Mr. William Scott, c. 1900
Datec. 1900
DimensionsHeight: 23 cm
Width: 15.3 cm
Width: 15.3 cm
Credit LineCollection of Museum London
Object number2015.014.003
Label TextHere, William Scott poses in a photograph taken at the Edy Brothers studio. The Edy Brothers photography business began in Brantford. In 1879, brothers James and William opened a London studio. Leslie Edy, William's son, had joined the business at least as early as 1891. He ran it until his sudden death in 1919 after which his brother, Franklin, took over, running the business until 1922. A business profile of the firm from the 1890 edition of "Industries of Canada" reads:
Edy Brothers, Photographer, 214 Dundas St. -- The photographic art in an invention of the present century, and within the last twenty years improvements have been constantly made, so that photography now might be said to have reached its culminating point. A firm of Canadian photographic artists, who have approached nearest to the ideal in this country, is that of the Edy Brothers, 214 Dundas Street. At a late convention in Buffalo the "New York Times" said, in reviewing the exhibits of different photographers, that the work of Edy Brothers was very fine and of high artistic merit, and the "Chicago Eye" on the same occasion pronounced the specimens of this firm the finest ever seen from Canada. These gentlemen have received all the prizes at the London and Provincial Exhibitions during the last nine years, being the period they have been in business in London. At the Toronto Photos' Convention in 1884, the judges pronounced their work the finest in Canada. Messrs. Edy Brothers make a specialty of plain and direct photography in half life and life size, watercolor portraits and crayons. The studio and operating room is excellently equipped with all accessories. They have a very large and varied assortment of backgrounds by L.W. Scavey, of New York, who is claimed to be the most eminent painter in the world of backgrounds; and it may be mentioned that these gentlemen are constantly adding new backgrounds to their stock. The reception room of Messrs. Edy Brothers is a model of its kind, to which the term of "luxurious" might, with some aptness, be applied. To those wishing a truthful portrait, executed in first-class style, we would say "go to Edy Brothers."
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