D. B. Seaman and Co

Dennis Benjamin Seaman (1870-1964) was one of the sons of Alfred Seaman, Derbyshire photographer. His brother Frederick also had a studio in Scarborough. Dennis had worked with his father in Chesterfield and at other branches of the family business initially as a gilder and carver making picture frames before setting up as a photographer in Liverpool in 1894. He had a number of other studios including working in Scarborough and Bridlington, although the dates are unclear.

He married Eveline Constance Shaw in Chesterfield in 1894 and they had one daughter Violet Elsie (b.1894).

mounted portrait of an Edwardian lady in a hat, Seaman and co photographers, Scarborough
Back of mounted portrait by Dennis Benjamin Seaman and co, Scarborough, Bridlington and elsewhere

Portrait of an unknown woman

Mounted print

Photographic Practice

  • Portraiture

Studios

99 Hanover Street, Liverpool, 1898

75a Lime Street, Liverpool, 1900-1922

The Arcade, Lord Street, Liverpool

99 Oxford Street, Manchester

17a Iregate, Bradford

18 Mumps, Oldham

Castle Mona, Douglas, Isle of Man

30 St. Nicolas Cliff, Scarborough

Prince Street, Bridlington

Promenade, Egremont, Cheshire, 1914

References

Bayliss, A. and P., 1998, p67

Derbyshire Photographers’ Profiles, Alfred Seaman & Sons

Photo-Sleuth, Old photographs, photographers and their subjects. Frederick Joseph Seaman 2008

The Seaman Family, Stickybacks, 2021