Notman captures the Taylor wedding party in Montreal c1864
Toronto. With the chilly weather, it’s a great time to think ahead to June brides … In issue 26-3 of our journal, editor Bob Lansdale wrote and illustrated an article titled, “Wedding Photography …”. The images are from the McCord museum in Montreal. Bob encourages others to dig into the history of wedding photography to add more history to the genre.
The article begins, “Long before candid wedding photography came to the fore with dozens [of] photographs and bulging albums, studios in Canada were recording for posterity the bridal couple, their attendants and their families.
“Over the decades the Notman Studios in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, St. John, and Halifax recorded thousands of wedding parties with the images still preserved as part of the Notman Collection at the McCord Museum in Montreal.
“As a research tool many of the images are accessible via internet at http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca using the word “wedding” to extract them from 58,803 images in the data base.
“A sampling here shows (fig. 1) [see left in this post] a full-plate print by William Notman bearing crop marks and inscribed data identifying it as ‘James Taylor’s wedding Group, Montreal, QC, 1864’.” …
Of course members could view and read the full article and photos in the 26-3 pdf file on the free members-only DVD/stick. The notes above and at right (under Membership) tell you how to join. Question may be emailed to member@phsc.ca.
