This is my home territory and, if you get this way, you are welcome to come in for a coffee and trawl thru 25,000 stereoviews.
Keystone 1920s silver gelatin
view. 'A dairy farm, England'. Full text on back. No link to East Anglia
but is unlikely to be anywhere else.
Condition 9/10.
Order #11320.
Price $10.
Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk
West Suffolk Photographic Establishment.
W. Spranton, 16 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds. 'Norman Tower, Bury
St Edmunds'. Sprantons were professional photographers in Bury from the
1860s to 1940. The Spranton-Jarman collection of 4,000 glass negatives
is held by the Suffolk Records Office.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11321.
Price $22.
Untitled. This is Bury St Edmunds
Abbey Gate.
Condition 8.
Order #11322.
Price $18.
Sedgfield. 'Ancient Bridge,
Bury St Edmunds. From the Abbey Grounds'. No 420a.
Condition. Slight glue ripples
under right image.
Order #11323.
Price $18.
George Downes. Published by
the Photographic Institution, 168 New Bond Street, London. '10. St Mary's
Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior looking east'. Downes was an important
photographer who worked with Howlett on the 'Great Eastern' series and
later with Cundall. His views are rare.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11324.
Price $22.
Ipswich and area
This and the next are by A.S.
Fisk, Woodbridge (blindstamp). Alfred Samuel Fisk had studios in New Street
and St John's Street between 1858 and 1894. In 1864 an advertisement stated
that he had: ‘Ten years' practical experience in Photography & Art’
and stated that his studio has ‘the most perfect arrangement of light and
shade to suit the contour of each sitter. Private waiting and dressing
rooms are available’. He appears in the membership records of the Beaumont
Baptist Church in Woodbridge, where he joined in 1871 and was still a member
in 1894.
As this is only eight
miles away I really should go and track down the locations. VERY rare!
Condition. Sadly two pierced
dents - one at the bottom of each image.
Order #11325.
Price $25.
A.S. Fisk, Woodbridge (blindstamp).
See above view.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11326.
Price $18.
Handwritten 'Freston Tower,
near Ipswich'. Click
for an interesting website. 1850s salt print.
Condition. Almost impossible
to grade as salt prints usually are. No damage.
Order #11327.
Price $15.
Small yellow label 'The Ancient
House, Ipswich. Date 1567. J. Haddock, Bookseller, Ancient House Ipswich,
Occupier'. Now occupied by Lakeland "The Home of Creative Kitchenware!"
(my exclamation mark).
Condition 7/8 (milky).
Order #11328.
Price $15.
Handwritten 'Half-timbered
house, Butter Market, Ipswich'.
Condition 8.
Order #11329.
Price $15.
An 1850s view from the other
direction. Handwritten title 'Sparrows House' (this was its original name).
For more information on this building, please click HERE.
Condition 8.
Order #11330.
Price $18.
There are a fine and rare group of late 1850s hand-tinted views of Chantry and Christchurch Park in Ipswich. I have seen the odd one with a label by Boning (Robert Boning of Chelsea and St Leonards on Sea). I'll stick my neck out and say that the following three views are almost certainly by him. They are much in the manner of William Grundy - although much rarer.
'Christ Church Park, Ipswich'.
Fine tinting, superb depth.
Condition 9.
Order #11331.
Price $25.
'View in the Chantry Grounds,
near Ipswich'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11332.
Price $22.
'Belstead Road, near Ipswich'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11333.
Price $18.
The next group are all by Emeny and Son of Walton-cum-Felixstowe near Ipswich. While the first group are of that area, the second group are obviously not even of England. As most are untitled I have kept them together as a example of the work of one photographer. The Emeny family had a photographic business for many years in Walton and are still remembered by the older generation. I have a Frith photograph of Felixstowe beach from 1899 that shows an Emeny photo studio on the beach.
Emeny blindstamp. Dated 1906.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11334.
Price $12.
Emeny blindstamp. Dated 1905.
Condition 8.
Order #11335.
Price $8.
Emeny blindstamp. Dated 1906.
Condition 8.
Order #11336.
Price $12.
Emeny blindstamp. 'Bawdesey
1905'. Bawdsey Manor, on the Suffolk coast, has always been an isolated
and mysterious place much used by the Security Services. During WWII a
10-mile exclusion zone was placed around it and Watson-Watt proceeded to
invent Radar there.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11337.
Price $15.
