Hastings Photographers (R)

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Professional Photographers in Hastings

R. A. P. (Rapid Art Photography) - William George Ramsey - James G. Richards - Clement Rogers -

 Mrs Sophia Rogerson - Royal Pelham Arcade Photographic Gallery - Royal Victoria Studio - Edward Talbot Rutley

 

William George RAMSEY (1853-1885)

William George Ramsey was a young photographer from Bath who operated a photographic portrait studio at his home at Alpine Cottage, 22 Penrhyn Terrace, Priory Road, Hastings between 1880 and 1884. William George Ramsey was born in Bath during the 4th Quarter of 1853. In the Spring of 1876, twenty-two year old William George Ramsey married Mary Russ (born 1854, Bitton, Gloucestershire) in his home city of Bath. Mrs Mary Ramsey gave birth to a baby daughter named Margaret Elizabeth Ramsey towards the end of 1876.

Around 1880, William George Ramsey, his wife Mary, and their young daughter Margaret arrived in the Sussex seaside town of Hastings. The 1881 census, records William George Ramsey and his family at Alpine Cottage, 22 Penrhyn Terrace, Priory Road, Hastings. On the 1881 census return, William George Ramsey is described as a "Photographic Artist", aged 27.

William George Ramsey had been in business at Alpine Cottage, Priory Road, Hastings for less than five years when he died in Lewes during the 3rd Quarter of 1885, at the relatively young age of thirty-two. After the death of W. G. Ramsey the "Alpine Studio" in Priory Road was sold to Alfred Peplow (born 1849, Marylebone, London).

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ABOVE]  The trade plate of William George Ramsey, Artist & Photographer, Alpine Cottage, Priory Road, Hastings, as printed on the reverse of a carte-de-visite photograph (c1880).

Carte-de-visite portraits by William George Ramsey of Priory Road, Hastings

[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of young woman by William George Ramsey, Artist & Photographer, Alpine Cottage, Priory Road, Hastings (c1880).

[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a woman wearing a hat by William George Ramsey, Artist & Photographer, Alpine Cottage, Priory Road, Hastings (c1880).

[ABOVE] A vignette portrait of an unknown woman, a carte-de-visite by William George Ramsey, Artist & Photographer, Alpine Cottage, Priory Road, Hastings (c1880).

 

Clement  ROGERS  (1836-1899)

Clement Rogers was born at Louth, Lincolnshire on 22nd January 1835, the son of Sarah and Alexander Rogers. ( Clement Rogers was christened five months later on 28th June 1835 at The New Jerusalemite Church in Melbourne, Derbyshire. The New Jerusalem Church was founded on the biblical interpretations of Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish theologian and Christian mystic ). Clement's father Alexander Tallents Rogers (1804-1881) was a schoolmaster who ran a "classical and commercial boarding school" at The Priory, Southgate, in Louth, Lincolnshire. Clement Rogers trained as an architect and in the 1868 Post Office Directory of Lincolnshire he is listed as an architect at The Priory, Southgate, Louth. In 1868, Clement Rogers married Jessy (Jessie) Jane Ranshaw (born 1843, Louth, Lincolnshire) in his home town of Louth. [ Marriage registered in Louth during the First Quarter of 1868].

At the time of the 1871 census, Clement Rogers and his wife Jessy were living in Derbyshire at  60 Green Lane, Derby. Clement Rogers is described on the census return as a "Photographer" aged 34. Clement Rogers operated a photographic studio at Victoria Chambers, Victoria Street, Derby. I have in my own photograph collection, carte-de-visite portraits by Clement Rogers with the Victoria Chambers studio address printed on the reverse and which carry hand-written dates of "1872" and "1873". Wright's Directory of South Derbyshire, published in 1874, lists Clement Rogers as a photographer at Victoria Chambers, Victoria Street, Derby and gives his home address as 15 Wilmot Street, Derby.

