1843c PD295 Mini Archive (6 items in total) of Samuel Palmer QC – (2x) of Richard Beard Bristol Japanned Frame Daguerreotypes

PD295: An important mini archive (6 items in total) relating to Samuel Palmer QC including a pair (2x) of Richard Beard Quarter plate japanned frame daguerreotypes of Samuel and Mary Hinde Palmer; an oil painted portrait of Samuel Palmer QC c 1830 (1x); a tinted early calotype of Mary Palmer (1x); a cabinet card of MP John Hinde Palmer (Samuel & Mary’s son) by Maull & Fox c1870 (1x) and an autograph letter from MP John Hinde Palmer dated 1871

Samuel Palmer (1778 – Feb 21st 1850) of Dulwich Common, Bristol:

Husband of Mary Hinde Palmer and father of MP John Hinde Palmer. He was a QC (Queens Council – Victoria), Magistrate (who worked with the house of commons) and was Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Surrey. Buried at Norwood Cemetery, London.

Mary Hinde Palmer (? – 1864): Wife of Samuel, mother of Member of Parliament John Hinde Palmer. Born? Died on 4 March 1864 in London and buried at Norwood Cemetery, London. Daughter of Luke Hinde.

MP John Hinde Palmer (1808 – 2 June 1884) was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1884. He was called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1832 and became Queen’s Counsel in 1859. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey and Bencher and treasurer of Lincoln’s Inn.  Palmer stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Lincoln in 1857 and 1859 general elections and at a by-election in 1862. At the 1868 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln, but lost the seat in 1874. He was re-elected in 1880 and held the seat until his death at the age of 75 in 1884. Palmer married Clara Maria D’eyncourt, daughter of Charles Tennyson D’Eyncourt of Bayons Manor Lincolnshire. He died at St George’s Square, London on 2 June 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.

1) Framed Daguerreotype Of Samuel Palmer QC: 1843c Quarter Plate Beard Patentee Japanned Frame ID’d Samuel Palmer QC (Parliamentary Solicitor and Father of Liberal MP John Hinde Palmer), Sublime Painted Background, Super Rare Bristol Beard Red Label (Likely Henry Vines Proprietor) With Rare Quarter Plate Wharton Brass Pinch and Rare Blue Lined Paper Mat, Singed on the Back “Jub” (in 19th cent cursive, the “a” often looked like an “u”) Known to be Jabez Hues’ signature.  (Part of the Palmer Archive) This piece has it all and assuredly a museum piece! Pristine Condition. Interesting that this dag has heavy gold chloride while Samuel’s dag has very little.

2) 1843c Quarter Plate Beard Patentee Japanned Frame ID’d Mary Palmer, Sublime Painted Background, Super Rare Bristol Beard Red Label (Likely Henry Vines Proprietor) With Rare Quarter Plate Wharton Brass Pinch and Rare Blue Lined Paper Mat, Singed on the Back “Jab” Known to be Jabez Hues’ signature.  (Part of the Palmer Archive) This piece has it all and assuredly a museum piece! Pristine Condition. Interesting that this dag has heavy gold chloride while Samuel’s dag has very little.

3) 1850c Tinted salt print of Mary Hinde Palmer which may well have been taken as a mourning image after Samuel died in 1850 (about the right age, she is forlorn, and wears black gloves).

4) A superb oil painted portrait of Samuel Palmer QC c 1830

5 & 6) 1870c Cabinet Card Of John Hinde Palmer MP (Member of Parliament) by Maull & Fox and an Autographed Letter by JHP dated 1871.