Alfred & John Bool
19th-century British photographers
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Life and work
Alfred Henry Bool (1844–1926) and John James Bool (1850–1933) were both born in London. They opened a photo studio together in Pimlico in the 1860s, and John Bool worked there until 1918.[2]
In 1875 the brothers were hired by Alfred Marks, the director of the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London,[3] for whom they photographed numerous historic buildings including the Oxford Arms Inn, Lincoln's Inn, the Smithfield area, Temple Bar, Gray's Inn, St. Bartholomew's and the Cloth Fair.[4] The album prints were made by the brothers in the company of Henry Dixon.[2]
In 1977, works by Alfred & John Bool and Henry Dixon were shown at the documenta 6 art exhibition in Kassel, Germany.
Further reading
- Old London: photographed by Henry Dixon and Alfred & John Bool for the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London, 1975 ISBN 0856701505