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 Museum 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 others 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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Hi Alan
You might be interested in a book by Charles Lubelski, it is called Pride Passion and Printing. Its about Lund Humphries and chapter 12 has information on the Penrose Annual
Steve
Hi Alan
You may be interested in some research I did on Percy Lund and his business Lund Humphries
https://sites.google.com/site/leedsandbradfordstudios/home/percy-lund
Steve Lightfoot
Really interesting, Steve. Do you know where there might be any extant runs of The Photographer's World?
Hi Michael
I have about 25 copies
Steve
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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