Holloway and Beard (Brighton)
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Jesse Holloway and Holloway & Beard of Brighton
In 1871 and 1872, Jesse Holloway (1840-1896), a photographer based in Brighton, conducted a photographic tour of the southern counties of England. Jesse Holloway embarked on his first "Provincial Tour" in 1871. The following year, in partnership with his widowed elder sister Mrs Jane Beard (1837-1914), Jesse Holloway set off on his second "Provincial Tour". During this time, Jesse Holloway and the firm of Holloway & Beard had its headquarters in Brighton, first at No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton and later at No. 42 Belgrave Street, Brighton. Previously, in April 1871, when the census was taken, Jesse Holloway and his sister Mrs Jane Beard were residing together at 23 Crown Street, Brighton. |
Jesse
Holloway and his Family Jesse Holloway was born around 1840 at Basingstoke, Hampshire, the son of Frances and Charles Holloway. Jesse's father appears to have been Charles Holloway (born 1813, Romsey, Hampshire) who married Frances Biggs at Amport, Hampshire, on 12th December 1835. [ Hampshire trade directories record Charles Holloway as a "boot and shoe maker" of Romsey ]. Three of Charles
Holloway's children became professional photographers: |
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Jesse
Holloway (1840-1896) Jesse Holloway was born around 1840 at Basingstoke, Hampshire, the son of Frances and Charles Holloway. Although he was born in Basingstoke around the year 1840, Jesse Holloway was not baptised until 30th November 1848, after his parents had settled in the town of Romsey. On 21st October,1860, twenty year old Jesse Holloway married Sarah Jane Marriner (born 1838, Portsea, Hampshire) at Southampton. At the time of the 1861 census, Jesse Holloway was residing at South Stoneham in Hampshire. Jesse Holloway appears to have adopted an itinerant lifestyle which is reflected in the various birthplaces of his children. Jesse and Sarah Jane Holloway's first child, Edith Fanny Bertha Holloway was born at the village of Hordle, near Lymington, during the 3rd Quarter of 1865. By the time their second daughter, Annie Jane Holloway, was born in 1868, Jesse Holloway and his wife were staying at Beaulieu in the New Forest area of Hampshire. The couple's third daughter, Elizabeth Emily Holloway was born at the Sussex village of Ditchling, near Brighton. Jesse Holloway and his family arrived in Brighton early in 1871. Soon after their arrival in Brighton, Jesse's thirty-two year old wife, Sarah Jane Holloway, died. [The death of Mrs Sarah Jane Holloway was registered in Brighton during the 1st Quarter of 1871]. When the census was taken on 2nd April 1871, the photographer Jesse Holloway was residing at 23 Crown Street, Brighton, with his three daughters and his widowed sister, Mrs Jane Beard (born 1837, Grately, Hampshire) :
[ABOVE] The photographer Jesse Holloway recorded in the 1871 census |
[ABOVE] A portrait of an unknown man photographed by Jesse Holloway in the 1870s [ABOVE] The trade plate of Jesse Holloway and Mrs Jane Beard |
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Carte-de-visite Photographs taken during Jesse Holloway's Provincial Tours of 1871 and 1872 |
[ABOVE] The trade plate of Jesse Holloway of No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton as shown on the reverse of a carte-de-visite produced by Jesse Holloway during his "Provincial Tour" of 1871. Negative No. 4364 | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a mother and child photographed by Jesse Holloway during his "Provincial Tour" of 1871. Jesse Holloway was based at No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton in 1871. | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a seated man photographed by Jesse Holloway during his "Provincial Tour" of 1871. Jesse Holloway was based at No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton in 1871. | [ABOVE] The trade plate of Holloway & Beard as shown on the reverse of a carte-de-visite produced by Jesse Holloway and his sister Mrs Jane Beard during their "Provincial Tour" of 1872. |
[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a group of children, photographed by Jesse Holloway during his "Provincial Tour" of 1871. Jesse Holloway was based at No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton in 1871. Neg. No. 6244 | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a young girl, photographed by Holloway & Beard during their "Provincial Tour" of 1872. Holloway & Beard operated from an office at No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton in 1872. Neg. No. 6392 | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a seated man photographed by Holloway & Beard during their "Provincial Tour" of 1872. Jesse Holloway and Mrs Beard operated from an office at No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton in 1872. | [ABOVE] A three-quarter portrait of a seated man photographed by Holloway & Beard during their "Provincial Tour" of 1872. Jesse Holloway and Mrs Beard were operating from an office at No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton when this photograph was taken in 1872. |
