Jane Wigley
Jane Nina Wigley (1806–1883) was one of the earliest British female commercial photographers, who operated studios in Newcastle and London. Wiley was born on 4 November 1806. She purchased a licence for 'Newcastle, Gateshead and the surrounding towns' from the patentee Richard Beard to operate the daguerreotype process and opened a studio in the Royal Arcade, Newcastle upon Tyne in September 1845.
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Jane Wigley
- Died
- 1883 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- photographer
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Jane Nina Wigley (1806–1883) was one of the earliest British female commercial photographers, who operated studios in Newcastle and London. Wiley was born on 4 November 1806. She purchased a licence for 'Newcastle, Gateshead and the surrounding towns' from the patentee Richard Beard to operate the daguerreotype process and opened a studio in the Royal Arcade, Newcastle upon Tyne in September 1845.
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Born in 1820, died in London in 1883.
Jane Wigley (1820–1883) was a photographer.
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- 1.Census of England and Wales
- 2.Newcastle Journal, September 1845
- 3."Wigley, Jane Nina" , photoLondon. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- 4.Robert Leggat, "Women Pioneers of Photography" . A History of Photography. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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