STENDEC2008
Victorian schoolgirl - Poplar, East London
The last in my current round of Victorian woman and the only non-Carte de Visite. After finding some CDVs in a boot sale and restoring them I remembered I had some old postcards in a drawer. I think these were purchased from a junk shop in Lyme Regis.
The above is a postcard (printed on the back in true postcard format with address panel, etc) and comes from W.J. Tuck, the Star Studios, 391 Hackney Road, London N.E which is in Poplar. The poor framing of the small subject meant I had to cut a lot off of the top of this picture. I think this 'set-up' was scaled for adults and the photographer refused to move the heavy studio camera closer for a child. The subject makes me think this is a postcard printed to celebrate this girl's first day at school. Perhaps mum bought a dozen in postcard style to send to friends. There is no correspondence on this one and no stamp. The clothes and painted back-drop tempt me to think this is mid-1890s.
Nothing on the net about the photographer. The address is still there and is now a fashion shop.
Some restoration has been carried out in Photoshop.
www.flickr.com/photos/stendec2008/sets/72157624498631101/ to see my full set of Victorians.
Victorian schoolgirl - Poplar, East London
The last in my current round of Victorian woman and the only non-Carte de Visite. After finding some CDVs in a boot sale and restoring them I remembered I had some old postcards in a drawer. I think these were purchased from a junk shop in Lyme Regis.
The above is a postcard (printed on the back in true postcard format with address panel, etc) and comes from W.J. Tuck, the Star Studios, 391 Hackney Road, London N.E which is in Poplar. The poor framing of the small subject meant I had to cut a lot off of the top of this picture. I think this 'set-up' was scaled for adults and the photographer refused to move the heavy studio camera closer for a child. The subject makes me think this is a postcard printed to celebrate this girl's first day at school. Perhaps mum bought a dozen in postcard style to send to friends. There is no correspondence on this one and no stamp. The clothes and painted back-drop tempt me to think this is mid-1890s.
Nothing on the net about the photographer. The address is still there and is now a fashion shop.
Some restoration has been carried out in Photoshop.
www.flickr.com/photos/stendec2008/sets/72157624498631101/ to see my full set of Victorians.