CHAMBERLAIN (Joseph, 1836-1914, M.P. for Birmingham, from 1891 Leader of the Liberal Unionists, Secretary for the Colonies 1895-1903)

Bromide postcard photo by the Henry Joseph Whitlock, signed showing him half length, seated, in slight profile, 5½” x 3½”, in mount 8” x 6”no place, no date, circa

Henry Joseph WHITLOCK (1835-1918), Photographer was the son of Joseph Whitlock and older brother of Frederick Whitlock. Henry's father Joseph Whitlock was the first person to establish a permanent photographic studio in Birmingham, in 1843. In 1852 Henry Whitlock joined the family firm, and three years later he left Birmingham to set up his own studio in Worcester. He returned to Birmingham in 1862, after the death of both his parents, and founded the firm H.J. Whitlock & Sons of Birmingham and Wolverhampton.

Item Date:  1903

Stock No:  42620      £125

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