Photographers 1840 – 1940 Great Britain & Ireland

A & G Taylor Our unique, guaranteed photo dating wizard has been enhanced by the addition of a specific section on A & G Taylor, the Victorian photographers that referred to themselves as ‘The Biggest Photographers in the World’. All of the carte de visite and cabinet card photograph mounts used by A & G [...]

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 [...]

A new FAQ has been published at www.cartedevisite.co.uk providing a checklist on developing a biography for free publication on the ‘Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland – 1840 to 1914‘ website. There are presently over 30 biographies available.

During recent weeks additional content has been added to the Photographer lists, 1840 – 1940, published at Photographers 1840 – 1940. These free listings now include content listed  A through to Z, with the corresponding data available for immediate download through our e-commerce site.  Further enhancements to the Photographers 1840 – 1940 website will be [...]

In response to suggestions from our users, each page on Photographers 1840 – 1940 now features a user friendly ‘e-Mail this Page’ and ‘Print this Page’ facility. As well as being useful for notifying friends about the site content, and printing pages for your research, you can always e-mail a specific page to yourself to [...]

The FAQ: Old Negatives and Records at Photographers 1840 – 1940 has been updated with three images to illustrate the deplorable state of long forgotten glass negatives.

Welcome to Dating Old Photographs at Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 Unfortunately many old family photographs are not annotated with the sitter’s name. However, an accurate date does help to pinpoint who the subject/s of the photograph might be. Knowing when a photograph was taken, where it was taken – together [...]

Welcome to General News at Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 This is a website about the photographers of Great Britain and Ireland from 1840 to 1940, their photographs, their studios and their customers. Get information from the world’s largest collection of British and Irish carte de visite photographs and from the [...]

Welcome to Wanted at Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 We have masses of information BUT – we always need more. Research thrives on data, and lots of it. We are always looking for: original Victorian or Edwardian photographs – portraits or views dated photographs – 1840 to 1940 date information from [...]

Welcome to Publications at Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 We have a number of publications and other items for sale as well as some which are free. They are: FREE downloads of articles that have previously been published FREE e-Newsletters Victorian photographs in various lots which are surplus to our archive. [...]

Welcome to Studios at Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 We have details of studios in all cities, most towns and many villages throughout Great Britain and Ireland. To find out if we have information on photographic studios in the particular city, town or village that you are interested in – visit [...]

Welcome to FAQs at Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 Many questions are often asked of us so we thought it would be a good idea to write an answer for everyone to refer to. Through time this will become a large, authoritative resource. Do check it out at FAQ.

Welcome to Sitters at Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 It is such a shame that people down the years have disposed of family albums without a thought as to who might treasure them in the future. The prime purpose of this aspect of the archive is to preserve information for family [...]

Welcome to Photographers of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 – 1940 The invention of photography had a massive and everlasting impact on everyone; on commerce, on industry, on the rich and on the man in the street. Because of it we can actually see into the past! This site is all about early photographers from [...]