Negatives, glass, showing a family group of the photographer, A H Remington (1886-1965), England, ca. 1920.

Two glass plate negatives of the photographer's son, Raymond and his second wife, dressed as Pierrot, in a group fancy dress party scene, posed in the garden.

Given by Jill Vanessa Downs

A.H. Remington, father of the donor, was a studio / portrait photographer initially based on the South East coast of England. He set up a photographic business, Remington's photo service, around the 1920s.

He trained as a mechanical engineer. After WWI he took up photography, initially working with glass plate cameras. Later he moved on to use a Leica 'reporter' 35mm. His first business was thought to have been in Greenwich area and he worked as a photographer at the Royal Naval college at Greenwich. The National Maritime museum also hold some of his photographs in their collection.

After this he began to take seaside photographs in Margate, Broadstairs and Brighton areas where these photographs are all thought to have been taken. Later in his career he moved to South Devon and continued his business, Remington's photo service (later a limited company) in Torquay and Paignton until the late 1950s.

Arthur Herbert Remington initially trained as an engineer but after WWI he took up photography, using heavy glass plate cameras. This glass plate negative captures a fancy dress party and includes the photographer's second wife in a Pierrot costume and their son, Raymond, sitting in a group outside in a garden
Remington's first business was thought to have been in the Greenwich area and he worked as a photographer at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. The National Maritime Museum also hold some of his photographs in their collection.
After this he moved his studio to the south coast working around the areas of Margate, Broadstairs and Brighton where this photograph, part of a series, is thought to have been taken.
Later in his career he moved to South Devon and continued his business, Remington's Photo Service (later a limited company) in Torquay and Paignton until the late 1950s.

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