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Abstract
In the October 1978 issue of History of Photography, Pauline F. Heathcote, in an interesting article on Alfred Barber (1809–1884), the first professional photographer in Nottinghaml, has drawn attention to the legal action taken against Barber by Richard Beard in January 1843. She rightly notes that this lawsuit by Beard against Barber has hitherto ‘escaped general documentation in the annals of photographic history, having been overshadowed by his [Heard's] protracted action against John Egerton which lasted from 1845–49’. She has also been able to point to a further two legal actions brought by Beard against Antoine Claudet and against ‘Edwards’, because they were rereported briefly in The Times in July 1841 and November 1842. In addition, Beard also brought two more actions, in 1843 against Edward Holland of Yorkshirc, and against Robert Bake and William Chapplc of Truro, Cornwall.