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Albert Barnes lived on Silver Street and appears in trade directories from 1860-1868 as a photographic artist. However in the corresponding census entry he is listed as a tailor. In an advert from 1864 he is informing his customers of his “recently erected glass house”, and offering carte de visit. |
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Tetbury Advertiser 1864 |
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James Clark was listed as a Photographer & shopkeeper on Long Street in 1881. In 1874 he was an ironmonger but by 1876 had branched out into photography, along with picture frame making, Birmingham & Sheffield warehouseman with premises on Long Street and Church Street. In 1885 & 1889 his premises were Long Street and Market Place. The census of 1891 lists him on Long Street as a Photographer & fancy dealer, but by 1901 he was just operating a stationary business. |
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Persis, daughter of Edmund Thomas Lamb, is probably the best known of the photographers operating in Tetbury. Edmund was originally a tiler and plasterer but by 1871 had left Tetbury for Cambridgeshire and work as a photographers assistant. He married, had three daughters and became a photographer in his own right. His wife died between 1881-1891, and sometime between 1891 and 1901 he and Persis moved to Tetbury. He was a photographer with Persis as his photographers assistant. The first trade directory listing appears in 1897 with premises on Church Street ‘photographer and fancy repository’. Sometime between 1914 and 1923 Persis took over the business being the ‘photographer’. The following extract describes her business -“undertakes outdoor work as required, such as groups, wedding, garden, tennis and family parties, and every description of high class work is turned out by the modern processes such as sepia, platinotype, carbon, mezzotint and silver print and the like, being worked in with equal facility, and in all styles and sizes produced. Another department is devoted to stationery and fancy good, including photo frames, and many useful articles for presents. Agencies are held for the famous Goss china and Perth Dye Works. Ensign films and amateurs' work supplies undertaken.” [Beautiful Britain, news and reviews] |
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Charles Pinnock was living on Back Lane in 1891, and listed as a photographer. Not much is known about his time in Tetbury but by 1900 he was living and working in Cheltenham at 423a High Street. |
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SOURCES:Beautiful Britain, news & reviews Trade directories Census |
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