Not a name that trips off the tongue, Fortescue Mann was a Hastings photographer who later set up a business in London. Most of the views on this page are handwritten (18)97 on the back but some probably were from earlier negs. 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. Well worth having a few in your collection.

'Father Andrew discovers a new knocker to the monestery door'.
Condition 6 (three white spots and mount frayed).
Order #6383.
Price $8.
 

'The Regents Canal'.
Condition 6 (slightly faded and a couple of surface dents).
Order #6384.
Price $12.
 

Untitled.
Condition 5 (crease across l/h image).
Order #6387.
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 #6392.
Price $15.
 

'British and foreign princes'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #6393.
Price $15.
 

'Royal landaus'.
Condition 7/8 but small black spot in middle of r/h image.
Order #6394.
Price $15.
 

'Band of 17th Lancers'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #6395.
Price $15.
 

'Band of the First Life Guards'.
Condition 8.
Order #6396.
Price $15.
 

'Officers of Imperial Service Troops'.
Condition 8.
Order #6397.
Price $15.
 

'Queensland and Cape Mounted Rifles'.
Condition 7 (very slight fading).
Order #6398.
Price $12.
 

'New South Wales Lancers'.
Condition 9.
Order #6399.
Price $15.
 

'Squadron of 17th Lancers'.
Condition 7 (fault mark across both images, almost views out).
Order #6400.
Price $12.
 
 

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