By the end of 1874, Clement Rogers had moved from Derby to the Sussex seaside resort of St Leonards on Sea, where he established a photographic studio on the seafront at 24 Grand Parade. Pike & Ivimy's Annual Hastings & St Leonards Directory for 1876 (corrected to May 1876) lists Clement Rogers as a photographer at 24 Grand Parade, St Leonards. Clement Rogers was based at 24 Grand Parade until 1878. Clement Rogers, of 24 Grand Parade, St Leonards is listed under the heading of "Photographers" in the commercial section of the 1878 Post Office Directory for Sussex. However, on 21 September 1878, The Hastings & St Leonards Times published an advertisement which read : "J. F. BENSON (Late CLEMENT ROGERS), PRIVATE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, 24 GRAND PARADE, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA." Clement Rogers' successor was Joseph Francis Benson (born 1851, London), a photographer who had served his apprenticeship under the St Leonards photographer Robert Boning (1826-1878).

By 1881, Clement Rogers had become a school teacher. The 1881 census records Clement Rogers as a forty-six year old schoolmaster at Anerley Park, Penge, Surrey. Clement Rogers died in Bournemouth in 1899 at the age of 64.

[ABOVE] The trade plate of Clement Rogers, photographer of St Leonards-on-Sea (c1877)

Carte-de-visite portraits produced by Clement Rogers in Derby and St. Leonards on Sea, Sussex

[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of young woman and a young child by Clement Rogers of Victoria Chambers, Derby (Inscribed "1873") [ABOVE] The trade plate of Clement Rogers, Photographic Atelier, Victoria Chambers, Derby (Inscribed "1872"). [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of young woman by Clement Rogers of Victoria Chambers, Derby (Inscribed "1872").

[ABOVE] The adapted trade plate on the reverse of a carte-de-visite portrait by Clement Rogers of 24 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea. Rogers has printed details of his St Leonards studio on the old card stock from his former studio in Derby ( c1874). [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of young woman by Clement Rogers of  24 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea. The photographer has printed his name and new studio address on top of a card mount from his Derby studio (c1874) [ABOVE] A portrait of  Mrs Annabella Henrietta Harkness by Clement Rogers of  24 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea (1878). Inscribed in ink on the back of the photograph are the words "Aella H. Harkness 1878"

Carte-de-visite portraits by Clement Rogers of St Leonards

[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of  a seated woman by Clement Rogers of  24 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea. (c1877) [ABOVE] Full length portrait of  a woman by Clement Rogers of  24 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea. (c1878) [ABOVE] Full length portrait of  a woman by Clement Rogers of  24 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea. (c1878)
[ABOVE] The reverse of the carte-de-visite portrait illustrated above.   Clement Rogers, Photographic Atelier, 24 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea. (c1877). Inscribed "For dear Mama, with Bessie's love" [ABOVE] The reverse of the carte-de-visite portrait illustrated above.   Clement Rogers, 24 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea. (c1878). [ABOVE] The reverse of the carte-de-visite portrait illustrated above.   Clement Rogers, St Leonards-on-Sea, 24 Grand Parade (c1878).
 
 

Mrs Sophia ROGERSON (1831-1908)

[ABOVE] The trade plate of Mrs Sophia Rogerson, 'Photographer Royal' of 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea (c1890)

Mrs Sophia Rogerson was born Sophia Southwell on 4th February 1831. Sophia (also known as Sophie) was one of ten children born to Elizabeth and William Southwell, a pianoforte maker of St. Pancras, London. Sophia's father William Southwell (born c1803, Liverpool) had married Elizabeth Cuming (born c1805, London) at St Marylebone, London, in 1822. The couple produced ten children, at least six of whom would eventually become involved in the world of photography. William and Elizabeth Southwell's three sons - William Henry Southwell (1823-1870), Edwin Southwell (1832-1882) and Frederick Southwell (1833-1883) became photographers and formed the successful London photography firm of Southwell Brothers. William H. Southwell established a photographic studio in London's Baker Street around 1857 and in the early 1860s he was joined by his two younger brothers, Edwin and Frederick. William Henry Southwell died from heart disease in 1870 at the age of 47, but the firm of Southwell Brothers was continued at 22 Baker Street, London by the surviving two brothers, Edwin and Frederick Southwell, until around 1876. Two of William and Elizabeth Southwell's daughters, Amanda and Selina, became associated with photography through marriage and a third, Sophia Southwell, became the proprietor of one of the leading studios in St Leonards-on-Sea in 1889. Amanda Southwell (born 1843, St Pancras, London) married the well-known London photographer William Elliott Debenham (1839-1924) in 1866. Selina Southwell (born 1838, Marylebone, London) became the wife of the Brighton & Hove photographer Frederick Oakes Devereux (born 1840, Liverpool) in 1870, after the end of her first marriage to Henry Sharman. Sophia Southwell had married Charles Rogerson in 1854, but she was widowed four years later. As Mrs S. Rogerson, Sophia became actively involved in the business of photography when she joined the firm of Boning & Small, a high class photographic studio in St Leonards on Sea, Sussex.

