Harry Walters (photographer)

Harry Walters (1848, Uckfield – 1926) was a prominent photographer in late Victorian and Edwardian Ipswich.[1]

Trick self portrait of Harry Walters eating his own head

Walters first worked as a cook and confectioner.[2] But he built his first camera in 1870 and established himself as a professional photographer by 1894.[3] Originally based in Crown Street, Ipswich, he established his business at 11 St Margarets Plain, Ipswich in 1906, where it remained until his death in 1926.[3] He lived here with his wife and five children.[4] In addition to producing thousands of studio portraits, he also recorded local events, many of which were reproduced as postcards.[4]

He used the stage name "Harry Wilmott" appearing with a group of musicians known as the Snowflake Minstrels.[4]

Walters enjoyed producing trick photographs, including one featuring HMS Hannibal blended into a scene on Ipswich New Cut, in Ipswich dock. The photograph was used on a postcard circa 1896.[2]


  • neptune Quay
  • Unicorn Hotel, Tacket Street
  • Harry Walters shop decorated to celebrate the coronation of King George V in 1911

References
  1. Field, Rachel (2016). Ipswich in the Great War. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473873193.
  2. Meldrum, David (2015). "The day a battleship visited Ipswich New Cut" (PDF). H Maritime Trust Journal (Issue 29, July 2015).
  3. Pols, Robert. "Early Suffolk Photographers W-Z". Early Photographic Studios. Robert Pols. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. Kindred, Dave (2007). "Remembering famous faces". Ipswich Star (9 May 2007). Archant Community Media Ltd.


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