IOW Photographers Index
The index below has been compiled from various sources including trade directories, census returns and photographs found. It does not claim to be an exhaustive list and readers are invited to submit details of any additional photographers to me for inclusion.
The dates refer to periods when the photographer was known to be offering services. In most cases, a photographer was probably in business outside these dates.
A photographer having an underlined name in blue indicates a direct link to dedicated page giving a résumé of their trade history, photographic evidence found, mini-biography and, where possible, examples of their work. Further information on the other photographers may be found by following the alphabetic links below.
| Photographer | Address | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Frank J Abbott | 14 Melville Street, Sandown | 1906 |
| Edward Peter Adams | 26 High Street, Ryde | 1859 |
| Melville Street, Sandown | 1860-67 | |
| Sandown Photographic Studio, Fitzroy St, Sandown | 1867-81 | |
| Edward William Adams | 32 High Street, Ventnor | 1891 |
| 71 Monkton Street, Ryde | 1901 | |
| Ernest Adams | Station Road, Freshwater | 1906 |
| Philip Adshead | 39A Atherley Rd, Shanklin | 1939 |
| 53 Atherley Rd, Shanklin | 1947 | |
| Charles Alderslade | Station Road, Freshwater Station | 1898 |
| Newport | 1897 | |
| John Kenneth Alderslade | 8 Lower St James Street, Newport | 1871 |
| 9 Lower St James Street, Newport | 1881 | |
| James Maurice Allen | 31 High St, Ventnor | 1904-06 |
| G & H Ancell | Sandown | 1911-14 |
| 71 High St, Sandown & 18 Holyrood St, Newport | 1906-34 | |
| Robert Henry Bannerman | School Green, Freshwater | 1925 |
| Station Rd, Freshwater & Freshwater Bay | 1921-39 | |
| Maurice Barney | 71 St James St, Newport | 1915 |
| Newton Barrie | 64 Union St, Ryde | 1924-28 |
| Barrie & Mullins | 64 Union St, Ryde | 1910-35 |
| Victor Richard Barron | 9A Regent St, Shanklin | 1933-39 |
| Bernard Langley Beardsall | 2 Esplanade, Shanklin | 1933-37 |
| H Beauford | 14 Union St, Ryde | 1854 |
| Frank Beken & Son | Bath Road, Cowes | 1921-39 |
| Arthur Percival Biggs | 17 Nelson St, Ryde later 89 Monkton St, Ryde |
1901-16 |
| George St John Biggs | 56 West St, Ryde | 1898 |
| 26 West St, Ryde | 1906-1911 | |
| Billinghurst & Dovey | 121 High St, Ryde | 1892-1900 |
| Albert James Bird | 17 Union St, Ryde | 1921-27 |
| W Boyer | 46 Pier St, Ryde | 1852 |
| Beach Cottage, Esplanade, Ryde | 1853-58 | |
| James Brading | 9 Carisbrooke Road, Newport | 1868 |
| 119 High St, Newport | 1865 | |
| 118 High St, Newport | 1866-75 | |
| Brading & Co | 118 High St, Newport | 1900 |
| 59 Node Hill, Newport | 1861 | |
| Brading & Cantelo | Newport | |
| James Briddon | The Esplanade, Ventnor | 1863-81 |
| John Edward Briddon | Regent's Parade, Station Road, Shanklin | 1898 |
| John Edward Briddon | 137 High St, Ventnor | 1892-1921 |
| George Bright | Seaview | 1905 |
