Edward Taylor (c.1848-1921)

Edward Taylor was born in Scarborough. He is first mentioned in a Scarborough directory in 1879 as being a photographer ‘near Promenade Pier’. He seems to have spent the summer season on the beach photographing holidaymakers using the tintype (collodion positive) process. this was a very quick process carried out entirely on the beach in under 6 minutes. He worked from a studio on North Cliff in the winter. During the spring months he travelled the countryside taking views and working for country house owners. His 63 Eastborough studio is listed for sale in March 1889, the advert states that it “can be taken down in sections”.

He was married Emily (b. c.1854) from Howden, Yorkshire. In 1881 they had one daughter Amy (b.1880). When Edward Taylor died in 1921 he was buried in Scarborough Cemetery.