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Derbyshire
Photographers' Profiles by Brett Payne, of Tauranga, New Zealand Herbert Sharpe of Ilkeston |
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| Herbert Sharpe and Sharpe Bros. had a studio in the
Market Place, Ilkeston between 1884 and 1888. |
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| Adamson (1997) lists the
photographers Sharpe Brothers
and Herbert Sharpe as having
operated studios in Market Place, Ilkeston in 1884 and 1887-1888,
respectively. There was a Herbert Sharpe (born c. 1845 Hammersmith, London) who operated as a photographer in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, but I can find no evidence that he worked with a brother, or that he ever lived in or near Ilkeston. He was in Liverpool in 1881, when he described himself as an artist, but was in Burnham by 1891, and working as a photographic artist. There was another Herbert Sharpe (born c. 1859 Ruddington, Nottinghamshire) who lived in the nearby village of Heanor. He is shown as a framework knitter in the 1881, 1891 and 1901 Census records, but it is possible that he operated a studio in Ilkestion briefly in the mid- to late 1880s, possibly with his brother Frederick Sharpe (born c. 1866 Ruddington). |
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John
Miller (b. 1866) by Sharpe of Ilkeston Undated, but probably taken c. 1887-1888 Format: Carte-de-visite Image © & courtesy of Carol Standish Notes |
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| References
Images kindly provided by Carol Standish 1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com 1901 UK Census index - online from the PRO FreeBMD International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church Anon (1881) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co., London. Anon (1887) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co., London. Anon (1891) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland & Nottinghamshire, Kelly & Co., London. University of Leicester's Digital Library of Historical Directories Adamson, Keith I.P. (1997) Professional Photographers in Derbyshire 1843 - 1914, The PhotoHistorian, No. 118 Supplement, September 1997, ISSN 0957-0209. Courtesy of John Bradley. |
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