| Date | 17 October 2014 |
|---|---|
| Source | Slough Observer |
| Reference | VP-0094 |
| Volume | Views of the Past |
| Collection | Views of the Past |
Transcript
Record of rich and poor
MY NEW book Royal Windsor: Images of a Bygone Age, will be available from November. It is a sequel to my first volume, Vanished Windsor.
Royal Windsor, like its predecessor, is a book of historic photographs which covers the period from the 1880s until 1920. The book showcases the work of a number of Windsor’s photographers, but in particular the work of father and son photographers Thomas Hugh Cochrane and Thomas Edward Cochrane.
Their works are pretty impressive and stand out from the rest of the photographers due to the atmospheric qualities found in their work.
In my column last week, we talked briefly about the Cochrane family. In this week’s column, we shall be looking at the photographic work of Leicester-born George Moore Henton.
Mr Henton was a regular visitor to Windsor and stayed with old friend Alfred Young Nutt (who was also from Leicester). Mr Nutt was working as the surveyor of St George’s Chapel, and his friend Mr Henton often stayed with him at his house in Kings Road, Windsor (which is now marked with a blue plaque). During visits to Windsor from 1894 until 1897, Mr Henton took many photographs of all classes of Windsor society, ranging from the poor waiting for bread to Royalty in carriages.
After he had taken his photographs, he recorded the date and time of each photograph and sometimes even details of the weather.
Mr Henton was also a very gifted artist and went to the Leicester Art School and exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1908, he produced a number of watercolours as illustrations for a book about Windsor, which was written by the retired Royal Librarian, Richard Rivington Holmes.
Some of these watercolours were based on earlier photographs he had taken in the 1890s. A number of these paintings are included in the new book.
Mr Henton died on April 21, 1924, aged 63, of an apoplectic seizure. After his death, Mr Henton’s photographic collection and negatives came into the hands of Frank Forsook, who donated the negatives and some of his photographs to the Leicestershire Archaeological Society in 1925.
The photographic archive was later transferred to Leicester Record Offices. This book brings this important photographic Collection to Windsor, where it can now be enjoyed by a new appreciative Windsor audience.
The book will be available from November 14. Advance copies can be ordered from info@eliaskupfermann.com
PARADE OF THE PAST: One of Henton’s atmospheric images showing a nurse and children watching as soldiers march along Sheet Street back to the Victoria Barracks in 1894.
Royal Windsor: Images of A Bygone Age is published by Elias Kupfermann and costs £12.50 including postage and packing.
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