The London branch of the firm A Marion, Son & Co was advertising its collection of celebrity cartes-de-visite (amongst other things) in the pages of the Daily Southern Cross (NZ) in 1865, “catalogues sent on application". Does anyone out there know wher
Since posting news of the research into Ifor & Joy Thomas (Guildford School of P hotography) we have been delighted with the response which is already in. Several members of the family are now 'in the frame' - excuse pun- and Jack & I have had our fi
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
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
Does anyone know of the existence of a portrait of daguerreotypist
William Edward Kilburn, or for that matter any of his brother Douglas
Thomas Kilburn who worked in Australia other than the one taken by J.
W. Beattie?
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?
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
My name is James Coleman and I'm a Product Design student at the University of Brighton.
I have decided to base my next university project on the Kodak Brownie camera range, and what it would look like today if there was a special edition mRead more…
Recently, I found two cabinet portraits of “The Marquis Tseng” in Cheshire. He was a Chinese diplomat who was minister (or ambassador) to the courts of London, Paris, and St. Petersburg between 1878-1885. The Marquis Tseng move to Folkestone, Kent in
Could this sort of comment not be allowed to exist by more closely monitoring the membership!
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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
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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
I collect vintage studio portraits; my latest acquisitions are several by the late Bertram Park [1883-1972] who, as many of you will know, operated from a studio in Dover Street, Picadilly, London.
The images I have of his are printed on a really fl
I am often sent privately-owned ambrotypes to work on. Most of them are dateable from dress to the mid-late 1850s or early 1860s but occasionally there is a query as to whether they could possibly be pre- 1854, the year when I understand (
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.
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