| Frederick Nutt Broderick | St Thomas's Square, Ryde | 1876 |
| Aurora Villa, 38 West St, Ryde | 1878-1913 | |
| Joseph Milman Brown | Mayfield House & High Street, Shanklin | 1875-1921 |
| Milman Harvey Brown | North Road, Shanklin | 1921 |
| Brown & Wheeler | Wilton House, High Street, West Cowes | 1863-67 |
| Shooters Hill, Cowes | 1875 | |
| George H Bruce | Rembrandt House, High Street, Sandown | 1879 |
| Alex E Brument & Son | 21 St John's Road & 111 High Street, Sandown | 1933- |
| 71 & 111 High Street, Sandown | -1939 | |
| Mrs Brunsden | Ventnor | 1863 |
| Julia Margaret Cameron | Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater | 1864- 1875 |
| Wallace Henry Carley | 95 & 96 Arthur St, Ryde | 1878-1925 |
| Charles Carlisle (see Billinghurst & Dovey) |
121 High Street, Ryde | 1891 |
| W Cheverton | Cowes | 1900 |
| Cine Snaps Ltd | 28 Pier Street, Ventnor | 1939 |
| James Clark | Ryde | -1870 |
| Frederick Cole | 30 High St, Newport | 1865 |
| Caroline Coleman | unknown | 1863 |
| Frederick William Cooke | 14A High St, Newport | 1910 |
| Charles Sawyer Cork | 12 High St, East Cowes | 1861 |
| Emma Day | Shooters Hill, West Cowes | 1880-85 |
| E & A Debenham | Arcade, Ryde | 1872 |
| Arthur Debenham | Arcade, Ryde | |
| 28 Union St, Ryde | 1875 | |
| Arthur Debenham & Sons | 110 High St, Newport | 1899 |
| Arthur
William Debenham (often named Debenham & Sons) |
72 High St, Cowes | 1894-1927 |
| 28 Union Street, Ryde | 1898-1904 | |
| 71 High St, Sandown | 1882-1910 | |
| Arthur Debenham & Son | Spencer Cottage, Seaview | 1899 |
| Paul Royz De Sa (DESA) | Dover Street, Ryde | 1864-67 |
| 20 Mellville Street, Ryde | 1867-80 | |
| Digweed & Co | Ventnor | 1910-1927 |
| Mrs Mabel Digweed | Esplanade, Ventnor | 1933-34 |
| Bernard George Digweed | 32 Pier Street, Ventnor | 1937-39 |
| James Dore | 27 High Street, Sandown | c1890-1925 |
| Harry George Eldridge | 15 Belvedere Street, Ryde | 1891-1901 |
| James Etherington | 89/90 Arthur Street, Ryde | 1881-91 |
| Farrow & Wickenden (Cine Snaps) | 28 Pier Street, Ventnor | 1937-39 |
| Alfred James Ford | 1 Spring Hill, Ventnor | 1904-14 |
| Edwin Forhead (late F Hudson) | 11 Mill St, Ventnor | 1876-1885 |
| Percy H Gay | 14 Regent St & 76 High St & Small Hope Beach, Shanklin | 1927-33 |
| 76 High St & Small Hope Beach, Shanklin | 1937 | |
| Harry Bruce George | Rembrandt House, High St, Sandown | 1881 |
| Frank Mason Good | 1860-1880 | |
| William D Groundsell | Shanklin & Bembridge | 1880 |
| B C R Groves | East Cowes | |
| E M Hailey | 24 Regent St, Shanklin | 1933-37 |
| Harry Hallier | 83 High St, Newport | 1919-24 |
| Samuel Hawkins | Melville St, Sandown | 1875 |
| John H Hayles | 16 High St, Newport | 1865 |
| Jasper Gilbert Hayward | 83 High St, Newport | 1911-15 |
| T H Head & Co | 69 High St, Newport | 1906-10 |
| Alfred Hendicott | 23 Castle Road, Carisbrooke 4 Hillside Road, Newport |
1892-1926 |
