Not a name that trips off the tongue,
Fortescue Mann was a Hastings photographer who later set up a business
in London.
He deserves a wider audience and
I regard him as one of the finer undiscovered photographers. He has a different
approach to almost everyone else and uses working class subjects and events.
Even his views of the 1897 Jubilee are sharper and more immediate. He did
several series of views and they are all fairly hard to find in any number.
Here are some of the backs of views with titles


View
were added on a fairly ad hoc basis and several exist that are not
on the lists. We have tried to form some kind of order.
Views of The Tower of London, Tower Bridge and London Streets
'Tower
of London'.
Condition
8.
Order
#18201.
Price
$15.
'Tower
of London (Middle Tower)'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18202.
Price
$18.
'Tower
of London (The Bloody Tower)'.
Condition
10.
Order
#18203.
Price
$18.
'St Peter's,
ad Vinicenca, Tower of London '.
Condition
9.
Order
#18204.
Price
$15.
'Tower
Bridge'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18205.
Price
$18.
'Tower
of London (Middle Tower)'.
Condition.
Stain across both images.
Order
#18206.
Price
$15.
'Approach
to Tower Bridge'.
Condition
8.
Order
#18207.
Price
$18.
'Tower
Bridge'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18208.
Price
$18.
'Tower
Bridge'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18209.
Price
$18.
'The
Royal Mint'.
Condition
8.
Order
#18210.
Price
$15.
'Cleopatra's
Needle'.
Condition
8.
Order
#18211.
Price
$18.
'Temple
Garden, Thames Embankment'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18212.
Price
$18.
'Shipping
on the Thames'.
Condition.
Right image faded but views out.
Order
#18213.
Price
$18.
'Richmond
Bridge'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18214.
Price
$18.
'The
Thames at Ricmond'.
Condition
9/10.
Order
#18215.
Price
$18.
'Richmond
Bridge'.
Condition.
Slight stain on left image.
Order
#18216.
Price
$18.
'Railway
Bridge, Richmond'.
Condition
9/10.
Order
#18217.
Price
$22.
'Richmond
Bridge'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18218.
Price
$18.
'Richmond
Bridge'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18219.
Price
$18.
'The
Thames at Cookham'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18220.
Price
$15.
'Punting
near Cookham'.
Condition.
Slight gouge at top of left image.
Order
#18221.
Price
$18.
'The
River Thames at Benson Lock'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18222.
Price
$22.
'The
Thames at Boulters Lock'.
Condition.
Surface scratches on right image.
Order
#18223.
Price
$15.
'The
Thames at Boulters Lock'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18224.
Price
$18.
'Boulters
Lock'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18225.
Price
$22.
'Boats
near Boulters Lock'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18226.
Price
$22.
'Boulters
Lock'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18227.
Price
$18.
'The
Thames at Teddington Lock'.
Condition
8.
Order
#18228.
Price
$15.
'Twickenham
Ferry'.
Condition.
Slight damage to edge of mount at right.
Order
#18230.
Price
$18.
'The
Thames at Twickenham'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18231.
Price
$22.
'The
Thames at Twickenham'.
Condition
8.
Order
#18232.
Price
$18.
'Teddington
Old Church'.
Condition.
Light images.
Order
#18234.
Price
$15.
'Bridge
over the weir, Bedford'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18236.
Price
$18.
'Bedford
Bridge'.
Condition.
Slight damage at bottom left of left image.
Order
#18237.
Price
$15.
'Byron
statue, Bedford'.
Condition.
Slight surface scratch on left image.
Order
#18238.
Price
$18.
'Boating
on the river, Bedford'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18239.
Price
$18.
'Cottage
at Elstow, where Bunyan was born'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18240.
Price
$22.
'Cannon
at Bedford'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18241.
Price
$15.
'The
River Ouse at Bedford'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18242.
Price
$15.
'Canterbury,
No 1. The Priory Ruins'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18243.
Price
$15.
'Canterbury,
No 4. Gateway, Green Court'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18244.
Price
$15.
'Canterbury,
No 5. King's College and Norman staircase'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18245.
Price
$15.
'Canterbury,
No 8. Gateway to Christ Church'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18246.
Price
$15.
'Canterbury,
No 10. Westgate (without)'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18247.
Price
$18.
'Fountain
in Dane John, Canterbury'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18249.
