William Gill
Illustration — Gill & Son, Gill's Colchester premises, 1911 William Gill, FRPS, (1854, Islington - 23 February 1912, London) was an English photographer. Based in Colchester (a town recorded in a vast number of his photographs), but born in Islington, London, "he was an advocate of the real as against the sham studio accessory." At the time of his death, Gill was President of the Professional Photographers' Association. A contributor to a number of magazines, his death was widely reported in photographic circles, such as by Wilson's Photographic Magazine: Mr.
William Gill
William (Painter) Gill · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
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- William Gill was born in 1854. · London Borough of Islington.
- Died
- William Gill died on 23 February 1912. · London.
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- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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- photographer
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Illustration — Gill & Son, Gill's Colchester premises, 1911 William Gill, FRPS, (1854, Islington - 23 February 1912, London) was an English photographer. Based in Colchester (a town recorded in a vast number of his photographs), but born in Islington, London, "he was an advocate of the real as against the sham studio accessory." At the time of his death, Gill was President of the Professional Photographers' Association. A contributor to a number of magazines, his death was widely reported in photographic circles, such as by Wilson's Photographic Magazine: Mr.
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