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an example of the importance of Victorian Patronage<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. As an old photo collector, you may have noticed that the back of some CdVs and cabinet cards have an elaborate design stating the photographer’s special relationship with British royalty.<\/p>\n

Continuing our 25th anniversary theme, in issue 25-5 of the journal, editor Lansdale offers an article by PHSC member, the late Thomas Ritchie of Ottawa, on Victorian Patronage as applied to the photographic industry (Canada was closely aligned with Britain in the 19th and first half of the 20th century).<\/p>\n

Bob was a strong supporter of the publication of a wide variety of articles to celebrate our 25th anniversary year. He was in fact, a real spark of ingenuity and enthusiasm offering many suggestions beyond his journal activities.<\/p>\n

Mr Ritchie’s article is titled. “Victorian Photographers and Royal Patronage” and shows how such patronage was valued. His article begins, “When Princess Victoria became Queen,\u00a0photography was still a curiosity, but by the\u00a0end of her reign it had risen to be recognized as both an art and a science involving more\u00a0than 17,000 professional photographers in\u00a0Great Britain alone, as well as the general\u00a0public through the widespread use of hand\u00a0cameras.<\/p>\n

“She was a patron of art (with Sir\u00a0William Newton as ‘Miniature Painter to Queen Victoria’) and was equally a patron of photography, conferring on fortunate\u00a0photographers her special recognition.<\/p>\n

“One of the fortunates to receive the Queen\u2019s honour was William Notman, the Montreal photographer,\u00a0granted the title Photographer to the Queen<\/i>, not\u00a0because of the Queen\u2019s pleasure with the results of a\u00a0sitting before his camera, but rather to express her\u00a0pleasure with a large collection of Notman\u2019s photographs taken when her son Edward, the Prince of\u00a0Wales (later King Edward VII), visited Canada in\u00a01860.<\/p>\n

“The appeal of the photographs and the Queen\u2019s\u00a0great interest in photography resulted in Notman\u00a0becoming ‘Photographer to the Queen’, a title that soon appeared on the backs of his photographs, along\u00a0with references to prizes that he had won in photographic exhibitions.<\/p>\n

“Notman also photographed Victoria\u2019s son Arthur,\u00a0the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, who as a\u00a0young man took up a military career as an officer of\u00a0the Royal Engineers with service in Canada in 1870\u00a0during the Red River Expedition. His subsequent service took him to many parts of the British Empire,\u00a0returning to Canada in 1911 with the rank of Field\u00a0Marshal to become Governor-General of Canada.<\/p>\n

“Another of Notman\u2019s royal clients, the Marquis of\u00a0Lorne, served as Governor-General from 1878 to 1883;\u00a0his wife, Princess Louise, was the Queen\u2019s daughter.” …<\/p>\n

Members read all of Mr Ritchie’s well illustrated article either in the original printed journal, or the issue 25-5 pdf file on the free members-only DVD\/thumb drive. Joining is a snap – see above and at right. Any membership questions can be emailed to our membership secretary at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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