Old Photographs of Chester & Liverpool

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Some Old Photographs & Drawings of Chester & Liverpool

We start with a selection of beautiful images from our private collection by the celebrated Liverpool
photographer, Edward Chambré Hardman (1898-1988) Click on a thumbnail for a larger version...

25th April 2008: These original images and others are for sale. See below...

St. Mary's Hill, Chester

Old Dee Bridge, Chester

Newgate, Chester

Canal Barges, Liverpool

Photographer Peter Hagerty has produced an exhaustive study of Hardman's life and work: The Continuity of Landscape Representation: the Photography of E. Chambré Hardman. You can download it as a PDF from his website. Also, be sure to visit the official Edward Chambré Harman Archive. We are unable to supply reproduction prints of the above images but these are available for purchase from The National Trust. Scroll down the page for more old photographs of Liverpool...

Coburg Dock, Liverpool

Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool South Docks

Birth of the Ark Royal

Circumstances have compelled me to make the difficult decision to dispose of my small collection of original images by the master Liverpool photographer Edward Chambré Hardman. These are not modern reprints but original masterpieces printed and signed by the photographer himself. This is a very rare opportunity and I welcome your realistic offers. The images available are-

• The Old Dee Bridge and Salmon Fisherman, Chester. Mounted and framed. Image size 11 X 9.25 inches. Signed by the photographer in white ink.
• View along Chester City Wall from Newgate. Mounted and framed. Image size 11 X 7 inches. Signed by the photographer in white ink.
• St. Mary's Hill, Chester. Mounted and framed. Image size 10.75 X 7.75 inches. Signed by the photographer in white ink.
• Barges on canal. Mounted and framed. Image size 7.7 X 6 inches.
• Birth of the Ark Royal. Mounted and framed. Image size 8.5 X 6.5 inches.
• View of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral from the Coburg Dock. Mounted and framed. Image size 7.5 X 5.75 inches.
• View from the top of the Royal Liver Building of the Liverpool South Docks. Image size 8 X 6 inches. Unmounted.
• Portrait of an unknown man. Mounted and framed. Signed in pencil. Image size 6 X 4.5 inches.
• A negative of a large ammonite fossil on a beach. Plus modern contact print. Size 4 X 3 inches.
• A bottle of wine which once belonged to the photographer. Chateau Margaux Premier Cru Classe 1925. Half-sized bottle.

Contact Steve Howe: 01244 345099 / 0775 1521 600 to discuss further or arrange to view the images.

Old Photographs and Drawings of Chester...
(Notes and descriptions are yet to be added to many of these pictures)

Bridge Street	Queen's Park Bridge	Original Queen's Park Bridge	Chester Canal 1	Canal 2 and 3
St. Anne Street (two pictures)	Building the Ring Road (four pictures)	Old George Street (six pictures)	Abbey Green/Rufus Court (four pictures)	The changing face of Chester Market Hall
Changing Face of the Market Square	Market Square (two pictures)	Market Hall then and now (three pictures)	Old Exchange, Chester (two pictures)	The Ermine Pub then and now (four pictures)
Old Dee Bridge & Mills	Arthur Godwin's works inc Old Dee Bridge	View of Chester 1753	Grosvenor Bridge 1869	St. John's House (three pictures)
Phoenix Tower 1885	Railway poster 1938	Eastgate Street postcard	Memories of The Royalty Theatre	Towpath Improvements
The 'Skelly 'orse'	Infirmary & Ring Road c.1964	Chris Langford Gallery (Chester in the 60s)		On to Modern Images of Chester

Some Old Photographs of Liverpool...
(Again, fuller descriptions will be added when I get around to it)

Building the Cathedral	Building the Cathedral 2	How the Cathedral could have appeared	The Customs House	The Customs House 2
The Customs House 3	The Pier Head	Queen's Square	Lord Street	Cycling Club: Sefton Park
Memories of The Sailor's Home	Speke Airport 1960s (three pictures)	Titanic Postcard and Crew's Memorial	The Albert Dock	The Bluecoat (2 pictures)
Central Station	Customs House Dockers	Ferry and Pier Head	The Philharmic Hall	Pier Head Postcard
Before the Liver Birds	Prince's Avenue (3 pics)	George's Dock 1871	More old Liverpool photographs coming soon!	On to Modern Images of Liverpool

A changing selection of our original images is always available for inspection and purchase at the finest framers we know:
City Framers, 98a Phillip Street, Hoole, Chester CH2 3DA 01244 349431
Choose your photograph, your mount and frame and they'll do the rest!

25 Lime Grove, Hoole, Chester CH2 3HW UK Tel 01244 345099 / 0775 1521 600