| Mrs Eva Hesketh | 57 Carisbrooke Road, Newport | 1939 |
| Frank Hesketh | 2 Birmingham Rd, West Cowes | 1914-27 |
| William Hicks | 60˝ Union St, Ryde | 1859 |
| Arthur Hill | 1 Alfred Villa, Sandown Rd, Sandown | 1915-25 |
| William Robert Hogg | Ryde | 1871-1901 |
| Walter Holyduke | Church Road, Chale | 1881 |
| George Hooper | 50 Newport St, Ryde | 1871 |
| Rodney Cottage, West St, Ryde | 1872 | |
| Vincent Hubbard | 38 West St, Ryde | 1924-27 |
|
Frederick Hudson (see Forehead) |
High Street, Ventnor | 1865-70 |
| Mill Street, Ventnor | 1870-79 | |
| Jabez Hughes | 6 The Arcade, Union St, Ryde | 1862-65 |
| Regina House, Union St, Ryde | 1865-75 | |
| Hughes & Mullins | 60 Union St, Ryde | 1871-1915 |
|
IOW Photographic Establishment (aka James Scott) |
Monkton St, Ryde | 1865-67 |
| Richard James | 18 Union St, Ryde | 1861-75 |
| Royal Arcade, Ryde | 1875 | |
| 9 Pier St, Ryde | 1876 | |
| Sidney J. Jeanes, Jeanes & Cooke | 83 High St, Newport | 1866-1910 |
| Sidney James Jeanes | 9 Lower St James St, Newport | 1906 |
| 83 High St, Newport | 1910 | |
| Henry Jolliffe | Nelson St, Ryde | 1859 |
| (Bowyer's Rooms), Esplanade, Ryde | 1852-1867 | |
| Jolliffe & Co | Esplanade, Ryde | -1878 |
| James Kellaway | Yarborough Rd, East Cowes | 1906 |
| Walter Harry Kent | Coyote, Marlborough Rd, Ryde | 1921-39 |
| E B Kilpin & Son | 16 Union Street, Ryde | 1854 |
| Ernest Alfred Kime | 116 Lower St James St, Newport | 1901-39 |
| Arthur H Kirk | Palmerstone, Freshwater Bay | 1895-1906 |
| 11 Broadway, Totland Bay | 1900-39 | |
| Kirk & Sons | Imperial Studio, The Parade, Cowes | 1898-1906 |
| William
Umpleby Kirk & Sons (also named Kirk & Sons) |
Bath Road, Cowes | 1877-1939 |
| Charles Knight | 6 Royal Arcade, Ryde | 1875-1882 |
| 108 High St, Newport | 1882-1898 | |
| Lander & Jolliffe | Station Road, Shanklin | 1899 |
| Lander's Studio | North Road, Shanklin | 1927-39 |
| William George Lacy | 4 Royal Victoria Arcade, Ryde | 1857-61 |
| William Lacy | St Johns Road, Ryde | 1865 |
| Mrs F E Lander | Regents St, Shanklin | 1906 |
| Frederick William Lander | Regents St, Shanklin | 1910-25 |
| William Lander | 15 North Road, Shanklin | 1933-37 |
| Herbert Langdon | 14 Monkton Street, Ryde | 1878 |
| La-Porte Brothers (Edward) | Esplanade, Shanklin | 1896-98 |
| Leslie | American Daguerreotype Gallery, Holloway's Library, Ryde |
1853 |
| Cyril Linden | Westwood, Well Street, Ryde | 1901- |
| 113A High Street, Ryde | -1908 | |
| G & J Long | 116 St James' Street, Newport | 1872-1889 |
| John Long | 1889-1901 | |
| Albert Loveland | 1 Elm Villas, Marlborough Road, Ryde | 1899 |
| Herbert Sidney Marfleet | Broadway, Totland Bay | 1920-37 |
| Edward Mason | 137 High St, Ventnor | 1898 |
| George Mason | 111 High St, Ryde | 1881 |
| Matthews & Sons | 43 St John's Road, Ryde | 1874-79 |
| Frederick James Matthews | Oscar Cottage, Seaview | 1871 |
| F J Matthews & Son | Dalvey Villa, St John's Rd, Ryde | 1875 |
