John Falconer, British Library
A Biographical Dictionary of 19th Century Photographers in South and South-East Asia |
Commercial, India
28 Dalhousie Square, Calcutta 1866-83. In 1870 he photographed the arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh at Calcutta, reproduced in the Illustrated London News of 26 February 1870. This is presumably the James Humpridge [sic], proposed for membership of the Photographic Society of Bengal at the meeting of 26 January 1863.[1]
Humpidge and Co., 28 Dalhousie Square, Calcutta, 1868 (Thacker’s).
Humpidge and Co., photographer, 5 Park Street, Calcutta (Thacker’s)
Married Margaret Anne Collins at St John’s Church, Calcutta, 10 Aug 1865; profession given as ‘Photographer,’ but no age supplied.[2] Died c. 1881.[3]
Footnotes
- Λ Journal of the Bengal Photographic Society, vol. 2, no. 4, April 1863, p. 9.
- Λ IOR/N/1/113 f. 270.
- Λ Probate to will granted 27 Jul 1881. IOR/L/AG/34/29/126 ff. 126-127.
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