[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a woman by Southwell Brothers of Baker Street, London. Mrs Sophia Rogerson was the sister of the three brothers William, Edwin and Frederick Southwell who operated this fashionable photographic portrait studio in the 1860s. Sophia Southwell (1831-1908) was one of three Southwell sisters who became associated with photography. Selina Southwell (1838-1922), worked as a "photographic colourer" and married the Brighton & Hove photographer Frederick Oakes Devereux  (1840-1912). Amanda Southwell (1843-1884) became the wife of London photographer William Elliott Debenham (1839-1924).

 

 Southwell Brothers - Photographers Royal of  Baker Street, London

[ABOVE] The trade plate of Southwell Brothers, Photographers Royal, 16 & 22 Baker Street, London.

[LEFT & RIGHT] Carte-de-visite portraits produced at the studio of the Southwell Brothers of Baker Street, London. (Left) "Florence Bingley, taken 1863". (Right) Two unknown gentlemen (c1864).

Miss Sophie Southwell becomes Mrs Rogerson

Sophia Southwell was born in London on 4th February 1831, the fourth of ten children produced by Elizabeth and William Southwell, a pianoforte maker of St. Pancras, London. Sophia Southwell was baptised at St Pancras Old Church in North London on 27th February 1831. Sophia had three brothers - William Henry Southwell (1823-1870), Edwin Southwell (1832-1882) and Frederick Southwell (1833-1883). Initially, William Henry Southwell had followed his father into the business of manufacturing pianos, but in 1857 he established a a photographic portrait studio at 16 Baker Street, London. Around 1862, William H. Southwell was joined by his two younger brothers Edwin and Frederick to form the firm of Southwell Brothers and a second studio was opened at 22 Baker Street, London. By May 1867, the Southwell Brothers had added a third studio at 64A Bond Street, London. The enterprise was a great success. The Photographic News recalled that the Southwell Brothers "kept three studios going all day long" and had average daily takings of between seventy and one hundred pounds.

Sophia Southwell married Charles John Christopher Rogerson in 1854. The couple produced three children - Charles Frederick Southwell Rogerson (born 1855, North London), Ethel Eliza Rogerson (born 1857, North London) and William Reginald Arthur Rogerson (born 1858, Battersea, South London). Early in 1858, when Sophia was expecting their third child, her husband Charles Rogerson died at the age of 36. Sophia, a widow in her late twenties with three very young children moved into 16 Baker Street, London, the family home and the location of her brothers' photographic studio. When the 1861 census was taken on 7th April 1861, Mrs Sophia Rogerson was entered as the Head of Household at 16 Baker Street, London. Also residing at 16 Baker Street was Sophia's unmarried sister Rosina (Rose) Esther Southwell (born 1827, London) and her younger brother Edwin Southwell, who is described as a "Photographist" on the census return.

At the time of the 1871 census, Mrs Sophia Rogerson was living in the parish of St Mary Magdalene in Sussex. William Henry Southwell, Sophia's eldest brother and the head of the firm of Southwell Brothers, had died in 1870 at the age of 47. Edwin and Frederick Southwell ran the firm of Southwell Brothers for the next six years but in 1876 they sold their last remaining studio at 22 Baker Street to Frederick Thomas Burrows and his business partner Joseph Dufais Colton. Two years later Frederick  Burrows sold the Baker Street studio to Boning & Small a firm of photographers headed by Robert Boning (1826-1878) and Charles James Small (1836-1886).

