A & G Taylor, United Kingdom
The largest Photographers in the World
PHOTOGRAPHERS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
BY SPECIAL ROYAL WARRANT
and Their Royal Highnesses
THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES.
The largest photographers in the World.
Miniature & Portrait Painters
70 & 78 QUEEN VICTORIA ST. E.C.
and at 62 & 64, LUDGATE HILL, E.C.
129 FENCHURCH STREET E.C.
Forest Lodge, London Road, Forest Hill.
LONDON
Also at most of the principal towns throughout
the United Kingdom.
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Brothers Andrew and George Taylor were born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1832 and 1840, respectively. They began producing miniatures and gradually transitioned to the more lucrative vocation of photography. They opened their first London gallery at 11 Cannon Street West in 1864. They specialized in portraiture for collections and by commission, and soon were so successful they expanded their business throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland, opening studios in such cities as Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, and Dublin.
By 1878, the year they opened the Edinburgh studio at 63 Princes Street, they had studios in about 70 towns and cities throughout Britain, and in 1879, the company opened studios in Paris and the USA.
The following table gives some of the managers of some of their branches.
| Branch | Manager | Date |
| Glasgow | Low Wilson | 1885 |
| Edinburgh | J F Wyllie | 1890 |
| Greenock | Alex Gibb | 1891 |
| Greenock | R Corstorphine | 1891 to 1893 |
| Greenock | G Gibson | 1897 |
| Sheffield | William Middleton | 1879 to 1891 |
| Nottingham | William Middleton | |
| Derby | William Middleton | 1899 to 1901 |
| Brighton | Arthur Bruges Plummer | 1882 to 1884 or 5 |
| Brighton | Robert Bourne | 1886 |
Sources: Historic Camera; Glasgow Museums; Derbyshire Photographers’ Profiles by Brett Payne; List of branches and dates Victorian Photographs; Edin Photo
Tufnell Thompson
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
- T. Tufnell Thompson, South Beach, Blackpool
Thomas Tufnell Thompson, (1839 to 16 June 1892) 13 Wellington Terrace, Blackpool. Thomson was born in Macclesfield and married Didsbury-born Ann Thompson who was four years his senior.
His son Ernest A Thompson who was then 25 and his niece Geraldine Taylor (38) were also living in the household. Ernest Thompson succeeded Tufnell in the business which produced cabinet prints of the Sergeants and Colour Sergeants of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment, who attended annual camp in Blackpool in 1883 and photographs of members of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in about 1897.
Sources: London Gazette chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26311/page/4337/data.pdf
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