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William Pumphrey (1817 – 1905) was an early photographer based in 'A witness lasting, faithful, true': the impact of photography on Quaker attitudes to portraiture
dissertation on Ben Beck's website
Imagine York: Historic Photographs
Online Council Library Archive of historic photographs of York, searchable by keyword and photographer. 1817 births 1905 deaths English Quakers People educated at Bootham School 19th-century English photographers Photographers from Yorkshire Schoolteachers from Yorkshire {{UK-photographer-stub
William Pumphrey (1817 – 1905) was an early photographer based in York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
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Pumphrey was a Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...
and started out as a science teacher at Bootham School
Bootham School is an independent Quaker boarding school, on Bootham in the city of York in England. It accepts boys and girls ages 3–19, and had an enrolment of 605 pupils in 2016. It is one of seven Quaker schools in England.
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, York. He bought his licence from Samuel Walker, York's first practising photographer, in July 1849, and ran his business there until 1854. Throughout this time he frequently lectured on scientific and kindred subjects; indeed, he continued to lecture - including to Bootham boys - even after taking up his post as superintendent of a private lunatic asylum in York. He was fond of travel, bringing home many photographs of the scenery of Switzerland and elsewhere, which he took pleasure in showing to his friends with the magic lantern.
In 1866, he organised an exhibition of Yorkshire Fine Art and Industry, in the grounds of Bootham Park Hospital
Bootham Park Hospital was a psychiatric hospital, located in the Bootham district of York, England. It was managed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. The main building is a Grade I listed building.
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, in which he entered two revolving stereoscope
A stereoscope is a device for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as a single three-dimensional image.
A typical stereoscope provides each eye with a lens that makes the ima ...
s, each containing 50 of his stereo views.dissertation on Ben Beck's website
See also
* Early photographers of YorkNotes
External links
Imagine York: Historic Photographs
Online Council Library Archive of historic photographs of York, searchable by keyword and photographer. 1817 births 1905 deaths English Quakers People educated at Bootham School 19th-century English photographers Photographers from Yorkshire Schoolteachers from Yorkshire {{UK-photographer-stub