 

[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a woman by Southwell Brothers of Baker Street, London.

Mrs Sophia Rogerson and Boning & Small's Photographic Studio in St Leonards-on-Sea

Robert Boning and Charles James Small, the new owners of the former Southwell Brothers studio in London's Baker Street, already owned a photographic studio at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards on Sea. ( Robert Boning had established the studio in Verulam Place in 1863 and ten years later he had been joined by Charles Small to form the firm of Boning & Small ). When they had purchased the Southwells' studio at 22 Baker Street, London, Robert Boning and Charles Small had not only inherited the negatives of the Southwell Brothers, they had also acquired the services of Edwin and Frederick Southwell's sister Mrs Sophia Rogerson.

Soon after Boning & Small purchased the Southwell Brothers former studio in 1878, Robert Boning, the senior partner, died. Charles James Small, the surviving partner in the firm, recruited Mrs Sophia Rogerson to help run the branch studio in St Leonards-on-Sea. In the late 1870s, Mrs Rogerson acted as Housekeeper at 10 Verulam Place and was in charge of the Reception Rooms leading to the photographic studio. When the 1881 census was taken on 3rd April 1881, Charles J. Small was residing at 22 Baker Street, London, the site of the London branch studio of Boning & Small, and Mrs Sophia Rogerson is recorded as the Housekeeper at 10 Verulam Place, Hastings.

When Charles James Small died in Richmond, Surrey in 1886 at the age of 49, his widow Mrs Eliza Ann Small (1836-1910) inherited her late husband's photography business. Mrs Sophia Rogerson took over the running of the the Boning & Small studio in St Leonards-on-Sea and it appears that she purchased the Verulam Place studio from Charles Small's widow around 1888. "S. Rogerson" is listed as a photographer at 11 Verulam Place, Hastings in W. T. Pike's 1889 Hastings & St Leonards Directory. In Kelly's Directory of Sussex, published in 1890, the proprietor of the photographic studio at 10 Verulam Place is given as "Sl. Rogerson". Pike's 1890 edition of the Hastings & St Leonards Directory lists "S. Rogerson" as a photographer at 10 Verulam Place. None of these trade directories mention that S. Rogerson, the photographer running the studio at Verulam Place, was a woman.

As the new owner of the studio at 10-11 Verulam Place, Mrs Rogerson recruited Henry Frederick Bultz (born 1865, Marylebone, London) as chief camera operator and  Manager of the Verulam Place Studio. However, it appears that Mrs Sophia Rogerson continued to take photographic portraits at the Verulam Place studio. In her publicity Mrs S. Rogerson describes herself as "Photographer Royal" and on the 1891 census return she gives her occupation as "Photographer". The 1891 census records Sophia Rogerson at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards with her only daughter Ethel Eliza Rogerson, described on the return as a thirty-two year old "Artist".

Towards the end of 1894,Sophia Rogerson, a widow now in her early sixties, married William Bailey Catherwood, a recently widowed architect and surveyor. William Catherwood's first wife, Mrs Ann Maria Catherwood had died in Hastings at the end of 1892 at the age of 69. After her marriage to William Catherwood, Sophia disposed of the studio at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards on Sea and moved to London with her husband. By 1895, the Verulam Place studio was in the hands of a photographer named Schofield. The photographic studio closed within a few years and in 1898 the premises at Verulam Place was being shared by Madame Helene, a milliner, and the Hastings, St Leonards & Eastbourne Steamboat Company.

Mrs Sophia Catherwood (formerly Mrs Rogerson/ Miss Sophia Southwell) died at the beginning of 1908 at the age of seventy-six. Sophia was buried in London's Highgate Cemetery on 31st January, 1908.