| Matthews & Son | The Dalvey Studio, St John's Rd, Ryde | 1890 |
| Matthews & Son | 33 St John's Road, Ryde | 1874-1925 |
| Henry Edward Matthews | Seaview | 1886 |
| Lindsay McLennan | School Green, Freshwater | 1906-1918 |
| Alice E Meacher | 4 Devonshire Villas, West Street, Ryde | 1881 |
| James Medley | High St, Ventnor | 1859 |
| W Griffith Medley | 80 High St, Ventnor | 1875 |
| E Mentor & Co | 14 High Street, Newport | 1890-97 |
| Hubert Kenneth 'Ken' Merwood | 1 Maida Villas, Camp Road, Freshwater | 1922-1956+ |
| Horace William Mew | Station Road, Shanklin | 1893-99 |
| Regent Street, Shanklin | 1906 | |
| High Street, Shanklin | 1910-1927 | |
| John Booth Middleton | Ventnor Road, Shanklin | 1865 |
| Arcacia House, Shanklin | 1875 | |
| Henry Morris | Well Street, Ryde | 1891 |
| Gustav Mullins | 60 Union Street, Ryde 64 Union Street, Ryde |
1884-1910 1910-1921 |
| Moir & Netton | 12 High St, West Cowes | 1867 |
| Fletcher Moor | Church Street, Ventnor | 1875 |
| Richard Newbald | Elsinore, Trinity Street, Ryde | 1881 |
| James William Newnham | 15 Bedworth Place, Ryde | 1871 |
| Arthur Nicholls | 5 Marine Terrace, Sandown | 1875- |
| 71 High St, Sandown | -1895 | |
| Francis Nicholls | High Street, Shanklin | 1898-1915 |
| Frank Nicholls | High St, Sandown | 1921-25 |
| Harold Nicholls | 4 Mills Cottages, Green St, Ryde | 1906 |
| Seaview | 1927 | |
| Henry Nicholls | The Bay, Seaview | 1925 |
| Hugh R Nichols | 113A High Street, Ryde | 1908-39 |
| William Nicholson (aka The Portrait Studio) |
Carlton House, Devonshire Rd, Ventnor | 1865 |
| High Street, Ventnor | 1875 | |
| 20 Mill Street, Ventnor | 1881 | |
| 20 Pier Street, Ventnor (was Mill St until 1889) |
1893 | |
| Esplanade, Shanklin | 1898 | |
| William James Nigh | 54 High Street, Ventnor | 1903- |
| John Norman | High Street, Ventnor | 1881 |
| Nuttall | Pier Street, Ryde | c1919 |
| Charles Oakeshott | 9 Pier Street, Ryde | 1859-75 |
| 3 Pier Street, Ryde | ||
| F Orchard | 16 Winton Street, Ryde | |
| Harold Henry Osborne (photographer's apprentice) |
13 Union Street, Ryde (home address) |
1891 |
| W H Page | 1 Spring Hill, Ventnor | 1914- |
| James Pearce | 12 High Street, West Cowes | 1865 |
| Alfred
Pike & Mrs Margaret Pike |
2 Medina Villas, Palmerston Rd
& Esplanade, Shanklin |
1874-1927 |
| Edward Pike | Esplanades & 1 Cambrian Villas, Landguard Rd, Shanklin | 1921-1929 |
| The Arcade, High St, Shanklin | 1927 | |
| Mrs Ethel F D Pike | 7 Esplanade, Shanklin (& 1 Cambrian Villas, Landguard Rd) |
1929-1939 |
| Thomas Piper | High Street, Carisbrooke | 1906-37 |
| Priory Road, Carisbrooke | 1927 | |
| John G Plumtree (assistant photographer) |
Hope Cottage, Ryde (lodging with photographer Richard James' mother) |
1881 |
|
Samuel James Porter (later Porter & Co) |
Maison Rouge, 31 High Street, Ventnor | 1888-1927 |
| Purdue | Church Street, Ventnor | 1877 |
| Fred Quinton | 83 High St, Newport | 1898 |
| 86 High St, Newport | 1901 | |
