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Brett Payne replied to John Hannavy's discussion 'Late Cabinet Print'

I must say that I haven't come across any A & G Taylor postcards before, but the various branches of the firm were doing all sorts of things in several directions in the early 1900s, so I'm not surprised. One of the keys to getting an accurate da...

October 30

John Hannavy replied to John Hannavy's discussion 'Late Cabinet Print'

Many thanks Brett, I've emailed them, and will post any further information they can give me. The card, I thought, was dark grey, but looking at it again, it may indeed be faded green. You date range matches what i thought. Good to have the Taylo...

October 30

Brett Payne replied to John Hannavy's discussion 'Late Cabinet Print'

Dear John, First, can I say that I very much enjoyed your book, "Victorian Photographers at Work," which I purchased and read recently, and have learnt a great deal from it. I suggest that you ask Bozi Mohacek and his enthusiatic associates who ...

October 30

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Late Cabinet Print

Hi All, Can anyone date the mount of this unusual cabinet image - it is not a style I have seen before. Any if there is anyone out there who could throw some light on the cars, that would be a real bonus! The cabinet print was discovered in Scotl...

October 30

John Hannavy replied to Gael Newton's discussion 'Beard colonial patentees'

Hi Gael, I have been doing a lot of research recently on Beard's Scottish and Irish Patents - the results are published in the latest Daguerreian Annual - and I have to tell you Beard did patent his 'Improvements' in both Ireland and Scotland. Th...

June 13

John Hannavy replied to Mark Haworth-Booth's discussion 'Wedding photography'

Hi Mark, Thought I'd add these two pictures, as they demonstrate my suggested link between ball gowns and wedding dresses, and the link between QV and white weddings. The first is obviously one of Fenton's royal portraits 1853/4, the other is a s...

March 7

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