474
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- Cancellation policy
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The RPS and SHAC will do their best to ensure that the event keeps to the published timings, programme and runs as planned. In the unlikely event that the event has to be cancelled all participants will be advised by email at the earliest opportunity. No responsibility will be accepted for any consequential losses.
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