 

[ABOVE] The studio of Boning & Small at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea. Boning & Small's photographic portrait studio was situated next to The Grand Hotel and opposite Hastings Pier. The kiosk in the foreground of the picture stood at the entrance to Hastings Pier. Mrs Sophia Rogerson, a former housekeeper and receptionist for Boning & Small, became the proprietor of the Verulam Place studio around 1888.

[ABOVE] An extract from an item in the Sussex Express of 8th November 1879 which gave a report on the death of  Joseph Percival, an employee of Boning & Small, who committed suicide the previous week. In this newspaper's report of the evidence given at the Coroner's Inquest, Mrs Sophia Rogerson is described as a widow residing at Boning & Small's business premises at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea. Mrs Rogerson declared that at the time of Joseph Percival's death, "she had charge of the reception room" attached to Charles James Small's photographic studio in Verulam Place.

 

S. ROGERSON - PHOTOGRAPHER ROYAL

Late Boning & Small, 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards

IMMEDIATELY OPPOSITE THE HASTINGS PIER

Inspection of the GALLERY attached to this OLD ESTABLISHED STUDIO is invited.

It is well worth a visit, for in addition to specimens of every variety of

HIGH CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY

IT CONTAINS ONE OF THE FINEST COLLECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY OF PORTRAITS  OF EMINENT PEOPLE, VISITORS TO HASTINGS & ST LEONARDS

Estab. 1863      S. ROGERSON - PHOTOGRAPHER ROYAL.  Successor to BONING & SMALL

FREQUENT ATTENDANCE IN BEXHILL AND DISTRICT FOR "AT HOME" PORTRAITURE, GROUPS, EQUESTRIAN AND ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY &c.
 A perfected system of the "FLASH LIGHT" is employed for BALLS, TABLEAUX VIVANTS, THEATRICAL GROUPS &c., when such cannot be photographed by daylight.  PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION

SPECIALITY - THE NEW PERMANENT PLATINOTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS

Orders can be executed for Negatives taken at any time since the business was established, also ENLARGEMENTS made from them.                                       French and German Spoken

Chief Operator and General Manager : Mr H. F. BULTZ

Studio, Waiting Room and Dressing Room on the FIRST FLOOR

Appointments may be made by Post.    

                              

10 Verulam Place, St Leonards

[ABOVE] The text of a full page advertisement for S. Rogerson - Photographer Royal, 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea which appeared  in the The Bexhill Chronicle Guide, Almanac and Directory to Bexhill-on-Sea, published in 1892.
 

[ABOVE] The trade plate of Mrs Sophia Rogerson, 'Photographer Royal' of 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea (c1890) [ABOVE] A map of Hastings & St Leonards showing the location of Sophia Rogerson's photographic studio at 10 Verulam Place ( marked with a red dot ).

Portraits of Gilbert Sackville, Viscount Cantelupe and his wife Lady Muriel Sackville by S.  Rogerson , Photographer Royal

[ABOVE] Portrait of Gilbert George Reginald Sackville, Viscount Cantelupe (1869-1915), photographed at the studio of Mrs Sophia Rogerson, 'Photographer Royal' at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea. The photograph was taken around 1891, the year of his marriage to Lady Muriel Brassey, the daughter of Sir Thomas Brassey, Baron Brassey of Bulkeley. This photograph and the photograph of his wife Lady Muriel were reproduced in The Bexhill Chronicle Guide, Almanac and Directory to Bexhill-on-Sea, published in 1892. On the death of his father in 1896, Gilbert Sackville became the 8th Earl De La Warr.

[ABOVE] Portrait of Lady Muriel Sackville (1872-1930), the daughter of  Sir Thomas Brassey, Baron Brassey of Bulkeley and Baroness Ann Brassey, photographed at the studio of Mrs Sophia Rogerson, 'Photographer Royal' at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea. The photograph was taken around 1891, the year of her marriage to  Gilbert Sackville. This photograph and the photograph of her husband Gilbert Sackville were reproduced in The Bexhill Chronicle Guide, Almanac and Directory to Bexhill-on-Sea, published in 1892.

