The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company was founded in 1854 by George Swan Nottage. Operating from various London addresses until 1922, the company was known for its stereographs but produced photos in all of the affordable and popular formats, such as postcards, cabinet cards cartes de visite, along with high-quality bromide and carbon prints; and was also a supplier of photographic equipment. The collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, includes over 900 examples of the company’s work, including portraits of George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Frederic Leighton, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Florence Nightingale, and many other Victorian-era luminaries.
Updated 2018
