Richard Banner Oakeley (1834 – 1914), was an architectural writer and photographer, from England, travelled to Madras Presidency towards the close of 1856. He was one of the best photographers of archaeology in India during the 1850s. Near the end of 1856, advised by his friend Dr Andrew Charles Brisbane Neill, he visited the ruins […]
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William Brooke O’Shaughnessy (1809 -1889) was an Irish physician and one of the strongest applicants for the title of the first photographer in India. He moved to Kolkata in 1833 where he became an Assistant Surgeon with the British East India Company.
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John P. Nicholas and James Perratt Nicholas were the founders of the earliest studio in Madras (Chennai) from 1857 to 1905. Their sister Emma married a clock-maker and photographer called John Parting, who left England for Ceylon to set up a daguerreotype studio. John and James Perratt Nicholas followed them, but John P. Nicholas went
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Eugene Clutterbuck Impey (1830 – 1904), was born in Paris and joined 5th Bengal Native Infantry 1851. He was a third-generation to serve the East India Company in India. He was a prolific and skilled photographer and member of the Committee of the Photographic Society of Bengal 1865.
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William J. Johnson (1820 to ?), arrived in Mumbai (Bombay) in the 1840s and served as clerk in the Bombay Civil Service from 1848 to 1861. He was an enthusiastic photographer who started his photographic career as a daguerreotypist in Bombay, India. He established and ran a Daguerreotype studio at Grant Road from 1852-1854. Under
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Robert Melville Clarke (1834 – 1878), arrived from London to Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1852 to join his posting at 2nd Bengal Cavalry. He was a keen explorer and self-taught photographer. Starting from 1850’s, photography was adopted as an important agent in civil and military exploration and reconnaissance. Officers in the British administrative, medical, and military establishment in
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Harriet Christina Tytler (1828 to 1907) was a British artist, writer, and a pioneer woman photographer. She was born in Sikraura, Bahraich, India, where her father was an officer in the 3rd Bengal Native Infantry. She was the second wife of Robert Christopher Tytler, a British soldier, naturalist and photographer. Harriet Christina Tytler was well
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Charles Shepherd (?–1912) was an English photographer and printer who worked in India during mid-to-late 19th century. He worked in a series of partnerships first with Arthur Robertson and started “Shepherd & Robertson” in Agra in 1862. “Howard, Bourne & Shepherd” was established in Shimla around 1863 by Samuel Bourne, Charles Shepherd, along with William
John Burke Posing the Afghan Amir Yaqub Khan, 1879. John Burke (1843 – 1900), landed in India as an Irish young boy from County Wicklow along with his father who had joined Royal Artillery in India. John Burke also joined Royal Artillery after some years as apothecary assistant and thereby learns chemistry skills. Burke had
Robert Gill (1804 – 1879) was a British military officer, antiquarian, painter and photographer in British India. He joined the 44th Madras Native Infantry as a cadet in 1824 and became Captain in 1840; finally, he was promoted to Major.
