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Elmslie William Dallas

(1809-1879)

 

Artist and Photographer

EW Dallas was an artist before becoming a photographer.

Painting by EW Dallas

   Painting by EW Dallas ©

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He  had photographic studios in Edinburgh between 1860 and 1878.

He produced cartes de visite of Sir James Young Simpson, Professors Simpson, Professor Turner and others.

 

Exhibitions

3rd PSS Exhibition, Dec 1858

Four collodion albumen landscapes were exhibited in the 3rd PSS Exhibition in 1858 (two under the name E W Dallas and two under the name W Dallas

Glasgow Photographic Society Exhibition, 1859

EW Dallas exhibited fourteen landscapes, including several views near Moffat in the Scottish Borders, in the Glasgow Photographic Society Exhibition, in 1859.

4th PSS Exhibition, Dec 1859

He exhibited landscapes, copies form other prints, fragments, sculptures, portraits, etc. in the 4th PSS Exhibition in 1859.

5th PSS Exhibition, Feb 1861

He exhibited  23 photographs, mostly portraits in the 5th PSS Exhibition in Feb 1861.

6th PSS Exhibition, Dec 1861

He exhibited cartes de visite in the 6th PSS Exhibition.  Described as: "cartes de visite  above average quality"  [The Scotsman:  1/1/1862]

8th PSS Exhibition, Feb 1864

He exhibited  a frame of cartes de visite and a frame of portraits in the 8th PSS Exhibition in Feb 1864;  also several portraits including one titled 'T Rodger Esq., St Andrews' and one titled 'Three Cricketers'.

9th PSS Exhibition, Dec 1864

He exhibited  seventeen collodion portraits, including one of T Rodger, St Andrews photographer, in the 9th PSS Exhibition in Dec.1864.

 

Question 1

EPS Lecturer

Was EW Dallas the same person as the photographer as gave a lecture below to EPS in session 1868-69?

"Notes of Experiments by New Printing Process of Mr WH Davies"

 

Question 2

Name?

I had not discovered the Christian names of EW Dallas until I received this message from Constantia Nicolaides, who wrote:

"I was wondering if he was Elmslie William Dallas (1809-1879). He has an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, albeit a very short one."

Constantia Nicolaides, Photographic Cataloguer,
National Portrait Gallery, London:  January 29, 2008

Answer 2

Name Agreed

I've now checked and found that this is indeed the same man, so I've now updated the web site to include his full name.

He is listed under the name, Elmslie William Dallas (1809-1879) in Roger Taylor's publication, 'Photographs Exhibited in Britain 1839-1865' [Publ:  National Gallery of Canada]

His final entry in the listing of Photographers in the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory was in 1878, the year before his death.

Peter Stubbs:  January 30, 2008

 

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