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Lachlan Maclachlan

I'm trying to find out more information about a Victorian photographer named Lachlan Maclachlan (or M'Lachlan) who was working round about the 1870s and who was 'given to composing large groups of celebrities - notably the terrible Royal Group'. I ta

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Eton Schoolboy

Circa 1870's a highly unusual carte-de-visite photograph by W.Runicles, Eton.

It shows a head in strange head dress / wig with partially whited out eyes and ectoplasm protruding from the mouth. Under magnification the 'ectoplasm' has formed into a he

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St Helena photographer

I have, in my collection, a carte de visite photograph of a girl by T HAYWARD of NAPOLEON STREET, ST HELENA. Written on reverse is, 'For dear Johnnie with Lillie's fond love.' Period looks 1870s. Having no luck finding further information about the p

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Around The Square

Anthony Jones’ black and white photographs of the City of London have been exhibited in the US and UK and feature in private, corporate and museum collections.

This photowalk is an opportunity to follow in his foot-steps and revisit the scene of his

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EGERTON DAGUERREOTYPES

Does anyone have any information about the Egerton brothers, Jeremiah and John, who were the subject of litigation by Richard Beard in 1845? I have read what’s available (R. D. Wood, et al), but I am looking specifically for any daguerreotype or dagu

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NAZI PHOTOS HELP NEEDED

I am currently researching a folio of sixteen World War Two photographic prints, taken by Nazi photographers which were confiscated by British Intelligence Corp officers during the denazification of British occupied Germany - in Dortmund - in 1946. T

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William Lake Price

Hello, I've discovered a reference to William Lake Price shooting the opening ceremony of the Royal Horticultural Gardens at Kensington Gore in 1861 (the gardens were later associated with the international Exhibition of 1862).

Can any-one confirm th

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