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George W Simson
William McCraw
Simson & McCraw
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Simson & McCraw
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Simson
& McCraw was
a partnership between:
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George W Simson RSA, a member of the Photographic Society of
Scotland from 1856, and
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William McCraw.
This
partnership appeared in the
trade directories for one year only, in 1858.
However,
Simson & McCraw entered photographs in the 2nd
Art Manufactures Exhibition, which opened in Edinburgh in December
1857.
The Press reported:
"The portraits of Messrs Simpson
& McCraw - a new firm that ought strongly to combine both the artistic and
mechanical departments - we need not say more than their portraits on porcelain
are the only really new examples of
photography in the Exhibition, the likeness being excellent and the general
arrangement good" [Evening
News: 26 December 1857]
This
Report may have been referring to Simson & McCraw's photograph on
porcelain entered in the Art Manufactures Exhibition held in Edinburgh
in December 1857. [I must check this.]
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Advertisement
The Scotsman, 10 October 1857, page 1
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NEW
PHOTOGRAPHIC
GALLERY,
No.54 NORTH FREDERICK STREET
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GEORGE SIMPSON, R.S.A., and MR WILLIAM McCRAW, beg
to announce the opening of their NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT,
where they prosecute the Art in all its Branches.
They intend to direct their attention particularly
to P, and hope by the high finish and artistic arrangement of their
Pictures to give satisfaction to those who may honour them with
their patronage. They also execute Landscapes, Stereoscopic
Views and Groups, Copies of Portraits, &c.
The Advertisers beg to request the attention of
their friends to the process lately invented and patented by Mr
McCraw, by which Portraits are produced on porcelain and other
substances.
Inspection of Specimens invited.
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Advertisement
The Scotsman, 28 November 1857, page 1
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MESSRS SIMSON & McCRAW beg to intimate that
SPECIMENS of the Newly-Invented and Patented Process for producing
PHOTOGRPAHIC PORTRAITS on PORCELAIN may be seen in the
Exhibition of Art Manufactures, and at their Galleries, 54 NORTH
FREDERICK STREET. |
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William
McCraw
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William
McCraw
continued his photographic business until 1883, moving his premises five times
between 1859 and 1883.
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George W
Simson
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George W
Simson
became Teacher of Drawing
from1859.
He
took over the running of the Institute for Drawing &
Painting, at 54
Frederick Street from 1862 to 1886, initially with Miss Simson.
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The
Simson Family
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Other
members of the Simson family were:
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George Simson, RSA Teacher
of Drawing
(1820-31)
Teacher
of Drawing
and Painting
(1832-58)
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William Simson,
Teacher of Drawing (1820-24)
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David Simson,
Teacher
of Drawing
(1833-73)
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Advertisement
1 Oct
1842
Mr
Simson, Member of the Royal Scottish Academy, and Teacher of
Drawing in the Scottish Institution, and Naval and Military
Academy will resume his CLASSES for the above Branches on Mon 3rd
October *
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Duration
of each Class - two hours |
Further advertisements for George Simson's drawing classes appeared in
the press in the 1850s
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