This collection consists of photographic items of George Bullen (1816-1894), father of Arthur Henry Bullen (1857-1920), and Mrs George Bullen, his second wife and step-mother of Arthur Henry Bullen (1857-1920) of the Shakespeare Head Press
DR1424
Document undated [context suggests 1870-1900]
4 items
open
collection
Photographic prints found in the book collection of Arthur Henry Bullen (1857-1920), Shakespeare Head Press, in October 2016. See Library: SR Bullen Collection. The library collection was donated by private individuals to the Shakespeare BirthplaceTrust from the 1960s onwards. The provenance and donation date of these photographic items is unknown. Prints found in an envelope ( DR1424/3) annotated with the words: 'Bullen Collection Photographs'. The prints themselves have been annotated in the hand that labelled the envelope (the identity of which is unknown)
George Bullen (1816-1894) was Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum library between 1875 and 1890, and published the 'Catalogue of Books in the Library of the British Museum Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Books in English Printed Abroad, to the Year 1640', in 1884. He was twice married, and his second son by his first wife, Eliza Mary Martin (d. 1887), was Arthur Henry Bullen (1857-1920), founder of the Shakespeare Head Press. Eliza Martin is not represented in the collection; the photographic items in DR1424/2, according to annotations on the photographs, are images of George Bullen's second wife [name unknown].
Detail on the photographs and investigation into the work of the photographers and studios would suggest that these photographs were taken between 1870 and 1900. Sources: PhotoLondon. The Database of 19th Century Photographers and Allied Trades in London: 1841-1901 [online] Available at: http://www.photolondon.org.uk
