Photo by James Inglis courtesy of Library, National Gallery of Canada
Toronto. One of the Canadian photographers in the mid 1800s was Inglis. The photo at left carries the cut-line, “This photograph by James Inglis of Montreal, appeared as a tipped-in frontispiece in the Philadelphia Photographer of November 1866. Editor E.L. Wilson suggested the title “Right still, Now” as “the usual admonition” and noted that the young photographer was Inglis‘ son. Courtesy: Library, National Gallery of Canada.”
It complements a copyrighted article on Inglis by Irwin Reichstein which begins, “When James Inglis* ‘ died on September 18, 1904 as a result of a massive flash powder explosion, he was eulogized a having been “one of the best known photographers in America”.‘ This was probably not far from the truth.
“For a period of close to forty years he had been a successful photographer with virtuoso technique, an active experimenter with new photographic processes, an important manufacturer of photographic products and a frequent correspondent and advertiser – as well as being an equally frequent subject of attack, in the leading photographic journals of the day, principally The Philadelphia Photographer, The St. Louis Practical Photographer, Anthony’s Photographic Bulletin and The Photo Beacon of Chicago.
“His career thus illuminates virtually all aspects of the free wheeling, intensely entrepreneurial, nineteenth century North American commercial photographic scene. ..”
Members read the rest of this well researched and written copyrighted article in the pdf file for issue 22-5 on the members only (free) DVD. Joining is easy (and cheap!). See MEMBERSHIP above or at right. Email your questions on membership to Lilianne at member@phsc.ca.
