Michael Pakenham Edgeworth is best known for this work in the field of botany and for his diaries about his time in India. But he also took some photos of his home, Edgeworth House in Edgeworthstown. The Old Edgeworthstown Photographs below are surviving examples of his work. They make up part of a collection called the Brewster Codex – housed in the J. Paul Getty Museum
The Brewster Codex is a compilation of photographs and drawings compiled by Sir David Brewster (between 1839 and 1849). He is a Scottish Inventor, famous for his work in the field of optics (glass and lenses). Especially credited with inventing the kaleidoscope in 1815. Furthermore, he was president of the Photographic Society of Scotland (founded in 1856). You can read more about him here
The Old Edgeworthstown Photographs below are modified and sharpened up. The originals you can see here
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