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I've not
been able to trace any reference to an Alex Hutcheson in any of
the 19th century trade directories, so don't know the dates of the
cartes de visite above.
However, I'd like to thank Michael Melrose
for sending me images of the front and back of one of his cartes
de visite by Alex Hutchison.
- The front is a studio of a lady
standing beside what appears to be the same chair as appears on
the two cartes de visite above
- The back is simpler than above.
It just gives Alex Hutchison's name and address in four lines of
print without any artwork. However his address is the same
as above and the same message appears along the bottom of the
card:
'Tombs, Monuments &c.
photographed'.
There is also a hand-written message on the
back, which reads:
'Got this Carte de visite, Oct
1875'.
This suggests to me that the two cartes de
visite above may date from around mid- to late-1870s.
Michael Melrose, Greenbank, Edinburgh:
March 2, 2011 |