Mustapha James Francis Durham
Born: c. 1st January 1885, Sudan
Died: 8 August 1910, pneumonia,Fermoy,Cork, Ireland
Samuel Coleridge Taylor (‘The African Mahler’)
Born: 15th August 1875, 15 Theobalds Rd, WC1, London, then Red Lion
St, Holborn
Died: 1st September 1912, double pneumonia
Arthur Wharton
Born: 28th October 1865, Pl James Town, Accra, Ghana
Died: 12th December 1930, Springwell Sanatorium, Edlington
John Richard Archer
Born: 8th June 1863, Blake St nr Lime Street Stn, Liverpool
Died: 1932
What about photographs of black boxers?
On 11 Sep 2008, at 21:10, SEAN CREIGHTON wrote:
> The earliest known photograph of Archer that I know of is 1913 when he
> became Mayor of Battersea (i.e. before the period Marcia Michael
> wants. Only some photos of Battersea and Battersea Trades & Labour
> Council members taken by Archer have survived in TLC reports. For
> more details on him see the British Library Black Europeans website.
>
> In terms of earlier photos there is James Durham of the Durham Light
> Infantry and of course Arthur Wharton, the footballer.
>
> Has anyone tried to examine in enlarged and close detail the 'photo'
> of the Chartist demo on Kennington Common in 1848 to see if William
> Cuffay can be made out?
>
> Is there a photo of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor pre1900? We have no idea
> whether Archer photographed his black friends and acquaintainces, but
> that again would be post 1900 as well.
>
> In terms of black photographers photographing black people that is
> likely to have been later e.g. see
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/entertainment/galleries/tales.shtml
> http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=16517
>
> Sean
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Angela Allison
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:37 PM
> Subject: Re: photos of black people in Britain
>
> the earliest that springs immediately to mind is John Richard Archer
> Born: 8th June 1863, Blake St nr Lime Street Stn, Liverpool
> Died: 1932
> Family Background: His father, Richard Archer, was a Barbadian ship
> steward his mother, Mary Theresa Burns was Irish born.
> Key Details: Archer was a photography student from Liverpool who
> developed an interest in local politics. As a young man Archer had
> left Liverpool & traveled the world living for periods of time in the
> West Indies, North America & Canada. He & his wife, Bertha, a black
> Canadian, set up home at 55 Brynmaer Road, at the south end of
> Battersea Park. Battersea had been the home of the Anti-Slavery
> Clapham Sect, an organization led by Granville Sharpe & Thomas
> Clarkson.
> Archer earned his living as a photographer, with a studio at 214
> Battersea Park Road, London.
>
> On 11 Sep 2008, at 16:48, marcia michael wrote:
>
>
> Dear Sir//Madam
>
> I wonder if you could help me.
> I am studying at LCC in London in MA photography and I am trying my
> best
> to track down an early image of a black person in Britain or /and an
> image made by a black person of a black person in Britain.
> I am looking for images made from the inset of photography , so 1849 up
> until 1900 the earlier the better.
> I would be very happyl if you could direct me in the right direction
>
> Regards
>
> Marcia Michael
>
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