tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post6529278058026407956..comments2024-03-27T18:12:30.318-07:00Comments on Early New Zealand Photographers: FERRIER, DavidEarly Canterbury Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-67621912143486614252017-07-11T09:08:17.884-07:002017-07-11T09:08:17.884-07:00Hi Alex,
I would like to echo Early Canterbury Ph...Hi Alex,<br /><br />I would like to echo Early Canterbury Photography's interest in this collection. I have been conducting a bit research into a very old dusty Bible that I found one day in my family's book collection. Thanks to your archive material/blog, I now know that I'm in possession of a Bible sold at the Bible Repository of David Ferrier on 17 Leith Street, dated 1868!<br /> After • Imagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377481941693694858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-43843226288193823852016-05-30T13:22:58.825-07:002016-05-30T13:22:58.825-07:00Euphemia Burdon, daughter of James Burdon & Ma...Euphemia Burdon, daughter of James Burdon & Margaret Clark/Clerk, married Wm. Ferrier, 8 Aug 1809, Edinburgh.DragonLineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07873495300594851692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-34978019553855589682013-08-08T13:45:22.797-07:002013-08-08T13:45:22.797-07:00I just wanted to note that there is a mistake with...I just wanted to note that there is a mistake with David's mother and his parents marriage. His mother was Euphemia Burden and she and William married in 1808 or 1809.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773173844863460962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-67426781082997005342012-04-20T22:50:56.870-07:002012-04-20T22:50:56.870-07:00Hello Alex, your album sounds quite interesting.
...Hello Alex, your album sounds quite interesting.<br /><br />Gilbert Ferrier was a bookseller and stationer at 70 George Street, Edinburgh (1). Gilbert was born about 1830 in Edinburgh and a younger brother of David Ferrier, who was also an bookseller and stationer. The photographs may have been collected during a tour of Europe and assembled in an album purchased in Ferrier's shop. Sometimes you see the labels in books showing who the bookseller was. Booksellers certainly sold empty albums for photographs. Without seeing the photographs, they could have been collected across Europe from different locations by different photographers. Photographers would often have local photographs for sale at their studios or other shops in the towns, like modern postcards now.<br /><br />Alternatively Gilbert Ferrier may have been the photographer or assembled the completed albums for sale in his shop, however I have no knowledge if Gilbert Ferrier was a photographer but his brother David Ferrier is reported to have had photographs he (David) took in Edinburgh.<br /><br />Is there any text shown on the photos themselves, initials for example.<br /><br />I hope this helps a bit?<br /><br />(1) The Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), Thursday, January 8, 1863; Issue 22935.Early Canterbury Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-67471322685538364252012-04-20T08:55:10.981-07:002012-04-20T08:55:10.981-07:00I wonder if anyone can shed any light on a album I...I wonder if anyone can shed any light on a album I have of a grand tour of Europe with many additional photographs of Edinburgh - all I have is a stamp reading 'GT. Ferrier. 70 George ST. Edinburgh' on the final page. Would this reference to Ferrier be connected to the Ferrier's on this site? Would this album have been purchased empty or as a completed album? Any information would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks for any responses!Alexnoreply@blogger.com