I am currently doing a study of this publication. It first appeared in 1895 and continued until the 1982. It charts the advancement of the reproduction of photography in print, often known as photomechanical work. My interest is in the evolution of photographic materials for this work from the 19th Century up to around 1930. However, this annual contains much more on photographic history and I am interested in the perspective of others on this.
An overview of the publication appeared in The Photographic Journal of 1964. Copies can be found in various libraries. The National Arts Library at the V&A has a set and the Museaum of Printing has produced this index of the volumes. I am studying the copies in the archives of the Manchester Central Library.
The Pictorial Annual contains plentiful illustrations that show the current technologies of photo reproduction in a particular year. Some are bound directly into the book but ofhers on more specialist papers are tipped in. A beautiful resource for the photo historian. My plan is to add more to this post as my research progresses.
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I'd love to see them. I have a Lund catalogue for 1891 and one the 7th annal catalogue for 1894.
No Problem. I can pop into the Bradford Museum any time if you ever up there. If nobody else has any of these I am happy to let the museum copy them. I am sure Percy Lund wont mind.
Steve
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