Thomas A Huggins (1848->1881)

Thomas Huggins came to Scarborough to work for Oliver Sarony from his native Surrey. In 1870 he set up his own studio in Valley Bridge Road, Scarborough. He is listed as a photographer in Leeds in 1875 and later (1881) in York. While in York he was the photographer for F. Auguste and Co, who were artists and photographers, they also had a studio in Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire. In 1885 the Hull Packet listed amongst the Bankrupts Thomas A. Higgins photographer of York.

Portrait of three young women, two seated and one stood behind, by Huggins of Scarborough
Blank back of Carte de Visite

Portrait of three unknown women,

Carte de Visite

Portrait of an unknown woman by Thomas Huggins Scarborough Photographer
Back of carte de visite photograph by Thomas A Huggins

Portrait of an unknown woman

Carte de visite

Portrait of an unknown child by Auguste and co York, photographer Thomas Huggins
Rear of Carte de visite by Auguste and Co of York
Detail of front of Carte de Visite showing photographers name, Thomas A. Huggins, York

Portrait of an unknown child

Carte de Visite

Photographic Practice

  • Portraiture

Studios

4 Valley Bridge Road, Scarborough, 1870-1872

Leeds

28 Micklegate, York, 1881-1883 (with Auguste and Co)

71 Liverpool Road, Newcastle Under Lyme (Auguste and Co’s second studio)

References

Adamson, K.I.P., 1996, p6

Bayliss, A. and P., 1998, p56

Hull Packet, 5 January 1883 (British Newspaper Archive)