A vivid red mount
A debate has been going on lately about the red mounts used for some carte de visite photographs. Their use appears to have been restricted to a only a few years during the 1880s & possibly the 1890s. There is a theory that the use of this vibrant colour coincided with Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee of 1887. However, some cartes with red mounts appear to predate this. Will we ever know the full story? No doubt someone can come up with an answer.
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
The list of my collection of 19th century English photographers is now complete. Scottish, Welsh and Irish ones will soon be added (but there aren’t many of those).
Still to come – trade cards & photos etc
Welcome to WordPress.com. This Blog looks great so far. And still more to come. Photos, trade cards and much more info.
