Trying to find information on Victor Jubilee Hutchinson born 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
Read more…Does anyone have information on Charles Hewitt, who practiced and taught photography in London at the turn of the last century and then moved to Australia? We believe that one of his students was Florence Vandamm (1883 - 1964). We (New York Public
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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,
Nuno B. A.
Read more…I am seeking information on the International Circle of Pictorial Photographers exhibition of 1926. This was held in Liverpool and a catalogue was published - if anyone has, or is aware of, a copy of this catalogue i would be very grateful. The IC
Read more…I am writing an article for a newish photography publication in Bristol. the article I am writing is on early street photography and I was hoping to use some images by some well known and lesser known street photographers. Does anyone know how it wor
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There seem to be a couple of “still lifes” in William England’s series “Gems of Statuary by Eminent Sculptors”. I know of a skeleton leaves stereo view entitled “Beautiful in Death” and a floral arrangement – “A Thing of Beauty is a
Read more…I am trying to find out a bit more about the life of Ernest Brooks, best known for his 1st World War photographs, who was also for a few years an official photographer to the British royal family. In particular I was wondering whether he could have a
Read more…I bought the following image and could use some help in IDing the location and possibly the photographer.
Anonymous: Boats Stranded by Low Tide. Salt print, 8-1/16 x 10-1/8 in. (205 x 257 mm), 1850s/1850s, unmounted. Reportedly this is an early Engli
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I have just created a Wikispace which contains an A - Z listing of nineteenth-century Pacific photographers with short bios, location of photographic holdings etc.The original list was created as a part of my Masters thesis but the online
POIRIER was a fench ptotographer with atelier in Bordeaux. In 1860 he comes to Porto, Portugal, and he says in a portuguese newspaper ("Commercio do Porto (O)", Nº 139, 20 June 1860, Pag. 4) that is the second time, after 15 years. He participate in
Read more…Just a quick message to let everyone know that process supplies (London photographic wholesaler Established 1928) has a new website, www.processuk.net
Hope you enjoy the new site!!!
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Despite having researched the lives of many hundreds of 19th century photographers active in Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain I have never come across references to anyone undertaking a formal
apprenticeship. That is, until now. Ment
I am researching the photographic scene in the late 1940s and 1950s and am trying to get a better idea of what aspiring photographers would be looking at and learning in these years. Questions to which I would like to find answers include:
1. What co
Does anyone know of any workshops within the London area on old processes?
Read more…I am researching early photographers in Leyton, Leytonstone, Walthamstow and Chingford in East London. If anyone has any info / links or wants to share information. please let me know.
Read more…I'm researching the early photographic history of Cornwall, particularly the use of the calotype process in the 1840s. I've come across a number of Fox-Talbots made in August 1841 at Carclew House near Mylor, and Robert Hunt, I believe, used the pro
Read more…Would like to know if anyone has information on 19th century photographer William Gale.
According to 1865 and 1868 directories, he operated at 222 Bute Road in Cardiff, Wales.
In 1865 was listed as Cambridge and Gale, photographers.
Thanks,
Jim
Read more…We've inherited a delightful little press - the smallest I've seen with a plate size of just 8 3/4 x 11 inches. It's suggested this is for cabinet cards and wondered if any-one has come across a press like this? Many thanks!
Read more…I've been sent an image of a daguerreotype plate that has a stamped mark in the top right corner, apparently very similar to that shown on the Historic Camera web page of Daguerreotype Plate Manufacturer Marks, i.e. "NP: 40." The date and location p
Read more…I'd be grateful for any information on status of the archives of the Professional Photographers' Association (founded in 1901, and subsequently renamed the British Institute of Professional Photographers). My understanding is that these archives have
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