Guildford School of Photography
If anyone knows anything about Joy & Ifor Thomas, former photography teachers at Guildford in the 50s will they please get in touch.
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Looking for old photos of the Ernest Bernays Memorial Institute - Stanmore
I recently photographed the Ernest Bernays Memorial Institute in Stanmore, following an extensive restoration. I have done all the usual searches, but can't find any pictures of the building taken during its existence since 1871. It is apparently one
The London School of Photography
I am looking for any information about The London School of Photography and William Smorthwaite, Proprietor from 1870-1876. Also looking for information about his son William Joseph Smorthwaite, photographer in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Also Em
Read more…Monitoring membership!
Could this sort of comment not be allowed to exist by more closely monitoring the membership! Rose added a comment to your profile on British photographic history: rose.davids50@hotmail.fr HELLO My name is miss Rose i saw your profile today at(briti
Read more…'I. GUY' Daguerrotype frame stamp
Hello all,
This leather-cased Claudet daguerrotype is dateable to c.1843-8.
On the gilt or brass frame a name is stamped: 'I.GUY'. I haven't found anything online to explain this, but I am assuming that this may refer to the frame maker?
Have any
Read more…Robertson and Beato photographs of the Crimean War
Dear Colleagues I should like to know what holdings there are in British public collections. I am aware of the V&A holdings but not of others. Many thanks - Mark Haworth-Booth
Read more…Salon Catalogues
Does anyone know if any copies of the catalogue of the 1893 Photographic Salon exhibition survive, and if so, what libraries hold them?
Many thanks
Giles Hudson
Read more…French Stereo Images on Glass
Four boxes each containing about 10 stereo images of the Palace of Versailles and Fontainbleau have long been in our family. The printing on the boxes is in French, and inside each box is a small label that says 'Toutes ces vues sont tirees sure Plaq
Read more…Norton Brothers, British Guiana, and Everard im Thurn
Hi, I have a colleague who is studying botanical exploration in Latin America and particularly the work of Everard im Thurn, a British author/explorer/botanist/anthropologist, and it would appear photographer - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everar
Read more…London 'then and now'
I am blogging about how London's buildings have changed since the 1870s, using photos taken this summer to compare with those taken by Henry Dixon. I'd welcome your comments http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pointsofview/london-then-and-now/ You
Read more…The London Photographer Dorothy Wilding [1893-1976]
Hello all......(again) The late Dorothy Wilding is (or rather was) Britain's most famous female photographer. In fact she was the first woman to be awarded a Royal Warrant to be the official photographer to a King & Queen at their coronation, and on
Read more…WILLIAM ENGLAND
Hello, I'm looking for a SV from William England called "The Glacier of Rhône - Switzerland" Thank's to help me.....
Read more…BSA Factory armoury road birmingham
Hi to everyone i am researching the history of the above factory one of Birminghams giants amongst many. Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding photographs collections etc, Thankyou.
Read more…Camille Silvy
As some members know, I am curating an exhibition in honour of Camille Silvy (1834-1910). It will be held in 2010 to mark the centenary of Silvy's death. The exhibition will be produced by Jeu de Paume, Paris, and will travel to the National Portrait
Read more…Late Cabinet Print
Hi All, Can anyone date the mount of this unusual cabinet image - it is not a style I have seen before. And 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 Scotland
Read more…Harry Marshall Ward FRS (1854-1906)
Here's a platinum print of the botanist Harry Marshall Ward, Cambridge Professor credited with revolutionizing the study of Botany in Great Britain. He's the subject of a recent (2005) biography, Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death. T
Read more…Carte de visite album
Dear friends, I am writing a MA dissertation on six albums of carte-de-visite. I'm looking for help in finding details about album factories in XIX century Europe. I know Mr. Antoine Maitre was the most important album producer in Dijon (1860s), and
Read more…Forensic analysis of photographs
I’m currently collaborating with a forensic scientist to use handwriting analysis to help attribute a group of 19th century stereoviews. Is anyone aware of any other studies using handwriting or forensic science to attribute images?
Read more…150 years old today
I hope no-one minds me posting this to the forum, but I thought people may find this story interesting given its uniqueness. Today my earliest precisely dated photograph is exactly 150 years old. Taken 29 June 1859, it shows a then 12-year-old Edmun
Read more…Beard colonial patentees
Greetings all Would anyone know of any other colonial daguerreotype license granted by Richard Beard - other than to George B Goodman from London, who was the first commercial daguerreotypist to set up shop in Australia in Sydney in December 1842.
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