Taney and Company

George B. Taney had established his photography business in Timberhill, Norwich by about 1864. Initially he was the manager of the Eastern Counties Photographic Copying Company which had been established in 1857 and was based in Opie Street in Norwich. By 1877 he was describing it at Taney and Co. It is unknown when and how often they operated from from Foreshore Road in Scarborough, it is possible that it was only for one season. However there were more than one design for the backs of the Carte de Visites so it maybe that they returned for an other year. Taney’s business was in decline by about 1901 and he had ceased trading as a photographer by 1905. At this time he bought Victoria Hall in Norwich’s St Stephens Street and converted it into a cinema, but was to sell it soon after due to ill health.

Portrait of an unknown woman in a hat leaning on a rustic fence by Taney and Co of Scarborough and Norwich

Portrait of an unknown woman,

Carte de Visite

Portrait of an unknown woman sat in a wicker chair by photographers Taney and Co of Scarborough and Norwich
blank back of carte de visite portrait by Taney and Co SCarborough and Norwich, No 2366 in pencil


Portrait of an unknown woman, (no. 2366)

Carte de Visite

Portrait of a bearded man, cabinet card, by Taney and Company, Photographers of Norwich and Scarborough
Back of cabinet card portrait by Taney and Co, Norwich and Scarborough photographers

Portrait of an unknown man

Cabinet Card

Photographic Practice

  • Portraiture

  • ‘American Photographers’

  • The company also ran a cinema at St Andrew’s Street, Norwich, Norfolk

Studios

Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, c.1864

Opie Street, Norwich, Norfolk, 1872-1875

7 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, Norfolk, 1875

Foundry Bridge, Norwich, Norfolk, 1900

Foreshore Road, Scarborough, 1890s(?)

References

Bayliss, A. and P., 1998, p70

Cory, D., in Joice, D., 1980, p.68

Pols, Early Photographers, Norfolk