Price
$15.
Views
of Yarmouth, No 7 'Carved pulpit in St Nicholas' church'.
Condition
9/10.
Order
#18250.
Price
$15.
Views
of Yarmouth, No 35 'Fishing boat entering the harbour'. This is a Yarmouth
drifter - so-called because they had no engine and sailed to position and
then drifted with nets behind. Note towing line to steam tug. Often a half
dozen were towed out of the harbour in line behind one tug. Great efforts
have revealed the name of YH893. She was The Olivette.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18254.
Price
$25.
Views
of Yarmouth, No 36 'Timber ship leaving the harbour'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18255.
Price
$25.
Views
of Yarmouth, No 54 'The Drive and Sailors Home'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18256.
Price
$22.
Views
of Yarmouth, No 63 'Coldham Hall Ferry, No 1'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18257.
Price
$18.
Views
of Yarmouth, No 65 'View up the river at Brundall'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18258.
Price
$22.
Views
of Yarmouth. 'Coldham Hall Ferry'. Not marked but probably No 65.
Condition
9.
Order
#18259.
Price
$22.
Views
of Yarmouth. 'Breydon Water'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18260.
Price
$22.
Views
of Yarmouth 'Fritton Lake'.
Condition.
Exposure to light on the right.
Order
#18261.
Price
$15.
Views
of Yarmouth 'Fritton Decoy'. Not marked but this is listed as No 61.
Condition
9/10.
Order
#18262.
Price
$18.
Views
of Yarmouth 'Fritton Decoy'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18263.
Price
$18.
Views
of Yarmouth 'The Sands, Yarmouth'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18265.
Price
$25.
Views
of Cromer No 8 'On the Jetty'.
Condition.
Ding at top of left image.
Order
#18266.
Price
$25.
Untitled
(possibly Lowestoft).
Condition.
Light.
Order
#18269.
Price
$12.
'Hops
growing'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18270.
Price
$8.
'Hoppers
at work'.
Condition.
Very sadly lost the bottom left corner.
Order
#18272.
Price
$5.
'Hop
picking'.
Condition.
Once again - a beautiful view horribly damaged.
Order
#18274.
Price
$5.
'Bray
church'.
Condition
8.
Order
#18276.
Price
$12.
'Ramsgate.
Victoria Garden, East Cliff'. Probably No 28.
Condition
8.
Order
#18277.
Price
$15.
Untitled
but this is probably Ramsgate No 6 'The Harbour'.
Condition.
Couple of light surface marks.
Order
#18278.
Price
$22.
Ramsgate
No 8 'Band playing on the sands'.
Condition.
Couple of slight production faults and marks.
Order
#18279.
Price
$18.
'View
on the Isis, Oxford'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18280.
Price
$18.
'Blackberrying'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18282.
Price
$15.
'Father
Andrew discovers a new knocker to the monestery door'.
Condition
6 (three white spots and mount frayed).
Order
#18290.
Price
$8.
'The
Regents Canal'.
Condition
6 (slightly faded and a couple of surface dents).
Order
#18291.
Price
$12.
Untitled. Thanks to Stuart who has identified this as Fritton, near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.
Condition
5 (crease across l/h image).
Order
#18292.
Price
$6.
The rest of the views are of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in London in 1897. Series of these exist by Underwood, Kilburn, Excelsior etc. Don't know what it is about Mann's views but they beat the rest hands down.
'Band
of the Royal Horse Guards Blue'.
Condition
7.
Order
#18293.
Price
$15.
'British
and foreign princes'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18294.
Price
$15.
'Royal
landaus'.
Condition
7/8 but small black spot in middle of r/h image.
Order
#18295.
Price
$15.
'Band
of 17th Lancers'.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#18296.
Price
$15.
'Band
of the First Life Guards'.
Condition
8.
Order
#18297.
Price
$15.
'Officers
of Imperial Service Troops'.
Condition
8.
Order
#18298.
Price
$15.
'Queensland
and Cape Mounted Rifles'.
Condition
7 (very slight fading).
Order
#18299.
Price
$12.
'New
South Wales Lancers'.
Condition
9.
Order
#18300.
Price
$15.
'Squadron
of 17th Lancers'.
Condition
7 (fault mark across both images, almost views out).
Order
#18301.
Price
$12.