From here all the Emeny views have the following gold printed back and gilt edges, making them the most luxurious stereoviews I have ever seen. They don't scan well but are superb.
Emeny. Untitled. Definately
Suffolk.
Condition 8.
Order #11338.
Price $10.
Foreign Emeny views from here. All untitled, condition 8 and priced at $6 each.
Order #11339.
Order #11340.
Order #11341.
Order #11342.
Order #11343.
Order #11344.
Order #11345.
Lowestoft and area
This is the Royal Hotel on
the seafront at Lowestoft. A very distinctive building, useful for stereo
identification of views of Lowestoft harbour. Pulled down in the 1970s
to make way for a shed/greenhouse which the local council saw fit to erect.
The Rolling Stones once played here as the supporting band! The sandstone
statue of Neptune can still be seen further along the front - now very
much weathered by 150 years of North Sea salt winds. If you visit please
bring thick coat and flask of hot soup.
Condition. Light foxing.
Order #11346.
Price $15.
A fine untitled 1850s view
of the Royal Hotel Lowestoft from the Pier.
Condition. Slight foxing and
stains.
Order #11347.
Price $18.
Untitled. Lowestoft, down the
pier from the seaward end. St John's Church in the distance. Neptune busy
wrestling on the left.
Condition 8.
Order #11348.
Price $22.
'Marine Villas, Lowestoft'.
Condition. Light glue lifting
under right image - which has caused the grey patch.
Order #11349.
Price $18.
Handwritten 'High Light House,
Lowestoft'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11350.
Price $22.
I think this might be 'Sparrows
Nest' on the outskirts of Lowestoft.
Condition 5 (milky and marks).
Order #11352.
Price $8.
Also possibly Sparrow Nest
on this Edwardian view.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11353.
Price $10.
Untitled. Thanks to Pretoria
who has identified this as St Margaret's Church in Hollingsworth Road.
Still there and looks exactly the same.
Condition. Obvious spots on
r/h image.
Order #11354.
Price $12.
J Saunders. Information on James Saunders is scant. He was living in Kirkley
in 1858, at Harding's Cottages, Kirkley, in 1863 and 1864, at London Road,
Kirkley, in 1868 and at 1 Providence Place, Lowestoft in 1868 and 1869.
He is referred to as ‘James Saunders junior’ in 1869. This may mark a transfer
of the business from father to son, but the use of ‘junior’ in trade directories
does not always seem consistent. A Saunders carte mount, dating from the
late 60s, gives the 1 Providence Place address, and offers the spelling,
‘Kirtley’. Source: www.early-photographers.org.uk
J. Saunders, Kirkley, blindstamp.
Thanks to Colin who has identified this as the ruined part of Corton church
near Lowestoft.
Condition 7/8 (slight foxing
in sky).
Order #11355.
Price $10.
Handwritten 'Kirkley Church'.
Just outside Lowestoft. Late view.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11356.
Price $8.
Great
Yarmouth and area. Please also click
HERE for some fine views of the Great Yarmouth fishing industry, and Fritton, by Fortescue
Mann,
Horatio Nelson King (HNK).
'St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, nave looking E.'. This is the largest parish
church in England.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11357.
Price $10.
Handwritten 'Yarmouth'. I am
quite prepared for someone to email and redirect this view to Yarmouth
Isle of Wight. Until such time it will sit here.
Condition 8 (image corner
slightly lifting).
Order #11358.
Price $12.
White label '208. View from
the beach. Yarmouth. Instantaneous'.
Condition. Much as produced
I think. Early view of this type.
Order #11359.
Price $15.
Fortescue Mann, Stereoscopic
Views of Yarmouth & Neighbourhood. 'Fritton Decoy'. A full list of
60 titles on the back but this doesn't seem to be one of them.
Condition 8.
Order #11360.
Price $12.
Handwritten 'Fritton'.
Condition 9.
Order #11361.
Price $8.
Handwritten 'Fritton'.
Condition 9.
Order #11362.
Price $12.
Handwritten 'Fritton'.
Condition 9.
Order #11363.
Price $12.
Untitled but this is obviously
another Fritton view.
Condition 9.
Order #11364.
Price $12.
Handwritten 'Fritton'.
Condition 9.
Order #11365.
Price $12.
Norwich
Norwich was the second city of England for centuries. For views of Norwich Cathedral please click here.
A very clear early 20th century
untitled view of Pulls Ferry, Norwich.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11366.
Price $12.
