Name | Shakespeare, Noah | |
Birth | 26 Jan 1839 | Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, Eng., UK [12] |
Gender | Male | |
Business Address/Year | 1865-1866 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Langley St. corner of Yates Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | 1867 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Government St. (W. side near View St.) Gentile's Photographic Gallery Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | 1866-1868 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Government St. (W. side near View St.) Gentile's Photographic Gallery Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | 1869-1875 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Government St. (W. side near View St.) Shakespeare Photographic Gallery Victoria, BC Canada | ||
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Home Address/Year | 1877 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Fort St. Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | 1875-1878 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Government St. (W. side near View St.) Theatre Photographic Gallery Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Death | 13 May 1921 | Victoria, BC |
Association | Gentile, Carlo (Relationship: Employer) | |
Association | Uren, John Batrel (Relationship: Undefined) | |
Association | Uren and Hoyt (Relationship: Undefined) | |
Association | Desmond, Robert Ansley Brittain (Relationship: Employee) | |
Association | Fardon, George Robinson (Relationship: Employee) | |
Association | Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery (Relationship: Leasee) | |
Association | Robinson, George (Relationship: Employer) | |
Association | Gentile's Photographic Gallery (Relationship: Manager) | |
Association | Shakespeare Photographic Gallery (Relationship: Proprietor) | |
Association | Fardon's Photographic Gallery (Relationship: Manager) | |
Person ID | I53 | Camera Workers | S, vol. 1, 1858-1900 |
Last Modified | 6 Mar 2023 |
Photos | Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery, Government Street, Aug 1875, by Charles Horetzky Magnification of a photograph taken from the Driard Hotel showing the distinctive facade of the Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery at the time it was leased to Noah Shakespeare by its owner S.A. Spencer. This photograph appears in multiple copies of Horetzky's 1875 Bute Inlet route survey photographs albums and is dated Aug 1875. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Item A-03456 (HP009486). | |
Photographer Noah Shakespeare. Photographed by G.R. Fardon. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. B-01413. |
Documents | Noah Shakespeare ID, verso of a carte-de-visite. | |
Noah Shakespeare's news, Daily Colonist, 23 Oct 1874, p. 3. Announcing that he has hired R.A. Desmond from Spencer's Gallery. The ad implies he was once more the owner of the Shakespeare Photographic Gallery following its brief tenure as Uren and Hoyt. | ||
Gentile's Photographic Gallery ad, Daily Colonist, 16 Aug 1866, p. 2. In this ad, which first appeared in the Colonist on 15 Aug 1866, Gentile gives notice that he has hired Noah Shakespeare to manage his studio. | ||
Shakespeare Photographic Gallery ad, First Victoria Directory, Third Issue, and British Columbia Guide (Mallandaine, Jun 1869), p. 80. | ||
Noah Shakespeare's ad, First Victoria Directory, Second Issue, and British Columbia Guide (Mallandaine, Apr 1868), back cover. This ad appeared on the bottom of the back cover; Frederick Dally's ad was on the top of the back cover. The two ads were separated by a third ad. | ||
Uren and Hoyt news item, Victoria Daily Colonist, 30 Apr 1874, p. 3. Announcing their purchase of Noah Shakespeare's gallery. | ||
Noah Shakespeare's ad, Victoria Daily Standard, 20 Aug 1870, p. 2. Announcing that he has improved the studio's lighting. The mention of a "large selection of Indian portraits" likely refers to the work of his predecessor, Carlo Gentile. | ||
G.R. Fardon's ad, Victoria Colonist, 12 Jul 1865, p. 2. Fardon advises his customers and the public that during his absence his studio will be managed by Noah Shakespeare. This ad first appeared in early Jun 1865. | ||
Noah Shakespeare's ad for Fardon's Photographic Gallery, Victoria Colonist, 23 Feb 1866, p. 3. A similar ad was published in the Victoria Vancouver Post. | ||
Noah Shakespeare's ad for Fardon's Photographic Gallery, Victoria Vancouver Post, 6 Mar 1866, p. 2 and 4. A similar ad was published in the Colonist. | ||
Noah Shakespeare's letter to the editor, Victoria Colonist, 4 Nov 1869, p. 3. Shakespeare objects to the supposition that the "licentious photograph" was produced in his studio. J.A. Craigg's letter on the same matter appeared in the same paper. | ||
"Licentious Photograph" news, Victoria Colonist, 3 Nov 1869, p. 3. Both J.A. Craigg and Noah Shakespeare wrote letters to the editor, published on 4 Nov 1869, in which they assumed this news item had been aimed at their studio. | ||
Noah Shakespeare ID, verso of a carte-de-visite. | ||
E.J. Eyres and N. Shakespeare news, Victoria Daily Times, 22 Feb 1895, p. 5. Both Eyres and Shakespeare participated in a lecture and exhibition about the Auer gas light. | ||
S.A. Spencer and Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 24 Nov 1875, p. 3. Both photographers marketed portraits of one of the two survivors of the sinking of the Pacific. H.F. Jelly was in Victoria testifying at the coroner's inquest. | ||
Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 18 Sep 1875, p. 3. The Canadian Illustrated News issue in which the engraving appears was 4 Sep 1875, p. 148. | ||
Noah Shakespeare news, Canadian Illustrated News, 4 Sep 1875, p. 148. The magazine did not state when the photograph upon which the engraving is based had been taken. According to the Victoria Colonist (23 Apr 1875, p. 3), the photograph was taken following prorogation of the Legislative Assembly on 22 Apr 1875. | ||
Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 3 Aug 1873, p. 3. About his efforts to photograph all the Royal Navy vessels at anchor. | ||
Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 22 May 1875, p. 3. | ||
Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Daily Standard, 19 Jan 1871, p. 3. | ||
Mrs. R. Maynard and Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 8 Oct 1875, p. 3. While this prize list for a Victoria agricultural show held at the Philharmonic Hall and adjacent grounds listed her as "Miss Maynard," this is more than likely Mrs. R. Maynard and not her daughter Emma. | ||
N. Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 13 May 1875, p. 3. About his lease of the Theatre Photographic Gallery. | ||
N. Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 22 May 1875, p. 3. About a potential libel lawsuit by Shakespeare and other city councillors. | ||
N. Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 23 May 1875, p. 3. | ||
N. Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 23 Apr 1875, p. 3. This photograph later appeared as an engraving in the Canadian Illustrated News. | ||
Carlo Gentile and Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 15 Aug 1866, p. 3. Gentile hired Shakespeare while Gentile was away in Europe, a trip he apparently never completed due to the loss of his photographs on one of two Puget Sound vessels. Gentile's agent, Thomas Allsop, published a "lost" ad in the Colonist on 27 Oct 1866, p. 2. | ||
S.A. Spencer and Noah Shakespeare news, Canadian Illustrated News, 16 Sep 1876, p. 155. A description of the engravings based on the Spencer and Shakespeare photographs of the arches for the Victoria visit of the Governor General Lord and Lady Dufferin. | ||
S.A. Spencer and Noah Shakespeare news, Canadian Illustrated News, 16 Sep 1876, p. 156. The engraving at the bottom left of the Canadian Pacific Railway offices on Government St., Victoria, was photographed by S.A. Spencer on 24 Aug 1876. See BC Archives, Item A-05929. | ||
S.A. Spencer and Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 15 Oct 1876, p. 3. A description of the six engravings based on photographs by S.A. Spencer and Noah Shakespeare of the arches and decorations in Victoria for the visit of the Governor General Lord and Lady Dufferin. The engravings were published in the 16 Sep 1876 issue of the Canadian Illustrated News. |
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