~ CHARLES W. ALLEN ~
PHOTOGRAPHER
WESTGATE STUDIO, ST. DUNSTAN'S STREET
and EASTGATE STUDIO HAILEYBURY, HERTFORD
1 HANOVER PLACE, Private Residence
CANTERBURY
C. W. Allen, Charles William Allen
1880's
"A Gentleman" c. 1880's - A Cabinet card in my collection noting two studio's, Westgate and Eastgate Studio in Hertford (where he was born)
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"Group of children" c. 1880's - A Cabinet card in my collection noting two studio's, Westgate and Eastgate Studio Haileybury in Hertford
the card itself was produced by Spicer Bros. London
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"A Lovely Young Woman with beautiful lace" c. 1880's - Carte de Visite
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"Young Sisters" Cabinet card
An unnamed photograph from May & Amelia Inge's album supplied by a descendant. Some of the photographs may date back to the 1860s. May Inge was a grocer in Canterbury and a Bible thumping Methodist lay preacher. Amelia was John Hobday's daughter. John Hobday was a businessman of many trades. In 1882 an advert described him as a "Cabinet Maker, Upholster, Auctioneer, Appraiser, House Agent, House Decorator, Undertaker, &c., 60 & 61 Palace Street, Canterbury. Contractor for Removal of Furniture in Pantechnicon Vans, by Road or Rail."
A very similar chair if not the same one used by John Bateman
Born c. 1818 in Hertfordshire, his wife's name is Emma Lucy
His business is located at 1 Hanover Place, St. Dunstan, Canterbury in the early 1880's
Nov. 19 1883 Westgate Studio, he has a copyright for a photograph of an oil painting by Henry Hayman (Henry was at 34 St. Margaret's Street)
In 1889 he's at Westgate Studio, St. Dunstan's Street, the corner of Station Road *Portrait, landscape and architectural photographer
1891 Charles Wm. Allen (exors. of) Westgate Studio, St. Dunstan's St., Canterbury
(was a C.W. Allen exhibiting at the Royal Photographic Society in 1913 living at 35 Watkin Road, in Folkestone, Kent)