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Studio photo of seated gentleman with books
On front of card ‘S. L. BOOTH, PHOTO MANCHESTER'
On back: ‘Photographer by the lime light process S.L. BOOTH Artist 266, Ashton New road MANCHESTER’
Studio photo of seated gentleman with books
On back: ‘HILLS and SAUNDERS Photographers TO THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY Oxford and Eton’
Hills & Saunders was one of the leading Victorian photographic firms, started as a partnership between Robert Hills & John Henry Saunders. They were social photographers with studios at different times in: London (society), Harrow & Eton & Rugby (locations of leading schools), Oxford & Cambridge (leading universities), Aldershot & Sandhurst (army). They were successful (photographers to the royal family e.g. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom with many items still in the Hills & Saunders photos in the Royal Collection.), but ultimately unsuccessful at a business level with a number of branches failing
Couple of foxing spots on back.
Studio photo of woman (pre-1875)
On front of card ‘JAMES MUDD MANCHESTER'
On back: ‘MUDD PHOTOGRAPHER 10 St. Ann’s Square Manchester’
By 1861, Mr. Mudd was installed as a portraitist in Manchester's St. Ann's Square district, and utilized the dry collodion albumen process for his cabinet prints and cartes-des-visite. To produce his large format plates, he employed 4" Lerebours lenses, and Dallmeyer Triplet lenses for his 7x5" plates. The reviews of his exhibitions in Dublin, Edinburgh, and London revealed Mr. Mudd to be in the category of elite photographers that included Francis Bedford, Oscar Gustav Rejlander, and Henry Peach Robinson. He also used his photography to promote environmental causes, producing several images of Manchester vegetation that had been adversely affected by the smog emitted by a local chemical plant. His son James Willis Mudd joined the firm in 1865, but the senior Mudd remained the studio's chief photographer. Although the studio name eventually changed to J. Mudd & Son, James Willis Mudd did not share in any photographic credits until 1875.
Some toning on back
Studio photo of young lady (pre-1875)
On front of card ‘JAMES MUDD MANCHESTER'
On back: ‘MUDD PHOTOGRAPHER 10 St. Ann’s Square Manchester’
