Jonathan Wallis
@jonathanmuseum.bsky.social
A curator with the National Trust in Yorkshire + the North East. Photography, Books, History, Art + Beer.
Trustee at https://bsky.app/profile/wwwheritagetrust.bsky.social + part of Photo Scarborough https://bsky.app/profile/photoscarborough.bsky.social
Trustee at https://bsky.app/profile/wwwheritagetrust.bsky.social + part of Photo Scarborough https://bsky.app/profile/photoscarborough.bsky.social
Great to finally visit the Rudston Monolith today. England’s tallest standing stone.
#standingstonesunday
#standingstonesunday
September 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Great to finally visit the Rudston Monolith today. England’s tallest standing stone.
#standingstonesunday
#standingstonesunday
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We are running a couple of workshops in a couple of weeks - 28 September 2025, at Beeforth Hive in Scarborough. Make your own camera obscura and pinhole cameras. For more and to book - www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/photo-scar...
September 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
We are running a couple of workshops in a couple of weeks - 28 September 2025, at Beeforth Hive in Scarborough. Make your own camera obscura and pinhole cameras. For more and to book - www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/photo-scar...
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Do you have 6 - 8hrs a month that you can spare?
The Winter Heritage Trust is seeking a Treasurer and new trustees to help build a sustainable future for Britain’s oldest photographic studio.
Download the advertisement to learn more -
winterheritagetrust.org/applications...
The Winter Heritage Trust is seeking a Treasurer and new trustees to help build a sustainable future for Britain’s oldest photographic studio.
Download the advertisement to learn more -
winterheritagetrust.org/applications...
September 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Do you have 6 - 8hrs a month that you can spare?
The Winter Heritage Trust is seeking a Treasurer and new trustees to help build a sustainable future for Britain’s oldest photographic studio.
Download the advertisement to learn more -
winterheritagetrust.org/applications...
The Winter Heritage Trust is seeking a Treasurer and new trustees to help build a sustainable future for Britain’s oldest photographic studio.
Download the advertisement to learn more -
winterheritagetrust.org/applications...
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In Scarborough and have time to pop in and see this small exhibition?
#historicphotography
#historicphotography
May 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In Scarborough and have time to pop in and see this small exhibition?
#historicphotography
#historicphotography
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Pop-Up Exhibition
Back Stories: imagery on the reverse of 19th century photography.
Learn about the fascinating world of Carte de Visite photographs - by looking at the backs of them! What can the tell us about 19th century photographers
Castle Book Bindery, Scarborough Market
10 May-10 June 2025
Back Stories: imagery on the reverse of 19th century photography.
Learn about the fascinating world of Carte de Visite photographs - by looking at the backs of them! What can the tell us about 19th century photographers
Castle Book Bindery, Scarborough Market
10 May-10 June 2025
May 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Pop-Up Exhibition
Back Stories: imagery on the reverse of 19th century photography.
Learn about the fascinating world of Carte de Visite photographs - by looking at the backs of them! What can the tell us about 19th century photographers
Castle Book Bindery, Scarborough Market
10 May-10 June 2025
Back Stories: imagery on the reverse of 19th century photography.
Learn about the fascinating world of Carte de Visite photographs - by looking at the backs of them! What can the tell us about 19th century photographers
Castle Book Bindery, Scarborough Market
10 May-10 June 2025
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New blog!
Exploring the Victorian photographers who photographed children and how they often positioned mothers behind them to keep them still, dressed in black, hiding behind the chair, these were the hidden mothers.
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/blog-2-1/wom...
Exploring the Victorian photographers who photographed children and how they often positioned mothers behind them to keep them still, dressed in black, hiding behind the chair, these were the hidden mothers.
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/blog-2-1/wom...
Hidden Mother photography, Scarborough — Photo Scarborough
Hidden Mother Photography, carte de visite portraits, Scarborough Photographers
www.photoscarborough.org.uk
March 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New blog!
Exploring the Victorian photographers who photographed children and how they often positioned mothers behind them to keep them still, dressed in black, hiding behind the chair, these were the hidden mothers.
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/blog-2-1/wom...
Exploring the Victorian photographers who photographed children and how they often positioned mothers behind them to keep them still, dressed in black, hiding behind the chair, these were the hidden mothers.
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/blog-2-1/wom...
This surely a relative of the “absolute unit”!
