Thank you to the talented members of The Artists’ Quarter who generously contributed their artwork to the galleries ‘Pure Silver’ and ‘Movement’. All those illustrations, along with the poems which inspired them, are available as sophisticated eBooks at Pure Silver and Movement – a third choice, you can read each poem on its own webpage via our Poems page. Or simply view the illustrations via the galleries below.
There are other galleries too; each is open to further works being added.
Taken at the Jubilee Photo Company, No 1 Buckingham Palace Road, Pimlico, London. Manager: Mr A James. Opposite Buckingham Palace, 3 minutes walk from Victoria Station. Dated from the photographer's use of that Company name.
The young Albert
Taken at W Brown's, 516 Kingston Road, Raynes Park, London SW.
A generation back. 1879-July 1881.
Taken at the Royal Exchange Portrait Company, 9 Cornhill, (opposite the Wellington Statue) London. Dated from the Company name at that address.
We think the young Fred French
see our editor's blog: myunclefred.blogspot.com
Lady in Hat
From the Dorset Studio of Arthur Woodbridge, Artist & Photographer, 587 Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham, London N.
Lady in Hat - reverse side
F J French - Uncle Fred as a young man between 1887-92
The date is when the photographer's studio was here. On the back in immaculate script: F J French. 'Taken at W Lacey, 20 Blackfriars Rd (Negatives kept, copies may be had)' See the editor's blog: myunclefred.blogspot.com
Photo: Jurassic Coast (UK World Heritage Site in Devon & Dorset).
Thank you to the talented members of The Artists’ Quarter who generously contributed their artwork to the galleries ‘Pure Silver’ and ‘Movement’. All those illustrations, along with the poems which inspired them, are available as sophisticated eBooks at Pure Silver and Movement – a third choice, you can read each poem on its own webpage via our Poems page. Or simply view the illustrations via the galleries below.
