Alfred Tattersall

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Alfred Tattersall , often Alfred J. Tattersall (born March 29, 1866 in Auckland , † November 25, 1951 in Samoa ), was a New Zealand photographer. His recordings document the colonial times of Samoa.

Life

Alfred Tattersall was a son of Lawrence Tattersall and his wife Sarah Hannah Tattersall, b. Cochrane. He had a brother named G. Tattersall who lived in Gisborne as an adult . After finishing school he first worked for a photographer named Redfern - presumably Richard Redfern - where he received his training. He then moved to the Tuttle & Co. photo studio in Auckland. On December 30, 1886, he arrived in Samoa with the three- master Maile . In Apia he worked for the photographer John Davis.

On August 13, 1891, he married Blanche Saina Yandall Faataalili (1876-1937). The marriage had three children: Elizabeth Winifred Tattersall (1892-1908), Herbert Edmund Tattersall (1894-1941) and Alfred Berry Lionel Ralph Tattersall (* 1897).

When Davis died or retired from business in 1893, Tattersall took over his studio. His postcards and albums were regularly advertised in the Samoan newspaper . On October 17, 1913, the photo studio was destroyed by fire, but Tattersall's existence as a freelance photographer was apparently not threatened.

Numerous photographs by Tattersall document life on Samoa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

There seems to be disagreement about his middle name. In addition to the form of the name “Alfred James Tattersall”, the photographer “Alfred John Tattersall” is often used - with the same dates. It is quite possible that the alleged Samoan photographer "Alfred George Tattersall" is also identical to Alfred James or Alfred John Tattersall.

Web links

Commons : Alfred Tattersall  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tattersall, Alfred James at canterburyphotography.blogspot.com
  2. ↑ John Davis at collections.tepapa.govt.nz
  3. ↑ See Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866–1951: Photographs of Samoa on natlib.govt.nz
  4. ↑ See Alfred John Tattersall at www.britishmuseum.org .
  5. ↑ See the text on American, British and German Consuls in Samoa on natlib.govt.nz .
personal data
SURNAME Tattersall, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tattersall, Alfred James; Tattersall, Alfred John; Tattersall, Alfred George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand photographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Auckland
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1951
Place of death Samoa