Portrait Photo Collection
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Trade Directory entries
History, Gazetteer & Directory of Devon (1878-79)
- Sugden W. Singer, art photogr, 88 Queen street, Exeter
- Williams Edward, photo. artist, 241 High street, Exeter
- De Néceville Augustus, artist, 241 High street, Exeter
References
Historical Directories from the University of Leicester
Indexed 1871- 1901 Census Images from Ancestry.com
1881 Census Transcript & International Genealogical Index (IGI) from the LDS Church's web site FamilySearch
Partial Transcript of the GRO Index from FreeBMD
Photographers in Devon 1842-1939 : a brief directory for photograph collectors, by C.G. Scott, 1985, The PhotoHistorian Supplement No. 101, ISSN 0957-0209, Courtesy of David Simkin
Acknowledgements
Information kindly provided by David Simkin
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| William Singer Sugden (d.
1880) of Exeter William Singer Sugden was born at Wrington, Somerset in about 1844, son of a surgeon and apothecary, William Sugden (c1816-) and his wife Georgiana (c1815-). William Sugden was in partnership with Edward Williams at 88 High Street, Exeter briefly between April 1877 and February 1878. However, in March 1878 the two went their separate ways. Scott (1985) shows them both with premises in March 1878 - Sugden at 88 Queen Street, and Williams at 241 High Street, Exeter - but no later listings in that town. An artist Augustus De Néceville (or Niceville) was shown at the same premises as Williams in an 1878 trade directory. W.S. Sugden died at Brighton in 1800. |
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If you have any further information about Sugden, his family and his studio, or if you have any photographs by him, please email me. I welcome contributions of images to increase the variety of coverage on this site. If you are able to identify or confirm the indentification of any of the subjects of the photographs shown below, I would also be very keen on hearing from you. |
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ID #:
wssugden01 Provenance: Exeter Album Collection of Brett Payne Artist: Williams & Sugden, 88 Queen Street, Exeter Negative No. none Size: CDV Mount 62 x 98.5 mm; Photo 56 x 94.5 mm Card Type: Type I (brown), diagonal "signature", with coat of arms, simple border & 3 fonts Date: Undated, but probably taken in 1877-1878 Notes: Thick card. Square corners. Bottom corners clipped, and trimmed at bottom. Inscribed "Clara Sanders Moreton" on the reverse. Subject: Clara Sanders Moreton, probably in her 20s. Three-quarter-length seated portrait. |
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ID #:
wssugden02 Provenance: Exeter Album Collection of Brett Payne Artist: Williams & Sugden, 88 Queen Street, Exeter Negative No. none Size: CDV Mount 65 x 102 mm; Photo 59 x 98.5 mm Card Type: Type II (brown on shiny buff card), simple text, 2 fonts Date: Undated, but probably taken in 1877-1878 Notes: Thick card. Square corners. Top corners clipped, and trimmed at bottom. Subject: Young woman, probably in her late teens or early 20s. Three-quarter-length standing portrait with foliage and hat. |
