W. Currey – Bolton
J. McLeod – Newark, Notts
Hardingham R. Mehew – Wisbech
Jas. Monk – Carlisle
F. Snary - Bristol
These will be added to the general listings when dates have ben assigned.
Messieurs Delon et Reynouls, et Photographie Universelle are now listed in the Global c-d-vs
A restrained design from turn of the 19th century from Bergen
It wasn’t just Britain that used the backs of c-d-v- photos as an advertising medium as can be seen from this elegant design from Bergen, Norway,
This carte was bought in a Bergen antique shop, along with several others, to add to my small but growing collection of cartes de visite from around the world. I’ve now listed these photographers and studios from beyond British shores, ranging from Madras in India to Canada and quite few stops inbetween.
DO you have any details about a 19th century British photographer whose name does not appear in the listings on this site?
IF so, I’d like to hear from you. Maybe I could set up a section about these photographers, or studios, so that others can access the info?
REMEMBER, it’s always good to share!
Maybe your great-great -grandfather (or grandmother) was as a photographer in the 1880s?
Do you know which town they worked in or the address of the studio?
How long was the studio in business?
Do you have a copy of their trade card or examples of photographic portraits that they took?
Did they employ other workers or were they a one-man band?
THIS BLOG WAS DESIGNED TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, AND MORE. SO TAKE A LOOK. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MAY DISCOVER!
An image from around 1860
The list of named sitters is almost complete and can now be viewed, along with its accompanying images.
Any further named sitters will be listed asap.
A very smart Victorian miss
Go - to the ‘About this Blog’ page for links to photographers trade cards, showing the diverse range of designs utilised to advertise services and studios.
Also – view a variety of photographic portraits showing family groups, fashionable women, bewhiskered men etc from 19th century Britain.
A list of ‘named sitters’ will be available shortly. (Named sitters are quite rare and only occur when a name, and sometimes a date or address, has been inscribed on the reverse of a photograph.)
To see more trade cards – click this link
The names of all the photographers, from the British Isles, in my collection of cartes de visite photographs are now included on this site.
In some cases, the dates when the studios were in business are not yet known. I will add dates for these as, and when, they become available
