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Brown, Barnes & Brown Cartes de Visite |
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Thumbnail Images Please click on the images below to see examples of Brown, Barnes & Bell cartes de visite: |
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Backs The backs of Brown, Barnes & Bell cartes de visite refer to the firm being 'The Largest Photographers in the World'. These backs list the firm's many studios throughout Britain, and refer to the firm being: "Sole Proprietors of Important Patents in Gt Britain, France, Russia, Canada, Germany, Italy, America, Belgium and Austria." The towns and addresses of Brown, Barns & Bell studios listed on the backs of their cartes de visite and cabinet prints can be used to determine the approximate dates of their cartes de visite |
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Additional Copies and Oil Paintings Brown, Barnes & Bell advertised on the back of its cartes de visite: "All negatives reserved for additional Copies, Enlargements, Oil Paintings and Opal Portraits." In was common practice in the late 19th century for studios to advertise, on the back of their cartes de visite and cabinet prints: - that negatives were kept for addition copies and - that they could provide paintings in water colours or oils. Here are examples of Brown, Barnes & Bell photographs that has been finished in oils: |
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