James Valentine
Peterborough Cathedral
About this artwork
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title:Peterborough Cathedral
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accession number:PGP 126.2
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artist:
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materials:Albumen print
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:18.80 x 26.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1985
James Valentine
James Valentine
The Valentine company was founded in Dundee by James's father, John Valentine, in 1825. After learning the daguerreotype process in Paris in the late 1840s, James added portrait photography to the family business in 1851. By the 1860s the company had begun to cater for the growing tourist industry by…