| Names: | | | Dates: | 1826, 8 March - 1891, 25 November | | Born: | Scotland, Paisley | | Died: | Canada, QC, Montreal | | Active: | Canada / US |
Emigrated to Canada in 1856 and became one of the preeminent Canadian portrait photographers who also took cityscapes of Montreal and intriguing photocollages of large groups. He had studios in various cities including Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Halifax. The McCord Museum of Canadian History, 690 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E9, Canada holds the Notman Photographic Archives.
WARNING: Take care not to confuse with his son William McFarlane Notman who was also a photographer - hence the studio name of Wm. Notman & Son.
Stereographs project
Business locations
Albany, NY, US
Boston, MA, US
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
[7-8] [In partnership with Campbell in Boston, 77-79] "Photographer"; scarce area views incl. 8 of capitol.
*[William Notman] "Photographer & Publisher"; "Photog. to the Queen" ÷61. Major worker who produced extensive, common & generally fine views; several series such as "Montreal & it's Neighbourhood", "Quebec & Its Vicinity", Niagara; in 60 advt. 520 views for sale; made fine series of construction of Victoria bridge 59; visit of Prince of Wales 60; gold medal London expo. 62 and many others; took some views himself, also had staff and contract photogs. & purchased negs. from other studios incl. Anthony; broad coverage with #s into 99,000s but actual views on issue much less since they were numbered serially along with his SIs. B. Scotland 3/8/26, Scotland, to Canada & opened gallery 56, became largest photographic business in Canada & one of largest in world; younger brother James Notman had studio in St. John, N.B. in which William had an interest; pres. of Centennial Photog. Co. for U.S. expo 76; Notman company became Notman & Sandham 76 [Henry Sandham] and Notman & Son 80; studio bought by W.J. Topley ÷72; D. 11/25/91.
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association) |
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The Photographic Studio of William Notman
https://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca ...
The McCord Museum (Montreal, Canada) holds the extensive archives of William Nottman (1826-1891) one of the most significant photographers of 19th century Canada.
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The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
• Beaton, Cecil & Buckland, Gail 1975 The Magic Eye: The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Company) p.72 [Useful short biographies with personal asides and one or more example images.]
• Capa, Cornell (ed.) 1984 The International Center of Photography: Encyclopedia of Photography (New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. - A Pound Press Book) p.365
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press) [Includes a short biography on William Notman.]
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.203-204 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.]
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