Fine Art Photographers' Publishing
Co. 'The Organ, Norwich Cathedral'.
Condition 9.
Order #11367.
Price $12.
Waveney Valley and Broads
The next few are nice amateur views on the Norfolk Broads which, for the information our colonial cousins, are water-filled peat diggings from around 1200 years ago - not ladies of a similar age.
W.T. Fisher's Series of Stereoscopic
Views of Beccles. No 7. Church and Market Place from King's Head'. If you
want to learn about this area read the delightful books by Adrian Bell
(journalist Martin Bell's father) who used to sit in the King's Head and
watch the world go by. I've also spent many happy hours in there in my
youth watching the local talent doing likewise. Walter T. Fisher hailed
from Filey in Yorkshire and obviously paid for his holidays in Suffolk
by stereographing. He is known to have made a further series of Great Yarmouth,
but this is the only view by him that I have seen.
Condition 8.
Order #11368.
Price $22.
Realistic Travels. 'The Broads,
vast web of rivers & inroads from the sea, a popular yachting resort,
Norfolk'.
Condition 10.
Order #11369.
Price $12.
Untitled.
Condition. A nasty surface
scratch on left image.
Order #11370.
Price $6.
Untitled.
Condition 8.
Order #11371.
Price $12.
Unreadable title.
Condition 8.
Order #11372.
Price $10.
Untitled.
Condition 9.
Order #11373.
Price $12.
North Norfolk
Keystone 'Blickling Hall, Norfolk'.
Birthplace of Anne Boleyn in 1507, looks as good now as always (I drove
past it yesterday to check for you!). Descriptive text on back. Click
here
for the National Trust website for this Jacobean jewel.
Condition 10.
Order #11374.
Price $15.
Handwritten 'Hunstanton, July
25th 1870'. Family on the beach.
Condition. Surface marks on
right image.
Order #11381.
Price $12.
Handwritten 'Hunstanton, July
25th 1870. Lighthouse'.
Condition. Views well, right
image much clearer than left but views out.
Order #11382.
Price $15.
Bullock (Kings) Lynn. 'Sandringham.
The Church, exterior'. Dated December 1873 although it obviously isn't
as this is midsummer.
Condition 8 (slight loss on
back).
Order #11383.
Price $18.
Bullock (Kings) Lynn. 'Sandringham.
The Hall, northwest view'. Dated December 1873 - once again midsummer.
Condition 8 (slight loss on
back).
Order #11384.
Price $18.
The
final views are from the highly collected Views of Sandringham series by
William England, published by the London Stereoscopic Company in the 1860s.
Tex Treadwell, in his monograph on the work of England, seems to have missed
this little series completely - possibly because there is no reference
to William England on the views. I believe there are probably 15 views
in the series, and a list will be issued soon which will be almost complete.
In the meantime, I would be grateful for any further titles you may have.
George Eastman House holds view #4 - 'Ornamental Water, from Pleasure
Grounds'. Many of the views were issued without numbering but they all
seem to match with numbered views. Sandringham is in north Norfolk and
the Royal Family traditionally spend Christmas there.
Not numbered. 'The Princess'.
Written on back 'Princess Alexandra, 1863 (neg 1862).
Condition. Overall processing
spots.
Order #11385.
Price $22.
Not numbered but is No 1 of
the series. 'The Prince and Princess'.
Condition 8.
Order #11386.
Price $35.
'No 2. Sandringham Hall. East
View'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11387.
Price $35.
'No 4. Ornamental Water, from
Pleasure Grounds'.
Condition 8.
Order #11388.
Price $25.
'No 5. H.R.H. The Princess,
Terrace Walk'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11389.
Price $25.
'No 7. Interior - The Drawing
Room'.
Condition 8.
Order #11390.
Price $35.
'No 8. The Hall. Trophies of
the Chase, by H.R.H.'.
Condition 9.
Order #11391.
Price $25.
'No 9. The Prince & Princess
&c, Terrace Steps'.
Condition 8.
Order #11392.
Price $25.
'No 10. Interior, Conservatory'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11393.
Price $22.
'No 11. Avenue leading to the
Church'.
Condition 8.
Order #11394.
Price $35.
'No 12. View in the Park'.
Condition 8.
Order #11395.
Price $30.
'No 13. Sandringham Church'.
Condition 8.
Order #11396.
Price $35.
'No 14. Interior, Sandringham
Church'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11397.
Price $30.
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