A remarkable series of photographs showing life in 1850s County Durham can be explored by visitors in a revealing history talk.
Third Thursday Talk: ‘A Northern Eye: Nineteenth Century Quaker Photographs’ invites visitors to explore the North East through a collection of early photographs. These images were taken by Edward Backhouse Junior (1808-1879) of Sunderland, a Quaker who used his camera to capture family members, views of County Durham and sights seen on foreign travels.
Liz Bregazzi, county archivist, said: “The Quaker families of the North East were important figures, playing a prominent role in textiles, banking and engineering in the nineteenth century. These images, preserved in the Quaker collections at Durham County Record Office, offer a unique look at the North East from the perspective of one important individual who used his economic prosperity to pioneer early photography in the 1850s.”
Jennifer Gill, researcher and former county archivist, will guide attendees through these remarkable images.
The talk will be held at Durham County Record Office on Thursday 20 September 2018 and will run from 12.30pm to 1.15pm.
This talk is free and open to all but tickets should be booked in advance.
For more information or to book visit http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/ or call 03000 267 626
