When we moved into our new house, I discovered this picture in the loft. It’s a great piece of social history, however I have little information about the police unit photographed. Finally I got around to removing the back of the picture to take out the photo from the frame and found that it was taken by ‘A & G Taylors – Photographers to the Queen’ and is print number 141.
The image itself is not in the best condition, as can be seen from the picture above, however I was able to increase the contrast slightly using Photoshop and reduce the discolouration.
From my initial research into the photographers, I have been able to ascertain that A & G Taylors, were one of the largest photographic studios in the UK during the late 19th century and were awarded the title of ‘Photographers to the Queen’ in 1886. Further investigate into the origins of this image, and in particular the constables in the photo and their location will now commence in a Poirot-esque fashion.
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