Brothers James and William Fisk-Moore were photographers active in Kent from around 1911. They traded under the name of B&W Fisk-Moore Ltd, James having taken the name of Beaufort James Fisk-Moore.
Early life
editBeaufort and William's mother was Louisa Fisk, born in 1839 in St Albans, Hertfordshire.[1] In 1862 she married John Moore in the same city.[2]
The 1911 Census shows Beaufort J Fisk-Moore aged 34 and William Fisk-Moore aged 30 living as boarders in a house in Canterbury, Kent suggesting birth dates in 1877 and 1881 respectively. Both were born in Folkestone, Kent. It gives their occupation as photographers.[3]
Business
editThe business traded in Canterbury at 4 St. Georges Gate, 7 St. George's Place and 10c Burgate Street.[4] After many years of trading the partnership was dissolved in 1942 by mutual consent.[5]
Legacy
editImages attributed to B&W Fisk-Moore appear in the collections of major galleries. The National Portrait Gallery holds two vintage bromide prints one of Bishop Albert William Lee the other of Bishop Alfred Carey Wollaston Rose.[6] The British Museum holds a postcard size image, possibly a gelatin silver print of Tanzanian women in a rural setting.[7]
Beaufort and William's names appear in the Hewlett Johnson Papers held at the University of Kent.[8]
Within the Conway Library Collection[9] of photographs at the Courtauld Institute of Art there are images attributed to B&W Fisk-Moore. The collection includes glass and film negatives as well as prints covering different time periods of mainly architectural images. The collection is currently in the process of being digitised as part of the wider Courtauld Connects project.[10]
References
edit- ^ Ancestry Library Edition[verification needed]
- ^ Ancestry Library Edition[verification needed]
- ^ Ancestry Library Edition[verification needed]
- ^ "B. & W. Fisk-Moore, Canterbury". www.machadoink.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ B&W Fisk-Moore (13 November 1942). "Notices". The London Gazette.
- ^ "B. & W. Fisk-Moore - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "postcard; photographic print (black and white) | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "Hewlett Johnson Papers - Special Collections & Archives - University of Kent". www.kent.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 2020-06-30. Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "Courtauld Connects". Courtauld Connects. Retrieved 2021-03-23.