Albert Sands Southworth (1811-1894) was an avid daguerreotypist (daguerreotype being the first commercial successful photographic process using a silver plated cooper plate and without a negative).
Southworth and Hawes set up an early photographic firm in Boston from 1843-63 and were hailed as the first great masters of photography in America. They produced fine detailed images with a mirror like quality and their photographic portraits were considered fine art.
From studying their photographs on the internet I can understand why Marcus A Root, the contemporary Philadelphia dauerroetypist said "....their style, indeed, is peculiar to themselves; presenting beautiful effects of light and shade and giving depth and roundness together with a wonderful softness or mellowness...."
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