| Date | 21 November 2014 |
|---|---|
| Source | Slough Observer |
| Reference | VP-0098 |
| Volume | Views of the Past |
| Collection | Views of the Past |
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Book captures town’s past
ON FRIDAY my long-awaited book Royal Windsor: Images Of A Bygone Age was finally published.
Earlier in the week I thought the book would not come back from the printers — it finally did arriving a day later than scheduled.
The book focuses on the work of three photographers who were working in Windsor from the late Victorian period until the middle of the First World War.
George Moore Henton was an artist from Leicestershire and photographer who came to Windsor to see his friend, Alfred Young Nutt, who also came from Leicester and was working as a surveyor at St George’s Chapel.
He produced a series of atmospheric photographs of Windsor between 1884 and 1898 as well as a number of watercolours to illustrate a book written by the Royal Librarian Richard Rivington Holmes in 1908.
These are reproduced in full colour in the book to compliment the photographs.
The photographs range in subject from Royal visits to the streets of Windsor — illustrating not only Windsor’s prosperity but also the poverty which existed at that time.
The other two photographers highlighted in the book are the father and son snappers Thomas Cochrane Senior and Junior.
Thomas Cochrane Snr was brought up within the walls of Windsor Castle, the son of Robert Cochrane, a distinguished military knight.
The Cochranes were interested in producing photographs of the colourful military processions which marched down St Leonard’s Road to Holy Trinity Church — the Garrison Church. These also included military funerals which passed through Windsor, ranging from Royal ones to individual soldiers. The Cochranes also captured civilian festivities such as the Empire day parades on Bachelor’s Acre and the sports days held in the grounds of the Imperial Services College. Thomas Cochrane Jnr sadly died of tuberculosis in 1908 but his father continued the family business until his death in 1917.
The launch of the book happened at Waterstones on Friday and was attended by Royal Borough deputy mayor, Cllr James Evans.
The book costs £10 and can be purchased at Waterstones, Windsor Museum or direct from the author via info@eliaskupfermann.com for £12.50 including postage and packing.
BOOK LAUNCH: Elias Kupfermann with Deputy Mayor of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Cllr James Evans, at the launch of Mr Kupfermann’s latest book.
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