What do you think @themerl.bsky.social ? Doesn’t look that healthy for a sheep though…
What do you think @themerl.bsky.social ? Doesn’t look that healthy for a sheep though…
What a cracking sheep! This carte de visite portrait of an unknown girl on a toy sheep is by Scarborough photographer Arthur May Cromack. Find out more about him here - www.photoscarborough.org.uk/arthur-cromack
March 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This surely a relative of the “absolute unit”!
What do you think @themerl.bsky.social ? Doesn’t look that healthy for a sheep though…
What do you think @themerl.bsky.social ? Doesn’t look that healthy for a sheep though…
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FREE tours of our studio as part of #FORMAT25.
Sat 15/3 }
Thu 20/3 } 11am
Tue 25/3 }
Sat 29/3 - 12:30pm
Booking ESSENTIAL - phone 01332 345224 or [email protected]
#PhotographyFestival #Derby #WWWinterHeritageTrust #VictorianPhotography #FormatFestival #Photography
Sat 15/3 }
Thu 20/3 } 11am
Tue 25/3 }
Sat 29/3 - 12:30pm
Booking ESSENTIAL - phone 01332 345224 or [email protected]
#PhotographyFestival #Derby #WWWinterHeritageTrust #VictorianPhotography #FormatFestival #Photography
March 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
FREE tours of our studio as part of #FORMAT25.
Sat 15/3 }
Thu 20/3 } 11am
Tue 25/3 }
Sat 29/3 - 12:30pm
Booking ESSENTIAL - phone 01332 345224 or [email protected]
#PhotographyFestival #Derby #WWWinterHeritageTrust #VictorianPhotography #FormatFestival #Photography
Sat 15/3 }
Thu 20/3 } 11am
Tue 25/3 }
Sat 29/3 - 12:30pm
Booking ESSENTIAL - phone 01332 345224 or [email protected]
#PhotographyFestival #Derby #WWWinterHeritageTrust #VictorianPhotography #FormatFestival #Photography
I’m enjoying researching the history of photography in the country house.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-w-w-wi...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-w-w-wi...
The W W Winter Lecture - Photography and the Country House
Speaker: Jonathan Wallis (online only talk)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I’m enjoying researching the history of photography in the country house.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-w-w-wi...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-w-w-wi...
Finally reached publication day! Well done @curatorrachel.bsky.social - a great @nationaltrust.bsky.social project to be part of.
Get your copy - shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
Get your copy - shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
February 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Finally reached publication day! Well done @curatorrachel.bsky.social - a great @nationaltrust.bsky.social project to be part of.
Get your copy - shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
Get your copy - shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
Work nearing completion at @nationaltrust.bsky.social Nostell Priory
February 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Work nearing completion at @nationaltrust.bsky.social Nostell Priory
This morning I walked along the beach, as I began walking up the cliff path the sun came up…
February 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This morning I walked along the beach, as I began walking up the cliff path the sun came up…
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George Royle’s Fol de Rols theatrical entertainment group, based at Scarborough’s Floral Hall from 1911-1914. Photographer: Boxell & Co. The business of Thomas Boxell born in Brighton in 1845, in Scarborough from about 1880.
January 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
George Royle’s Fol de Rols theatrical entertainment group, based at Scarborough’s Floral Hall from 1911-1914. Photographer: Boxell & Co. The business of Thomas Boxell born in Brighton in 1845, in Scarborough from about 1880.
I love a photograph with a story. This Frank Meadows Sutcliffe portrait is no exception. Thanks to Teesside Archives
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Seal on a train
Image reference: U/PEN(4) Box 20 Envelope 6 Our thanks to Jonathan Wallis, Cultural Heritage Curator at The National Trust who brought this bit of fun to our attention after one of his research vis…
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January 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I love a photograph with a story. This Frank Meadows Sutcliffe portrait is no exception. Thanks to Teesside Archives
teessidearchives.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/s...
teessidearchives.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/s...
In my spare time I have been researching the history of Scarborough’s many photographers…
Thomas Huggins came from Surrey to work in Oliver Sarony’s Scarborough photographic studio during the 1860s. He soon set up a rival business, by 1881 he was in Leeds + later found in York + Hull.
Find out more about him + other Scarborough photographers - www.photoscarborough.org.uk/thomas-huggins
Find out more about him + other Scarborough photographers - www.photoscarborough.org.uk/thomas-huggins
January 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In my spare time I have been researching the history of Scarborough’s many photographers…
The National Trust are looking for a collections and house officer at Ormesby Hall, near Middlesbrough. A great collection and associated stories. #museumjobs
careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_...
careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_...
