Joseph Cundall
Illustration — Joseph Cundall, albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s Joseph Cundall (22 September 1818 – 10 January 1895) was a Victorian English writer under the pseudonym of "Stephen Percy", a pioneer photographer and London publisher of children's books. He provided employment for many of the best artists of the day by using them as illustrators. Joseph was the son of Eliza and Benjamin Cundall, a draper.
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Joseph Cundall
Cundall, Downes Co. · National Portrait Gallery: NPG x25262 · Public domain
- Born
- 1818. · Norwich.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Occupation
- publisher, writer and photographer.
- Languages
- English.
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Illustration — Joseph Cundall, albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s Joseph Cundall (22 September 1818 – 10 January 1895) was a Victorian English writer under the pseudonym of "Stephen Percy", a pioneer photographer and London publisher of children's books. He provided employment for many of the best artists of the day by using them as illustrators. Joseph was the son of Eliza and Benjamin Cundall, a draper.
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Also worked under the name Stephen Percy. Born at Norwich in 1818, died in Wallington in 1895.
The recorded working language is English. Work by Joseph Cundall is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and J. Paul Getty Museum.
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- 1.Edens, Cooper. Goldilocks & the Three Bears. Green Tiger Press. 3. 1989.
- 2.A History of Professional Photography in Mid Sussex. photohistory-sussex.co.uk.
- 3.Ruari McLean, Joseph Cundall, A Victorian Publisher. Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1976,
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Ruari McLean, Joseph Cundall, A Victorian Publisher. Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1976 SBN SBN 900002-13-1
- Joseph Cundall, A Brief History of Wood-engraving from its Invention. 1895.
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