Ambrotype
A059
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1/9 |
Notes "Taken at Hendley's Portrait Rooms, Pittville Street, adjoining the old Chronicle Office, Cheltenham. Portraits for Brooches and Lockets." William Henry Hendley died in December 1859, aged 27. His sister Ellen Hendley continued the business in January 1860. In January 1861 she was robbed of "two lenses, a camera, and one box of paints." The culprit, the 18 year old son of a respectable notary, was sentenced to a year of "hard labour". It was his first taste of crime, as many more convictions followed. Ellen's shopmanager, William Pousty (1836-1897), started his own business as a photographer and eventually went to Tasmania. It's possible Ellen ended up marrying in 1864 in London. Many thanks to Kelvin for the additional information. |
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