1893 portrait of child by Alfred Pittaway, Ottawa
Toronto. In fact this is a picture from the Toronto Reference Library of a little girl photographed by Alfred Pittaway in 1893. Image collectors may have eclectic tastes, or focus on one aspect such as: Clarity, process, studio or subject. The subject can be famous, beautiful/handsome, or homely.
This pretty little girl graced the cover of our journal (issue 34-2) back in the fall of 2008 to highlight the lead article, “Photography in Ottawa”, written by member Thomas Ritchie.
Editor Bob Lansdale introduces the article and portrait this way, “Our lead article deals with “Photography in Ottawa: The First Half-Century, 1850- 1900.” In fact, author Thomas Ritchie has reached back a further five years to uncover who were the first itinerant photographers to hawk their daguerreian wares to the Bytown public.
“Our cover photograph is a child study by Alfred G. Pittaway (1858-1930) whose studio was located at 58 Sparks Street. This photograph was used as a tip-in frontispiece in the Canadian Photographic Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1 of February 1893.”
Members could read Mr Ritchie’s lead article in either the hard copy version, or more recently the PDF version on the DVD sent to members. Not a member? What’s keeping you? Go to the right-hand sidebar of this page and choose a one or three year membership, pay by your PayPal account (blue bar) or use your credit card (black bar) and the DVD will be sent to you.