 Mrs Sophia Rogerson , Successor to Boning & Small of 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards

[ABOVE] A vignette portrait of a young woman, photographed at Mrs Sophia Rogerson's studio at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea (c1889). Negative No. 28,901. Mrs Rogerson has adapted the photographic mounts of her predecessor and former employer Boning & Small (see right).

[ABOVE] The trade plate of Boning & Small of 22 Baker Street, Portman Square, London and 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea (1886). Mrs Rogerson  adapted Boning & Small's trade plate for her own carte-de-visite mounts (see below).

[ABOVE] A vignette portrait of an unknown man, photographed at Boning & Small's studio at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea (c1886). Negative No. 9,442. Mrs Rogerson later overprinted her own details with the prefix "Late" on the Boning & Small mount.

Carte-de-visite Portraits  by Mrs Sophia Rogerson , Photographer Royal of 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards

[ABOVE] A vignette portrait of a young woman, photographed at Mrs Sophia Rogerson's studio at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea (c1890). Negative No. 29,017. Mrs Rogerson has adapted the photographic mounts of her predecessor and former employer Boning & Small.

[ABOVE] The trade plate of Mrs Sophia Rogerson, "Photographer Royal" at the former studio of  Boning & Small, 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea (1890).

[ABOVE] A vignette portrait of a young woman, photographed at Mrs Sophia Rogerson's studio at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea (c1890). Negative No. 29,018. Mrs Rogerson has adapted the photographic mounts of her predecessor and former employer Boning & Small.

Cabinet Portrait  by Mrs Sophia Rogerson , Photographer Royal of 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards

[ABOVE] A vignette portrait of a young woman, photographed at Mrs Sophia Rogerson's studio at 10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea. Cabinet Card Portrait. Negative No.9,611. (c1890). Mrs Rogerson has adapted the photographic mounts of her predecessor Boning & Small.

[ABOVE] The trade plate of Mrs Sophia Rogerson, "Photographer Royal" at the former studio of  Boning & Small,10 Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-Sea, as printed on the reverse of a cabinet portrait (1890). Continuity with the studio of the "late Boning & Small" was an important selling point.
 

Acknowledgements & Sources

Thanks to David Cripps of Australia for providing family history details of the Southwell Family which includes Sophia Southwell (later Mrs Sophia Rogerson , photographer in St Leonards-on-Sea). I am grateful to photoLondon for providing information on the Southwell Brothers and Boning & Small on The Database of 19th Century Photographers and Allied Trades in London: 1841-1901 (based on the research of David Webb) which is featured on the photoLondon website. Thanks also to Paul Frecker for his research into the Southwell Family and the family's involvement in 19th Century Photography.

SOURCES : Census returns : 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 [London / Hastings] ;  Hastings and Sussex Trade Directories : Mathieson's Directory for Hastings & St Leonards (1867-1868) ; Parson's Directory of Hastings & St Leonards  (1871) ; Pike & Ivimy's  Hastings & St Leonards Directory (1876);  W. T. Pike's  Hastings & St Leonards Directory (1880-1881, 1885-1886, 1887, 1888, 1889); John Ransom's  Hastings & St Leonards Guide (1882) ; Kelly's Sussex Directory (1862, 1866, 1870, 1874, 1878, 1882, 1887, 1890, 1894, 1895, 1899 ; Newspapers : Hastings & St Leonards News (17th June, 1864, 13th October 1865, 16th October, 1868, 6th November 1868, ) ; Hastings & St Leonards Times ( 8th December, 1877, 8th June 1878, 10th August, 1878, 21st September, 1878, 8th November, 1879 ); Sussex Express (8th November 1879) ; Hastings & St Leonards Observer (1st January, 1881, 5th July, 1884,

SOURCES : Books : A Directory of London Photographers, 1841-1908 compiled by Michael Pritchard (PhotoResearch 1986, 1994); Websites : Cripps/ Burchett/ Southwell Pedigrees on rootsweb ; Records of Baptisms & Marriages ( IGI ) on Family Search website ; Registers of Births, Marriages & Deaths at the FreeBMD website ; Database of 19th Century Photographers and Allied Trades in London: 1841-1901 on the website photoLondon.

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