| 96 High St, Newport | 1910-1939 | |
| Arthur J Rands | 27 Cross Street, Ryde | 1881 |
| James Reece | High Street, Ventnor | 1865 |
| William Rowe | West Cowes | c1861-69 |
| James John Rugg | 76 Node Hill, Newport | 1863 |
| 76 Upper St James Street, Newport | 1867 | |
| 87 Upper St James Street, Newport | 1871-1881 | |
| J Russell | 16 High St, Newport | 1865 |
| Alfred Samson | Mayfield House, High Street, Shanklin | 1898 |
| Thomas George Sard | 20a Esplanade,
Ryde & 44 North Road, Shanklin |
1939 |
| Bertram Henry Saunders | 28 Pier St & Esplanade, Ventnor | 1921-25 |
| Walter Saunders (photographer's assistant) |
48 St Johns Road, Ryde | 1878 |
| T G Savage | 85 High St, Cowes | 1945 |
| Scales | John Street, Ryde | 1856 |
| James
Scott Walter Scott Robert Scott (aka Scott Brothers) |
Monkton St, Ryde | 1865-67 |
| 61 High Street, Ryde | 1871 | |
| 21 High Street, Ryde St Thomas' Square, Ryde |
1881 | |
| Thomas Francis Scott | George Street, Ryde | 1871-74 |
| William Sherron | Ryde | 1879 |
| Thomas Henry Smelt | 82 High St, W. Cowes | 1875 |
| Ernest Edward Smerdon | 14 High St, Newport | 1898 |
| George Frederick Spells | 110a High St, Newport | 1913-15 |
| Henry J Steward | 33 High Street, Ryde | 1881 |
| Sidney Switzer | 30 Holyrood St, Newport | c1890 |
|
John Symonds (bankrupt c1866) |
15 Union St, Ryde | 1859-65 |
| Symonds & Wheeler | Shooters Hill, West Cowes | 1865 |
| Wilton House, West Cowes | 1866 | |
| George Taylor | William St, Ryde | 1901 |
| Eugene V Ticehurst | Strand Studio, Ryde | 1900-07 |
| Frank M Thomson | 26 West Street, Ryde | 1911-21 |
| John Thompson | High Street, Ventnor | 1875 |
| 9 Pier Street, Ventnor | 1898-1910 | |
| Harriet Mary Till (photographer's assistant) |
35 Simeon Street, Ryde | 1901-11 |
| Edward Toogood | School Green, Freshwater | 1898 |
| High Street, Freshwater Station | 1899 | |
| Vectis Photographic Co | 2 Birmingham Road, Cowes | 1906-1910 |
| Georgena & Lizzie Waller (photographer's assistants) |
80 George Street, Ryde | 1891 |
| Thomas L Waterman | High Street, Shanklin | 1888-97 |
| Henry Cyril Watts | The Arcade, High St, Shanklin | 1927 |
| Henry Wayland | Union Street, Ryde | 1881 |
| Ernest Weeks (assistant to Gustav Mullins) |
15 Lind Street, Ryde & 62 Union Street, Ryde |
1891-1901 |
| Robert Ernest Weighell | 48 High St, Ventnor | 1917-39 |
| John G Wheeler | Shooters Hill, Cowes | 1880 |
| Jessie R Whyte (assistant photographer) |
Hope Cottage, Ryde (lodging with photographer Richard James' mother) |
1881 |
| Wilkins & Co | Opposite The Star, Ryde | 1895 |
| Frederick Wilson | 75 High Street, Ryde | 1905-15 |
| 44 Wilson Street, Ryde | 1921 | |
| Miss Hilda Wood | 44 Regent St, Shanklin | 1933-37 |
| Wilfred Worla(e)y | 7 Birmingham Road, Cowes | 1906-1910 |
| William J Wright | 1 Prince Street, Ryde | 1881 |
| Yarboro' Studio | East Cowes | 1905 |
| R C Young | Pier St, Ryde | 1921-25 |
Index last updated 21 May 2022