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Early 1860s Advertisements by GW Wilson offering Landscape CDVs?
Has anyone seen advertisements before 1867 for Mr Wilson's landscape CDVs? Earlier this year, I posted the acquisition of a watermarked 1862 carte by GWW of Peterborough Cathedral. The logo on…Continue
Started Nov 30, 2017
Variant "A Breaking Wave [Instantaneous] No. 79" by George Washington Wilson.
Is this a common variant of Mr Wilson's No. 79? I have not seen it published. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston,USA holds a pristine example of this from the Dr Oliver W. Holmes collection [My…Continue
Started Nov 6, 2017
Dated and named photographic paper used in 1862 CDV by GW Wilson.
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Has anyone encountered a GW Wilson where the photographer or his employee used an area of photographic paper with the watermark not eliminated?, In this case a cdv of Peterborough Cathedral's nave…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Edward McCann Jun 17, 2017.
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"Hello Edward.
Thanks for sending the card -- it is a nice one. My apologies for taking so long to get back to you.
The image you sent is familiar to me, but I did not have it iis not in the RIC collection. The print started out as a 1/2 of a…"
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Conclusion.
George Washington Wilson's contribution to…"
" Correction: "Roslyn Chapel -- The Apprentice's Pillar" cdv is from GWW's stereograph negative # 362 taken early in 1862, not 1863.
The tinted album filler invitation card holds a clue to its GWW origin.…"
" As Ian Wallace suggests, the finely tinted album filler with eight GWW views is likely an original Wilson. W.C. Darrah in " Cartes de Visite in Nineteenth Century Photography" wrote, "pirating of scenic cartes... was seldom a…"
"For my penny's worth I would think it is possibly by Wilson assuming you can match all the images. He had the experience of photo montages from his commercially very successful photographs of Aberdeen dignitaries in the later 1850s. …"
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An Original Wilson?
Revisited, on the right, is the pre-1867 sold GWW CDV view -- with the W. Smith of 43 Lord Street, Liverpool retail label on the verso --…"
" Ian -- so many answers, perhaps, out there for the determined or lucky collector --Edward."
"Hello Edward/Peter
I think the other person who comes to mind as a comparison in this context is Francis Bedford. Steven Evans shows a topographical CDV around 1860 on his Bedford timeline and notes that it is a cut down stereographic image…"
" Hello Peter -- Could it be the unavailability of albums? I've never seen an album for collecting 4x3 album format prints, with one exception.
Mr. Wilson did produce, for his theme souvenir 4x3 prints on thin uncaptioned…"
"Hi Edward, I am glad that you have now proved that 1868 date for GWW introduction of CDVs is too late. It always seemed inconceivable to me that the most entrepreneurial of all photographers would not be churning out CDVs while they were hot in the…"
" In my collection are 62 recto numbered carte views -- 42 with blank versos -- so common today.
Perhaps, these are the CDV views reviewed in The Art Journal, December1,1868: " They are recent additions to the extensive series he has…"
" The scarcest views in my collection -- only seven -- are the printed captions on recto and early GWW ident. device on the verso. One, the Smith sold view predating 1867, is from stereo #362 of 1862.The other numbers are 144a, 141, 66, 37, 30…"
" Another thought: in 1863, could GWW's list "... Album Views." mean both CDV and his new format 3x4 "album"?"
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Exhibition of G W Wilson carte-de-visite views, 1862-1900.
New research based on a view of 'Roslyn Chapel --- The Apprentice's Pillar' confirms Mr Wilson introduced CDV views before late 1868. The printed caption appears on the recto and the seller's label, 'William Smith, 43 Lord Street, Liverpool' on the verso.
In 1862, the British Journal of Photography suggested to readers, they buy from Mr. Smith at 43 Lord street cartes of American personalities, published by Anthony of NYC, to support a Lancashire charity. Gore's Liverpool…
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'G. W. Wilson Stereoscopic Views' book casing.
We collectors of Mr. Wilson have much to celebrate this year with Professor Roger Taylor's just released new GW Wilson edition. Personally, my new acquisition of an album in the form of a book,containing 16 GWW views -- plus one other related to GWW's stereoscopic views -- …
Posted on August 15, 2018 at 21:30
George Washington Wilson Exhibition and Lecture / 22 June, 2017
From 22 June 2017 until the end of August, the Atwater Library,1200 Avenue Atwater, Westmount,Quebec will host an exhibition of Edward McCann's private collection of G W Wilson photographs. McCann is the former Curator of the Royal Canadian Police Museum and volunteer curator of the library. For 188 years, the Atwater was known as the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal. Mr…
Posted on May 30, 2017 at 16:30 — 3 Comments
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- At 18:05 on April 10, 2021,
Steven Evans said…
Hello Edward.
Thanks for sending the card -- it is a nice one. My apologies for taking so long to get back to you.
The image you sent is familiar to me, but I did not have it iis not in the RIC collection. The print started out as a 1/2 of a stereoview that was trimmed to fit the cdv format. The number on that cdv will match the number on the original stereoview.
As you know, Bedford travelled extensively in the early - mid 1860's. He often took his 2 kids and his wife who posed in his photos to help animate a scene. He did the same with his carriage and there are quite a few views (mostly stereoviews) with the carriage strategically placed to add depth, provide scale and/or enliven the photograph.
Thanks again for your interest and stay well.
Steven
- At 0:58 on July 5, 2014,
Ian Wallace said…
Hi Edward,
I think GWW is still somewhat underrated due the volume of reproduction. I think time will raise his stature further. I have a similar number of images to yourself, mostly stereos and cdvs but also some larger albumen prints, I've even added a few of the late GWW postcards to my collection.
I have been working on a very large digital stereo card index database. (you cant buy them all!)
I think I may have been a little over keen in my attribution of the cdv image i posted, but the images is still very fine and one of my favorites.
Regards
ian
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