Jesse
Holloway and Mrs Jane Beard in Reigate, Surrey When their second "Provincial Tour" of 1872 came to an end, Jesse Holloway and his sister Mrs Jane Beard arrived in Reigate, Surrey. By 1873, the brother-sister partnership of Holloway & Beard had taken over Edgar Drewett's branch studio which was situated opposite Reigate Railway Station. [ Edgar Drewett (born 1823, Rochester, Kent) the former owner of the Reigate studio, had become a photographer in the late 1850s and although based at 47 High Street, Guildford, had established branch studios at Dorking, Aldershot, Blackheath, Basingstoke and Winchester, as well as the studio located opposite the Railway Station in Reigate, Surrey). The partnership between Jesse Holloway and his sister Mrs Jane Beard lasted for just a few more years. Around 1875, Jesse Holloway left Reigate to take over his brother Edgar's studio in Croydon, Surrey. In 1874, Jesse Holloway had married a local woman named Caroline Payne (born c1849, Dunmow, Essex) and no longer required the services of his older sister. Mrs Jane Beard remained in Reigate and, after the departure of her brother Jesse, she continued to take photographic portraits at the studio opposite the town's railway station. The carte-de-visite portraits produced by Mrs Beard in the late 1870s carry the credit "From the Photographic Studio of J. Beard, Reigate, Surrey" and give no indication of her gender, marital status or the exact business address. However, local trade directories list Mrs Jane Beard as a professional photographer based in Holmesdale Road, the street that faced Reigate Railway Station. The 1881 census, also records Mrs Jane Beard as a "Photographer" residing in Holmesdale Road, Reigate Foreign, Surrey. Photographic portraits taken by Mrs Jane Beard during the early 1880s carry a business address of 3 Holmesdale Road, Reigate, Surrey. Jesse Holloway's sister operated as a photographer in Reigate throughout the 1880s
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Carte-de-visite Portraits by Holloway & Beard of Reigate, Surrey |
[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of Arthur Russell Wood, photographed at the Reigate studio of Holloway & Beard in 1873. Arthur Russell Wood was born in Reigate in 1871, the son of Eliza and Thomas Wood. | [ABOVE] The reverse of the carte-de-visite portrait illustrated on the left (1873). Jesse Holloway and Mrs Jane Beard ran a studio situated opposite Reigate's Railway Station under the name of Holloway & Beard. | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of Alice Sophia Wood, photographed at the Reigate studio of Holloway & Beard in 1873. Alice Sophia Wood was born in Reigate in 1869, the daughter of Eliza and Thomas Wood. | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of an unknown woman, photographed at the Reigate studio of Holloway & Beard around 1874. Holloway & Beard's photographic studio in Reigate, Surrey, was located opposite the town's Railway Station. |
Carte-de-visite Portraits by Mrs Jane Beard of Reigate, Surrey |
[ABOVE] The trade plate of Mrs Jane Beard of Reigate, Surrey, as printed on the reverse of the carte-de-visite portrait illustrated on the right. Mrs Beard's studio was opposite Reigate's Railway Station. Negative No. 3311. The credit "J. Beard" does not indicate Jane's gender. | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a seated woman, photographed by Mrs Jane Beard of Reigate, Surrey. (Negative No. 3311). Mrs Beard's studio, which was opposite Reigate's Railway Station, later carried the address of 3 Holmesdale Road, Reigate, Surrey | [ABOVE] The reverse of a carte-de-visite portrait (illustrated on the right) produced by Mrs Jane Beard of 3 Homesdale (Holmesdale) Road, Reigate, Surrey. The cdvs produced in 1884 misprint the address as "Homesdale". Inscribed "Sep 1884" Negative No. 9572. | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a woman standing behind a wooden gate, photographed by Mrs Jane Beard of 3 Homesdale (Holmesdale) Road, Reigate, Surrey in 1884. (Negative No. 9572). Inscribed in ink on the reverse of the cdv is the date September 1884. |
Jesse
