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Carte de
visite by the Edinburgh Photographer, John Horsburgh,
of the Edinburgh and Hawick photographer
George Oman
1834 -1894
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George Oman
© The carte de visite above is
reproduced with acknowledgement to Russell Young
great-grandson of George Oman
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George Oman |
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Carte de Visite
Portrait
of George Oman
Here is a carte-de-visite
photograph of the Edinburgh and Hawick photographer,
George Oman.
George Oman was born on 13 September
1834.
He lived in Edinburgh, then Hawick in the Scottish Borders
before returning to Edinburgh where he died at 3 Market Street in
November 1894.
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Russell Young, great grandson of George
Oman tells me:
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"I
can vouch for the authenticity of the Carte-de-visite of George Oman,
having been shown it by my own grandmother as a photo of her father
while she looked for the family likeness against an oil painting of her
own grandfather (my g-g-grandfather) Nathaniel Oman."
[Russell Young 12 January 2005]
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Horsburgh Studios
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Studio
The carte-de-visite of George Oman,
above, comes from the studio of
John Horsburgh.
The trade directories list the following
businesses at 131 Princes Street, Edinburgh:
- 1868-88: John Horsburgh
- 1888-98: John Horsburgh & Son.
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Cartes de Visite
I have several many other
cartes-de-visite by John
Horsburgh, all still to be added to this web site.
All the Horsburgh cartes-de-visite that I
have seen are in the name of J Horsburgh.
(They make no mention of '& Son'). I have
eight different styles of back, excluding colour variations.
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