January 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The National Trust are looking for a collections and house officer at Ormesby Hall, near Middlesbrough. A great collection and associated stories. #museumjobs
careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_...
careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_...
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Built over a nearly 11 year period Scarborough’s Marine Drive was only accessed by those paying a toll between 1908 and WW2. Photographer: A. Hickman, Museum Terrace, Scarborough. Anyone know anything about him?
More on the rich photographic history of the town - www.photoscarborough.org.uk
More on the rich photographic history of the town - www.photoscarborough.org.uk
January 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Built over a nearly 11 year period Scarborough’s Marine Drive was only accessed by those paying a toll between 1908 and WW2. Photographer: A. Hickman, Museum Terrace, Scarborough. Anyone know anything about him?
More on the rich photographic history of the town - www.photoscarborough.org.uk
More on the rich photographic history of the town - www.photoscarborough.org.uk
Not a bad office today @nationaltrust.bsky.social Souter Lighthouse.
January 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Not a bad office today @nationaltrust.bsky.social Souter Lighthouse.
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NEW BLOG POST! Women Photographers - Hidden in Plain Sight. History of women in commercial photography in Scarborough.
#womenphotographers #photographichistory #scarborough #yorkshirecoast
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/blog-2-1/wom...
#womenphotographers #photographichistory #scarborough #yorkshirecoast
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/blog-2-1/wom...
Women Photographers – hidden in plain sight — Photo Scarborough
Discover the women photographers creating work in Scarborough
www.photoscarborough.org.uk
January 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW BLOG POST! Women Photographers - Hidden in Plain Sight. History of women in commercial photography in Scarborough.
#womenphotographers #photographichistory #scarborough #yorkshirecoast
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/blog-2-1/wom...
#womenphotographers #photographichistory #scarborough #yorkshirecoast
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/blog-2-1/wom...
2 years ago today a walrus rested in Scarborough Harbour
December 31, 2024 at 9:10 PM
2 years ago today a walrus rested in Scarborough Harbour
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This chap, Mr Cornwall is wearing what we’d love to for this New Years Eve party! Very smart in 1864. Beckett and Willis had a short lived partnership between 1863 and 1866, both continuing their business in Scarborough after the partnership was dissolved.
#photographichistory #yorkshirecoast
#photographichistory #yorkshirecoast
December 30, 2024 at 10:06 AM
This chap, Mr Cornwall is wearing what we’d love to for this New Years Eve party! Very smart in 1864. Beckett and Willis had a short lived partnership between 1863 and 1866, both continuing their business in Scarborough after the partnership was dissolved.
#photographichistory #yorkshirecoast
#photographichistory #yorkshirecoast
This morning’s sunrise from Scarborough harbour.
#yorkshirecoast
#yorkshirecoast
December 30, 2024 at 10:09 AM
This morning’s sunrise from Scarborough harbour.
#yorkshirecoast
#yorkshirecoast
Morning in Scarborough
December 17, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Morning in Scarborough
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George Willis was know for his views of Yorkshire Abbeys. Like many other photographers his bread and butter was portraiture. This one is unusual as just these has been cut out and mounted on this carte de visite.
Find out more about Scarborough’s photographers - www.photoscarborough.org
Find out more about Scarborough’s photographers - www.photoscarborough.org
December 15, 2024 at 9:14 PM
George Willis was know for his views of Yorkshire Abbeys. Like many other photographers his bread and butter was portraiture. This one is unusual as just these has been cut out and mounted on this carte de visite.
Find out more about Scarborough’s photographers - www.photoscarborough.org
Find out more about Scarborough’s photographers - www.photoscarborough.org
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James Townsend Wigney was a Huddersfield photographer who during the summer seasons of the 1860s set up a studio in Scarborough Assembly Rooms. His portraits of theatrical celebrities and politicians can be found in national museum collections.
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/james-wigney
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/james-wigney
December 8, 2024 at 12:03 PM
James Townsend Wigney was a Huddersfield photographer who during the summer seasons of the 1860s set up a studio in Scarborough Assembly Rooms. His portraits of theatrical celebrities and politicians can be found in national museum collections.
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/james-wigney
www.photoscarborough.org.uk/james-wigney