Professional PhotographerWilliam Walker1814-1885 |
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Professional Photographer William Walker's address was given as:
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Cartes de Visite Please click on one of the image above to enlarge this carte de visite. |
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Edinburgh Studio Edinburgh photographers based at 36 Haddington Place were: - 1862-65: J Robson - 1866: Robson & Walker - 1867: William Walker |
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Hawick Studio The following is an extract from D Richard Torrance's booklet: 'Photographers in Southern Scotland to 1914' "Mr Walker set up in business in July 1866 and employed C Collie as manager. He later employed J B Cartlidge who would be in Jedburgh about 4 days a week. He was taken to court by his employer over default of payments. By about 1870 Mr Cartlidge was employed in Edinburgh photographic studios." |
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Were any of the following the same person as the Edinburgh photographer, William Walker?
1. William Walker, who was believed to have
come from Peebles. He had
three daughters - Mary (b.1882), Lil and Kate. He was reputed
to have had a photographic partnership that ended in dispute, and to have
ended up as a stationer's clerk according to his daughters wedding
certificate.
2. William Walker, sculptor, had a photographic studio at Braes,
Anstruther, Fife from May 1865 until
1868
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William Walker, probably the same man as above, had a photographic studio
at Dunfermline, Fife 1868-71 4. William Walker opened a studio in London in 1867. 5. William Walker who had photos accepted in several Scottish photographic exhibitions in the 1850s and 1860s. See below. |
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Many thanks to Ann Lewis for checking the dates and finding it possible that all the above references may in fact refer to the same man. See below: - 1856 Member of Photographic Society of Scotland, in Edinburgh - 1865 Photographer in Anstruther, Fife - 1866 Joins Robson in Edinburgh. (No longer in Westwood Directory in Anstruther). Installs a manager in Hawick Studio. - 1867 Trading in his own name in Edinburgh, possibly tries it out in London) - 1868 Photographer in Dunfermline - Until 1873 - Keeps his tries with Edinburgh Photographic Society |
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Ann Lewis, great-grand daughter of William Walker, Peebles, tells me of a family story that, at one time, a partner of William Walker reputedly stole all his money and refused to work any more. Events such as this could well have caused William Walker to move from town to town. |
Photographic ExhibitionsWilliam Walker |
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William Walker entered his photographs in several exhibitions under the name William Walker, Wm Walker or W Walker. However, Roger Taylor, in his book: Photographs Exhibited in Great Britain 1839-1865 describes him as Dr William Walker (1821-1862) William Walker exhibited the following:
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