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Studios
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Isle of Man
Before setting up his
studios in Edinburgh, Marshall Wane had a studio in Douglas, Isle of
Man. In the late 1880s. Further details of his work in the
Isle of Man, and other early Isle of Man photographers can be found on the
Isle of Man web site.
Having entered the Isle of Man web site, you will have to click on
'Manx Notebook' then 'Tourism' then 'Photographers' to find the
information on Marshall Wane and other early photographers.
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Ayr
Marshall Wane
also opened a studio in Ayr.
A brief note in the Commercial Intelligence column of
The
Practical Photographer in July 1891 [p.183] reported:
"Wane, Marshall & Allan, photographers, Alloway
Place, Ayr.
Partnership dissolved June 6. Debts by Marshall Wane, who continues under
the style of Marshall Wane & Co."
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RS Webster
The journal,
The
Photogram, reported in 1895 that the young professional
prize-winning photographer,
RS Webster, had
gained experience in Marshall Wane's studio working on enlargements,
platinum and carbon prints, from 1886 until he set up his own business in
1894.
See below for the addresses of Marshall Wane's
studios in Edinburgh.
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Marshall Wane's Studio
and
John Moffat's Studio
A correspondent in The Practical Photographer in
1892
referred to the studios of Marshall Wane and
John Moffat. He said:
"There will always be a hankering after
photography in colours, and to further cultivate the demand, Mr Marshall
Wane and Mr J Moffat have some very fine specimens of this art, quite
different from what has "gone before"; you can not see the brush marks.
The colours and tints are naturally studied
and near the idea as one could wish. This description of work is
only for the upper crush, the lower crush must be content to look on. |
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Visits
to
Marshall Wane's Studio
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Marshall
Wane's studio, at 82 George Street, was described
by H Baden Pritchard, in 1879, as:
"second
to none in the kingdom. … a handsome pair of rooms on the first floor which
contain magnificent examples of Wane’s art make a magnificent show and
especially for this reason: his
portraits are not only executed with taste and artistic effect but they are of
grand proportions"
The
large prints referred to above included some fancy dress portraits taken on
24ins x 20 ins plates.
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A
further visit was paid to Marshall Wane's studio by a group attending the
Photographic Convention of the United Kingdom, held in Edinburgh,
1892. The British Journal of Photography reported:
"The work of his Edinburgh
studio included large oil portraits, water colours,
platinum, bromide and carbon prints."
[BJP:1892 p.565].
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Marshall Wane
Price List
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This
Marshall Wane price list probably comes from the 1890s
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Cartes
de visite: from 15/- to £1
1s 0d per dozen
- Cabinet Prints: from £1 5s
0d to £2 2s 0d per dozen
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10
x 8 ins in gold frame, complete: £2
10s 0d
- 12 x 10 ins in gold frame, complete: £3
10s 0d
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15
x 12 ins in gold frame, complete: £5
5s 0d
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20
x 16 ins direct from life: £7 7s
0d
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24
x 20 ins direct from life: £8 8s
0d
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Reply
1.
Graham Hogg
Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Graham Hogg for providing more
information that he has discovered about the studios of Marshall Wane and
JK Home Crawford, the company that took over the business of Marshall
Wane.
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Studios
Marshall Wane
and
John Knox Home Crawford
"I
did some searching in the Scotsman Digital Archive a few weeks ago and
came up with the following, which probably needs checking by someone more
competent than me:
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Marshall
Wane was originally from the Isle of Man;
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He
died in Glasgow on 14 Dec. 1903, having moved there some time between 1902
and 1903, which would imply that he retired from the business then,
perhaps to ill-health/old age;
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His
son Charles M. Wane was also a photographer and I assume he took over the
business;
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In 1907 the business was put up for sale - i.e. the photographic portrait
business and the ‘landscape business’ (landscapes for postcards?).
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The
business was bought by JK (John Knox) Home Crawford in 1907.
Crawford already had a studio at 130 Princes Street which is where
Marshall Wane & Co. relocated to after the purchase. JK Home
Crawford also owned a studio in Portobello, which was damaged by fire in
1905;
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In
February 1916, JK Home Crawford's Princes Street and Portobello studios
and equipment were put up for sale, as well as a collection of
60,000-70,000 negatives. (I wonder what happened to them!)
I don’t think there could have been much interest as there had to be an
auction later that year of Crawford’s assets. Crawford had presumably gone
bankrupt as there was a meeting of his creditors in January 1917
(EdinPhoto, however, has Home Crawford working in Portobello until 1921 )
** Graham Hogg, National Library of
Scotland: April 2, 2012 |
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Correction
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Thank you, Graham, for pointing that out. I
took the details from Slaters' Directories for 1903, 1907, 1911, 1915 and
1921. (Slater's directory is only published once every few years.)
However, based on your research above, I think the entry in the 1921
directory must have been based on out of date information. So, I've
now made this change to the studio list in the EdinPhoto web site
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: April
6, 2012
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