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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · 2d

Many thanks! I hope you can tune in!

Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · 3d

Join me in person or online on 5th November 1pm for a Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. She witnessed the birth of #photography but maintained a love of art throughout her life. Details here:

photooxford.org/events/const...

Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist Talk by Rose Teanby — Photo Oxford

Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, The Bodleian Library Wednesday, 5 November

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · 19d

Join me on 5th November for a talk about early photographer and artist Constance Talbot at the Bodleian Weston Library, Oxford, over lunchtime (1pm - 2pm).
The talk is part of Photo Oxford and reveals new research into her fascinating life.

Details here: photooxford.org/events/const...

Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist Talk by Rose Teanby — Photo Oxford

Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, The Bodleian Library Wednesday, 5 November

photooxford.org

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Sep 4

Such wonderful work Deborah, capturing the unpredictable beauty of an imperfect world. I started to read your blog and kept on reading all the way back beyond 2020 - what a journey you have been on. My very best wishes as always and keep up your fabulously unique photography xx

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Sep 3

Take a look at my new blog about Anna Atkins and her visit to Chatsworth House in 1851. Her Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Impressions are currently on display within the Gorgeous Nothings exhibition at Chatsworth - a must visit!

www.chatsworth.org/news-media/n...

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Jul 21

Two weeks to go before the deadline for papers celebrating women photographers. Building on our March 24 hour conference-athon, a FREE online conference will be held on International Women’s Day 2026. We invite proposals for talks or panel discussions - details at: womenofphoto.com

Women of Photography

Join us at Women of Photography to celebrate the contributions of women-identifying practitioners to the history and living present of photography women photo female photographers

womenofphoto.com

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Jul 9

Visited two Anna Atkins volumes at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, on display in The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth exhibition.
Always a pleasure to see her Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Impressions.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Jul 1

One month to go - call for papers celebrating women photographers. Building on our March 24 hour conference-athon, a FREE online conference will be held on International Women’s Day 2026. We invite proposals for talks or panel discussions - details at
womenofphoto.com

Women of Photography

Join us at Women of Photography to celebrate the contributions of women-identifying practitioners to the history and living present of photography women photo female photographers

womenofphoto.com

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Jun 25

A fantastic paper and so proud of your wonderful achievement.

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Jun 18

Huge congratulations Elena, all your hard work was worth it!

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · May 19

Wonderful news and such a valuable photographic project.

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · May 16

Hi Sarah, 5th November lunchtime lecture at the Bodleian in Oxford. The talk will discuss the complicated status of Constance Talbot as an artist and early photographer. Do come if you can.

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · May 15

That's a wonderful step in the right direction. So very sorry to hear that you have had such a tough time.

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · May 15

At the home of photography #Lacock Abbey with the amazing Jo Gane re-creating a Photogenic Drawing taken by Constance Talbot in May 1839.
Over 3 hours to register an image in sunny weather! This project will feature in my talk for Photo Oxford 2025. Photo by Andy Cochrane.

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · May 2

3/3 In 1891 Jane's nephew and niece, Henry and Mary Wheeler were staying with her - by 1901 both documented as photographers. Henry became an acclaimed photographer at the Halksworth Wheeler photographic studio in Folkestone, and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · May 2

2/3 Jane Halksworth was recorded as a professional photographer in the 1860 Post Office Directory, possibly tutored by photographic artist James Tulley while resident at 58 Fleet Street in 1856. She married Lancelot Williams and in 1891 a new photographic connnection started.

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · May 2

Returning to former posts, this week features early English photographer Miss Jane Halksworth and the origins of a photographic dynasty. In 1857 she advertised her portrait service from the family home in Shepherds Bush and also from her father's watchmaking premises at 58 Fleet Street, London. 1/3

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Apr 26

Many thanks, a very interesting read.

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Apr 25

Over on our blog, Digital Resources Manager Louisiane Ferlier takes a look at the history of women in the Royal Society library and finds they undoubtedly worked and studied there long before they became eligible for election to the Fellowship in 1945: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/04...

Women in the library | Royal Society

Women undoubtedly read and worked in the Royal Society library long before they became eligible for election to the Fellowship in 1945, as Louisiane Ferlier explains.

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Apr 18

2/2 Capitalising on her photographic mobility, she offered portraiture for 'Invalids and ladies attended in their own homes'. Mrs Atkinson promoted and demonstrated equal status for a woman in professional photography by highlighting her gender in the 1860 advertisement.

Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Apr 18

Continuing the focus on Mrs Atkinson, travelling photographer in 1860, by August she reached Northallerton in North Yorkshire. The Stockton Herald advertised 'Atkinson’s Photographic Van' centrally located near the church, offering large & small portraits 'taken by a Female'. 1/2

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Apr 11

2/2 Mrs Atkinson stayed 'in Mr Stephenson's field, behind the Unicorn Inn' in Richmond. She brought the new technology of photography to the local residents who may not have seen a photograph before, presenting women as a commercial equal at a time of gender based social inequality.

Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Apr 11

This week introduces one of the least visible of all early British women photographers but possibly one of the most significant. Mrs Atkinson was an itinerant photographer travelling with her 'Photographic Van' in her 1860 Richmond and Ripon Chronicle advertisement. 1/2

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · Apr 4

*March 1857, May 1857 in The Hull Packet and East Riding Times.