Hello, I hope it's ok to ask this on this forum, but can someone help me identify a photograph? It's a familiar one to me, but I've completely forgotten who the photographer is. Any help would be appreciated.
I recently added an ambrotype of St Mary's Church Alderley Cheshire to my collection. The glass plate it is on is 2 3/4 by 3 1/4 inches mounted with a matt within a gutta purcha frame. Written on the back is simply Alderly Church. The church is s
I am looking for information on Alfred Hugh Harman (abt 1841 in Kennington, Surrey, London – 23 May 1913 in Surrey, Sussex), who was a photographer and partner of Henry Dages and founded the Britannia Works, later Ilford Ltd in 1879.
I would welcome any help please on dating an E&F portrait. The attached image shows the embossed logo and the signature below the photograph, and I wonder if anyone knows the dates between which those two items were used together.
The made-for-cinema documentary shows how Don McCullin created some of the latter twentieth-century’s most iconic images of man's inhumanity to man. Working at a critical time in global photojournalism, he witnessed the change of ethos to publishing
Hi, I am looking into the history and evolution of old pilgrim trails in the Garhwal Himalayas, India. Would be grateful if anybody could advise me about photographs of this region taken during 19th and early to mid- 20th century.
Trying to find information on Benjamin Foulkes Winks (b. 1861 in Islington – d. 10 Mar 1929 in Brentford, Middlesex).He is shown as a photographer in Walthamstow, East London in 1891.
In 1901 as a Manager – Photographic Manufactures in Wealdstone, Mi
Does anyone have information on where a young woman could study photography in London (probably NW), ca. 1900? The woman, Florence Vandamm, relocated to New York in 1924, leaving a succesful London career.
I recently discovered that Mr. Robert Leggat had passed away earlier this year. This was a real surprise. I used to use his website as a class resource. Does anyone know what became of his online texts/site?
Does anyone have information on a photographer named George B. Moore, perhaps an amateur, that was active ca. late 1850s or 1860s? Thank you very much,
I wonder if anybody has heard of William M Emmett (born 1871 in Leytonstone, Essex)? He is shown as a Journalistic/Newspaper Photographer in 1901 in Lewisham and as a Photographer in 1911 in Catford.
I think his mother was Laura (born 1841 in Pimlico
Hi everyone, I'm doing a PhD in Australia on irony and death in photography and I'm trying to place when irony was first used intentionally by an author/photographer in the depiction of death, real or pretend, does anyone have any ideas? Jay Ruby's b
Hi, an American contact of mine (writer, archivist, historian) is over in London 12-18 November. She's keen to see photographic history related exhibitions, galleries, dealers etc. Anything open in the evenings is especially welcome.
I have some family photographs by Richard Beard, but they are deteriorating. Does anyone know how to slow down, repair or whatever. Or does a museum or professional provide this service? I have had the complete set scanned by my local photographic sh
Trying to find information on Victor JubileeHutchinsonborn St Pancras/Camden Town, London abt 1887. I have him as a photographer in Walthamstow in 1911. He may have changed his name to Victor John King and may have been a photographer in Clacton-on