Madonna

This is original and is in photolithographic format as issued.

Photographer: William H. Partridge
Signed: In photo l/l
Dated: 1900
Medium: Photo Lithograph
Demensions: SS 8 x 6" Frame 13 1/2 x 11 1/2"
Country/Origin: United States Oregon
Frame: Decorated Gilt frame probably original
Notes & Literature: William H. Partridge, along with brothers Edward and Sam, all followed their father into the photography business. The father, Asa C. Partridge, was a daguerreotyper who owned a photo supply house in West Virginia, and later migrated to Boston.
More About William H. Partridge
Born in 1860 in West Virginia, by 1878 William was already listed as a photographer in a Boston business directory. He was soon joined by his older brother Edward, working with their father at A. C. Partridge & Sons.
By 1884, William and Edward had moved to Portland, where they established their own studio. In September of that year they exhibited a series of photos made at night by electric light.
Both Edward and William traveled to Alaska and brought back photos -- William in 1886 and Edward in 1887. Then in 1887, shortly after marrying Emma Abell, daughter of Portland photographer Frank Abell, William moved back to Boston. Both Edward's and William's Alaska and Oregon views sold briskly on the east coast, and many of their Pacific Northwest boudoir cards found today include a Boston imprint.
William continued his studio in Boston for many years, from 1886 until 1914. After his career in photography, he became involved in real estate. He died in Wellesley in 1939.
Condition Report Light soiling to matt. Very Good.
Subject Referemces: Oregon Photographers, 1852 - 1917 - Thomas Robinson

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