Holloway's Photographic Career after 1875 After his marriage to Caroline Payne (born c1843, Dunmow, Essex), Jesse Holloway left Reigate to take over the running of a photographic studio in West Croydon. The studio at No. 4 London Road, West Croydon, was situated opposite West Croydon Railway Station and had previously been owned by George Albert Nichols (born 1840, Cambridge) - sometimes recorded as G. A. Nicholls. For a brief period, the studio at 4 London Road, West Croydon, had been operated by Edgar Holloway (born 1842, Amport, Hampshire), Jesse Holloway's younger brother. Within a couple of years, Jesse Holloway had acquired a second photographic studio in the South London district of Anerley (now part of the London Borough of Bromley). Jesse Holloway's new studio was at No. 1 Versailles Terrace, Anerley Road, London S.E. In 1877, Jesse Holloway was operating two studios in tandem, one at 4 London Road, West Croydon, the other at Anerley in South-East London. The 1878 edition of Kelly's Post Office Directory of Surrey, lists Jesse Holloway as a "Photographer" at 4 London Road, Croydon and as a "Photographic Artist" at No. 1 Versailles Terrace, Anerley Road, Anerley, Upper Norwood. In 1876, Jesse Holloway and his wife Caroline were living in Fulham, where Jesse's first son, Harry Holloway was born towards the end of the year. Over the next 5 years, Jesse's wife, Caroline, gave birth to two more children - Kate Holloway (born 1878, Penge, Surrey) and Wilfrid (Wilfred) Payne Holloway (born 1881, Penge, Surrey). Holloway's two youngest children were born in Penge, a suburb of London about 7 miles south-east of Charing Cross. In the 19th century, the unoccupied area of Penge Common was developed into a residential district which came to be known as "Anerley", a name derived from a Scottish word for "solitary". Originally part of Upper Norwood, the area around Penge's Anerley Road became known as the London suburb of Anerley. When the census was taken on 3rd April 1881, Jesse Holloway and his family were living in Anerley Road, Penge, at living quarters attached to his studio in Anerley in South East London:
[ABOVE] The photographer Jesse Holloway and his wife and six children, recorded in the 1881 census. By the early 1880s, Jesse Holloway was describing himself as an "Art Photographer" and operating from a studio at Garfield House,138 Anerley Road, Anerley, London S.E. After a decade as a photographer in the London suburb of Anerley, Jesse Holloway moved to Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, where he established a photographic portrait studio at Rostrevor House, 32 Cambray Place, Cheltenham. By 1891, Mrs Jane Beard, Jesse Holloway's sister and former partner in the firm of Holloway & Beard, retired to Cheltenham, where her brother had become established as a portrait photographer. (Mrs Jane Beard died at Cheltenham in 1914, aged 77). Jesse Holloway operated as a "Portrait, Animal and Landscape Photographer" in Cheltenham for 8 or 9 years. Jesse Holloway died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in 1896, aged 56. His widow Mrs Caroline Holloway, took over the running of her late husband's studio, assisted by Jesse's sons and daughters. Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, published in 1897, lists Mrs Jesse Holloway as a professional photographer at 32 Cambray, Cheltenham. In 1911, Mrs Caroline Holloway, described on the census return as a 67 year old widow, was residing with an unmarried daughter in Charlton Kings, a village on the outskirts of Cheltenham. The Jesse Holloway Studio at 32 Cambray, Cheltenham, was listed in Gloucestershire trade directories right through to 1914. |
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[ABOVE] A full-length portrait of a young woman, photographed by Jesse Holloway around 1875. At this date, Jesse Holloway was operating solely from his studio at 4 London Road, West Croydon. Negative No. 8124. | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a woman leaning on a padded chair, photographed by Jesse Holloway around 1877. By this date, Jesse Holloway was running two studios, one in Anerley, the other in West Croydon. Negative No. 1,992.. | [ABOVE] The address details of the photographer Jesse Holloway, as printed on the reverse of a carte-de-visite produced around 1877. Holloway operated from No. 1 Versailles Terrace, Anerley Road, Anerley and 4 London Road, West Croydon. Negative No. 1,992.. | [ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a woman leaning on a large book, photographed by Jesse Holloway around 1877. By this date, Jesse Holloway was running two studios, one at No. 1 Versailles Terrace, Anerley Road, Anerley, the other at 4 London Road, West Croydon. |
[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a young woman holding a book, photographed at the Anerley studio of Jesse Holloway (c1885). Jesse Holloway operated from his studio at Garfield House, 138 Anerley Road, S. E. London from 1883 until 1886. Negative No. 14,890. |
[ABOVE] The trade plate of Jesse Holloway, Portrait & Landscape Photographer of Garfield House, 138 Anerley Road, S. E. London taken from a carte-de-visite produced around 1885. Negative No. 14,750. Around 1887, Jesse Holloway moved to Cheltenham. |
[ABOVE] A carte-de-visite portrait of a young woman, photographed at the Cheltenham studio of Jesse Holloway (c1890). Jesse Holloway opened his studio at Rostrevor House, 32 Cambray Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, around 1887. Negative No. 3,739. |
