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Further research led him to discover that what has appeared to be the initials "H.B." on the leaf print were actually the letters "S.A.B.", and that the handwriting matched initials on watercolors that were known to be by Sarah Anne Bright. Schaaf concluded that Bright had made the image and announced his findings at a lecture at the
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Schaaf began to explore the possible connections with Henry Bright and known photographers in the
Bristol area. He determined that the "W” on the print was a mark of William West, a man who was known to have made early photographic papers in Bristol in 1839, thereby fixing the date of the print.
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Her role as an early photographer was discovered after a group of photographs known as the
Quillan Collection was offered for sale at Sotheby's auction house in New York in 2008. The collection was assembled during 1988–1990 by private photography dealer Jill Quasha.
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and that the print possibly could have been produced as early as 1805. Based upon the uncertainty surrounding its authorship and age, Sotheby's withdrew the print from the sale pending further research.
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In the 1851 and 1861 census Sarah Anne Bright was living with her sisters, Phebe and
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