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Victorian Photographic Studios Illustrated

Webmaster — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:01:03 +0000

NOW AVAILABLE – for carte de visite enthusiasts everywhere. This is the fourth of a series of free articles about collecting Victorian cartes de visite and cabinet cards. There are more articles to follow. Please visit Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 for your free download.

Victorian Photographic Studios Illustrated

This article looks at Victorian cartes de visite and cabinet cards and how some of them illustrate the photographer’s studio – outdoors and indoors.

The article was first published in Photographica World, the magazine of the Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain. For more details about the Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain, please visit http://www.pccgb.com

The Victorian Photo Dating Wizard incorporates Hellis & Sons

Webmaster — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:09:51 +0000

Hellis & Sons

Our unique, guaranteed photo dating wizard has been enhanced again by the addition of a specific section on Hellis & Sons, one of London’s biggest photographic firms.

All of the carte de visite and cabinet card photograph mounts used by Hellis & Sons have been analysed, researched and dated. There are now nearly 40 different Hellis & Sons designs which are illustrated for you to choose from.

You can now date your Hellis & Sons photographs even more accurately by using our DIY Victorian photo dating programme – click here for more details.

Of course, the Wizard will also date ANY of your cartes de visite or cabinet cards – whoever the photographer was !

How Our Unique Photo Dating Wizard Works

Webmaster — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:57:33 +0000

NOW AVAILABLE – for carte de visite enthusiasts everywhere. This is the third of a series of free articles about collecting Victorian cartes de visite and cabinet cards. There are more articles to follow. Please visit Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 for your free download.

How Our Unique Photo Dating Wizard Works

This article explains how our unique, photograph dating wizard actually works. To use the Wizard click here.

The article was first published in Photographica World, the high quality magazine of the Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain – the club for collectors of all things photographic from around the world. For more details about the Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain, please visit http://www.pccgb.com

Victorian Photographic Studio Furniture

Webmaster — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:52:36 +0000

NOW AVAILABLE – for carte de visite enthusiasts everywhere. This is the second of a series of free articles about collecting Victorian cartes de visite and cabinet cards. There are more articles to follow. Please visit Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 for your free download.

Victorian Photographic Studio Furniture

This article looks at the many types of posing chairs and other posing devices used in Victorian photographic studios. Many were specially designed to change in size so that they suited men, women and children.

Collecting Victorian cartes de visite and cabinet cards

Ron Cosens — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:35:59 +0000

NOW AVAILABLE – for carte de visite enthusiasts everywhere. This is the first of a series of free articles about collecting Victorian cartes de visite and cabinet cards. There are more articles to follow. Please visit Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 for your free download.

This article was first published in Photographica World in 2003. Photographica World is the magazine of the Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain – the club for collectors of all things photographic from around the world.

For more details of the Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain, please visit http://www.nanites.co.uk/pccgb/index.htm

Revised William England Biography

Ron Cosens — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:39:14 +0000

The biography on William England at ‘Photographers 1840 – 1940 Great Britain & Ireland’ is one of many free Victorian Photographer biographies scheduled for publication over coming months. It has just been revised with additional images added.

Would you like us to date your old family portraits?

Ron Cosens — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:53:44 +0000

Customised Dating of Photographs - service offered through ‘Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland, 1840 – 1940′

We have a lot of experience and data to enable accurate dating of individual portrait photographs from 1840 – 1940. There is a charge and funds received help with the cost of maintaining the archive.

Individually researched photo dating service by archive staff - cost as follows

1 = £7.00 2 = £13.00 3 = £18.00 4 = £22.00. Thereafter £4.50 per photograph.

The more you would like dated, the cheaper it gets! There is no charge unless photographs can be dated confidently to within a 10 year period.

DATING your photos will certainly help to fit them into your Family Tree

New biography on Frank Albert Wreford Richards published

Ron Cosens — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:47:33 +0000

A new biography has been published at ‘Photographers 1840 – 1940 Great Britain & Ireland’ on Frank Albert Wreford Richards. This is one of many free Victorian Photographer biographies scheduled for publication over coming months.

New Biography on William Chatterton published

Ron Cosens — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:00:51 +0000

A new biography has been published at ‘Photographers 1840 – 1940 Great Britain & Ireland’ on William Chatterton. This is one of many free Victorian Photographer biographies scheduled for publication over coming months.

New Biography on Edward John Russell published

Ron Cosens — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:58:06 +0000

A new biography has been published at ‘Photographers 1840 – 1940 Great Britain & Ireland’ on Edward John Russell. This is one of many free Victorian Photographer biographies scheduled for publication over coming months.