[ABOVE] The trade plate of Jesse Holloway, Portrait, Animal & Landscape Photographer of Rostrevor House, 32 Cambray Place, Cheltenham, from a carte-de-visite produced in 1887. Pencilled on the reverse of the carte-de-visite is the date 18/6/87. Negative No. 1,075. |
Members of Jesse Holloway's Family who were working as Photographers at the J. Holloway Studio, 32 Cambray Place, Cheltenham, in 1901 |
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NAME |
AGE (actual) |
Age given on 1901 Census |
OCCUPATION |
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Mrs Caroline Holloway |
59 |
59 |
Photographer |
Born c1843, Dunmow, Essex. 2nd wife of Jesse Holloway (Widowed 1896). Mother of Kate and Wilfred Holloway |
(Edith) Bertha Holloway |
35 |
32 |
Photographer |
Born 1865, Hordle, Hampshire. In 1902, recorded as the proprietor of the J. Holloway Studio in Cambray Place. |
Annie Holloway |
32 |
30 |
Photographer |
Born 1868, Beaulieu, Hampshire. |
Elizabeth Emily Holloway |
30 |
28 |
Photographer |
Born 1870, Ditchling, near Brighton, Sussex. Died in Cheltenham in 1917, aged 47. |
Kate Holloway |
22 |
21 |
Photographer |
Born 1878, Penge, Surrey. |
Wilfred Holloway |
20 |
20 |
Photographer |
Born 1881, Penge, Surrey. In 1911, employed as a " (Poultry) Farm Manager" in South Stoke, near Bath, Somerset. |
Harry Holloway |
24 |
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Photographer |
Born 1876, Fulham, London. In 1911, working as a "Photographer" in East Grinstead, Sussex. |
Photographic Studios operated by Jesse Holloway and his sister Mrs Jane Beard between 1871 and 1896 |
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PROPRIETOR |
STUDIO ADDRESS |
DATES ACTIVE |
NOTES |
[ABOVE] The trade plate of the photographer Jesse Holloway of No.1 Versailles Terrace, Anerley Road, Anerley S.E. London (c1880). Negative No. 4,834. |
Jesse Holloway | No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton, Sussex | 1871 | 1871 Census: 23 Crown Street, Brighton | |
Holloway & Beard | No. 1 Hampden Road, Brighton, Sussex | 1872 | Partnership between Jesse Holloway and his sister Mrs Jane Beard | |
Holloway & Beard | 42 Belgrave Street, Brighton, Sussex | 1872 | Partnership between Jesse Holloway and his sister Mrs Jane Beard | |
Holloway & Beard | Opposite Railway Station, Reigate, Surrey | 1873-1874 | Partnership between Jesse Holloway and his sister Mrs Jane Beard | |
Mrs Jane Beard | Opposite Railway Station (Holmesdale Road), Reigate, Surrey |
1874-1875 |
Holmesdale Road was opposite Reigate Railway Station | |
Mrs Jane Beard | 3 Holmesdale Road, Reigate, Surrey. |
1875-1885(?) |
Mrs Jane Beard retired to Cheltenham c1886 | |
Jesse Holloway | 4 London Road, West Croydon, Surrey |
1875-1877 |
Took over studio from his brother Edgar Holloway (1842-1895) | |
Jesse Holloway | No. 1 Versailles Terrace, Anerley Road, Anerley, London S. E. |
1877-1881 |
Negative Nos.1,000-11,000 | |
Jesse Holloway | Garfield House,138 Anerley Road, Anerley, London S.E. |
1882-1886 |
Negative Nos.11,000-14,890 (Dated example September 1884 - Neg. No.13,730) | |
Jesse Holloway | Rostrevor House, 32 Cambray Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
1887-1896 |
Jesse Holloway died during the 1st Quarter of 1896. | |
J. Holloway Studio (Proprietor: Mrs Caroline Holloway) | 32 Cambray, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
1896-1914 |
From April 1896, studio operated by Jesse Holloway's widow, Mrs Caroline Holloway, and her children. Edith Fanny Bertha Holloway was the proprietor in 1902. |
Acknowledgements |
Thanks to David Webb, the London photo-historian, for providing additional information relating to Jesse Holloway and Edgar Holloway which appears in the Database of 19th Century Photographers and Allied Trades in London: 1841-1901 on the website photoLondon. I am also grateful to Alan Moore, the author of the website The History of Redhill and Reigate, for information concerning Jesse Holloway and Mrs Jane Beard and their photographic activities in Reigate, Surrey.SOURCES : Books and Pamphlets : A Directory of London Photographers, 1841-1908 compiled by Michael Pritchard (PhotoResearch, 1986, 1994); Professional Photographers in Cheltenham, 1841-1914 compiled by Michael Hallett (Royal Photographic Society Historical Group Supplement, 1986) ; Primary Sources : Kelly's Post Office Directory for Surrey (1878), Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire (1897); Census Returns: 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 & 1911; Websites : Database of 19th Century Photographers and Allied Trades in London: 1841-1901 on the website photoLondon; The History of Redhill and Reigate (Alan Moore) |
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A selection of carte-de-visite portraits taken at the Reigate studios of Holloway & Beard and Mrs Jane Beard can be viewed in the Victorian Carte de Visite section of Alan Moore's website The History of Redhill and Reigate by clicking on the link below: |
The History of Redhill and Reigate: Victorian Cartes-de-visite |