Frederick York
Frederick Arlington Viler York (1823–1903) was an early 19th-century photographer, active first in Somerset, England, and from 1855 to 1861 in Cape Town, Cape Colony, modern-day South Africa. In February 1861, he received the first carte-de-visite camera in South Africa as a present from H.R.H. Upon return to the United Kingdom in 1865, he established the business York & Son in Notting Hill, London, specialising in the manufacture of lantern slides.
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Frederick York
- Born
- 1823
- Died
- 1903
- Occupation
- photographer
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Frederick Arlington Viler York (1823–1903) was an early 19th-century photographer, active first in Somerset, England, and from 1855 to 1861 in Cape Town, Cape Colony, modern-day South Africa. In February 1861, he received the first carte-de-visite camera in South Africa as a present from H.R.H. Upon return to the United Kingdom in 1865, he established the business York & Son in Notting Hill, London, specialising in the manufacture of lantern slides.
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- 1.Frederick Arlington Viler York PIC - Photographers’ Identities Catalog. pic.nypl.org.
- 2.South African "Cartomania" – a photographic phenomenon The Heritage Portal. www.theheritageportal.co.za.
- 3.Stephen Herbert. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Routledge. 1520. 2013. 9781135873271.
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