Photography in the 19th century was not the sole preserve of the male sex. Although the number of women photographers was comparatively small, it was significant. The new blog lists of some of the women in Victorian England who took to the new photographic technology on their own account.
Many seem to have been in business for a very short period, as were many of their male counterparts. However, women like Mrs Higgins of Stamford, Mrs Elizabeth Miller of Yarmouth and Miss Sarah Ann White of Towcester bucked the trend and continued snapping away for several decades.
One of the women photographers you list was Mrs. Bustin of Hereford- an ancester of mine, who was an artist from London -she was in charge of at least one photographic studio, as well as being the mother of ten children- her husband had moved to Bristol to take over a pub, the Griffin Inn in Griffin Lane, (now Lower Park Row) run by his father. Richard Bustin Her husband, Richard Britten Bustin, was the ex head master of the Hereford School of Art, and the Photographic business was established first in Ross-on-Wye.
Cool website I love the layout.
Well, thank you very much. I much prefer this latest layout to the previous one, so it’s good to know it meets with other people’s approval too. Thanks for ‘dropping in’.
Christine Hibbert (QVictoria