Robert Jefferson Bingham

Robert Jefferson Bingham
Born
Billesdon, Leicestershire, England
Baptised7 March 1824
Died(1870-02-21)21 February 1870
Brussels, Belgium
Known forPioneer photographer, portraits, and reproductions of paintings. Early user and proponent of the collodion process.
Notable workPhotographic illustrations for The Great Exhibition Report (1851), Photographic Catalogue raisonné of Paul Delaroche's works (1858), reproductions of works by Gustave Courbet and Gustave Moreau.
SpouseEmma Reeve (m. 1853; d. 1868)

Robert Jefferson Bingham (bapt. 7 March 1824 – 21 February 1870) was an English pioneer photographer, mainly active in France, making portraits and reproductions of paintings. He is one of the first photographers to use and write about the collodion process, which he claimed to have invented.

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