Henry Dixon
Illustration — A photograph of 73 Cheapside or "Old Mansion House" by Dixon Henry Dixon (1820–1893) was an English photographer best known for his work in the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London. Dixon would have nine children including Alice Dixon Le Plongeon.
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Henry Dixon
Dixon, Henry · Public domain
- Born
- 1820 · London.
- Died
- 1893
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — A photograph of 73 Cheapside or "Old Mansion House" by Dixon Henry Dixon (1820–1893) was an English photographer best known for his work in the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London. Dixon would have nine children including Alice Dixon Le Plongeon.
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Dixon like many of his contemporaries was first trained as a printer. He would work alongside Alfred & John Bool in photographing old buildings in London that were threatened by demolition for the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London. Dixon would become a member of the Photographic Society in 1875. He would later start a partnership with his son Thomas James Dixon in 1887, Dixon & Son, taking over as main photographers for the society as well as a secondary focus on fine art photography which would last past his death into the 1940s. Dixon also lived nearby to London Zoo and would photograph many of the animals there during his life.
View of the exterior of Ashburnham House, London, by the English photographer Henry Dixon. Courtesy of the British Library.
Henry Dixon · British Library [1]
"Canonbury Tower 25," black and white photographic print, by the British photographer Henry Dixon (1820-1892). ""The Manor of Canonbury was an appendage of the Priory of St. Bartholomew and appears to have been given to the Priory by Ralph de Berners, in the time of Edward I." Image courtesy of the British Library, London.
Henry Dixon · British Library [1]
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1820
Henry Dixon born at London.
1893
Henry Dixon died.
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