"Hello Hugh
Perhaps the rank or regiment could be identified from the collar or helmet by specialists at the National Army Museum or an online community such as the British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum.
There are also some very helpful…"
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I was saddened last month to learn of the death of Roger Vaughan (1948-2015), whose extensive collection of Victorian and Edwardian photographs enabled him to create a very helpful array of online…Continue
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"Ron Cosens has kindly supplied two examples of the last of the registered mount designs I listed last month, featuring a scroll and tracery, which was popular from the late 1880s to the mid-1890s. One used by Louis Urbinsky is clearly dated 1895.…"
Marion's registered mount designs and Roger Vaughan's Marion Date Code
I was saddened last month to learn of the death of Roger Vaughan (1948-2015), whose extensive collection of Victorian and Edwardian photographs enabled him to create a very helpful array of online material. I had been unaware of his career as a geologist until I saw an obituary in The Geological Curator (July 2015, vol. 10, no 3, pp. 143 & 144).A security issue is…See More
"Hi DavidAs Ron Cosens commented in 2011, copyright was almost certainly reserved for portraits of celebrities (http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/group/carte-de-visite/forum/topics/elliott-fry-copyright-dates).If you feel lucky, you could try…"
"Apologies - the "Wreath of Fruit" link is in fact here."
"Frank's step-sister Marian (1844-1930) would seem to be quite a likely candidate, and it would be surprising if none of her many descendants had inherited other photographs that could be compared with this one.Without the benefit of a…"
"Good points, Robert. The front of the case is certainly displayed very prominently, and perhaps embossed with an initial letter of some significance. But if this is not merely a studio prop, I wonder why the photograph inside is not shown…"
"Hello David. Nice to see you turning up on British Photographic History.
I've just added a comment on the Benjamin Winn photo. I agree with your dating of all three pictures, but I've offered a further suggestion for interpreting the cased…"
"The photographer Benjamin Winn (1843-1905) is listed at 369 Kingsland Road, Hackney, from 1871 to 1876 (www.photolondon.org.uk) so if his subject was about 25 to 30 years old, she could have been born in the 1840s. Her fur-trimmed clothing looks too…"
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- At 0:20 on March 30, 2015,
Robert Pols said…
Hello David. Nice to see you turning up on British Photographic History.
I've just added a comment on the Benjamin Winn photo. I agree with your dating of all three pictures, but I've offered a further suggestion for interpreting the cased photo on the Winn carte. (I don't know whether you'll be convinced.)
Robert
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