Portrait Photo Collection
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Trade Directory entries
Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Berks, Bucks, Devon etc. (1844)
- Angel Owen, engraver and printer, Queen street, Exeter
History, Gazetteer & Directory of Devon, by William White (1850)
- Angel Owen, engraver & lithographer, 94 Fore street, Exeter
Exeter Journal & Almanack (1850)
- Angel Owen, engraver, 94 Fore street, Exeter
Exeter Journal & Almanack (1851)
- Angel Owen, engraver, 94 Fore street, Exeter
Slater's Directory of Berks, Corn, Devon (1852-53)
- Angel Owen, engraver and printer, 92 Fore st, Exeter
Exeter Journal & Almanack (1853)
- Angel Owen, engraver, 92 Fore street, Exeter
Exeter Journal & Almanack (1854)
- Angel Owen, engraver, 92 Fore street, Exeter
Exeter Journal & Almanack (1855)
- Angel Owen, engraver, 92 Fore street, Exeter
Exeter Pocket Journal & Almanac (1857)
- Angel O. photographer, Bampfylde street, Exeter
West of England & Trewman's Pocket Journal (1858)
- Angel O. photograph. artist, Bampfylde street, Exeter
West of England & Trewman's Pocket Journal (1859)
- Angel O. photograph. artist, Bampfylde street, Exeter
History, Gazetteer & Directory of Devon (1878-1879)
- Angel Owen, photographer, 11 High street h. 80 Black Boy road, St Sidwells, Exeter
Kelly's Directory of Devon (1889)
- Angel Owen, photographer/photographic artist, 11 High street h. 80 Black Boy Rd. St. Sidwells, Exeter
History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Devon, William White (1890)
- Angel Owen, photographer, 80 Black Boy Rd. St. Sidwells, Exeter
Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall (1893)
- Angel Owen, photographer, 21 Longbrook st, Exeter
Besley's Post Office Directory of Exeter & Suburbs (1894-95)
- Angel Owen, 25 Mount Dinham, St David's Hill, Exeter
Post Office Directory of Exeter (1895-96)
- Angel Owen, 25 Mount Dinham, St David's Hill, Exeter
Besley's Exeter Directory & Business Guide (1906-11)
- (1906) Angel Owen, 25 Mount Dinham, St David's Hill, Exeter
- (1909) Angel Owen, 25 Mount Dinham, St David's Hill, Exeter
References
Historical Directories from the University of Leicester
Indexed 1871- 1901 Census Images from Ancestry.com
1881 Census Transcript & International Genealogical Index (IGI) from the LDS Church's web site FamilySearch
Partial Transcript of the GRO Index from FreeBMD
"A history of the book in Devon", from the Devon County Council Local Studies Service
Photographers in Devon 1842-1939 : a brief directory for photograph collectors, by C.G. Scott, 1985, The PhotoHistorian Supplement No. 101, ISSN 0957-0209
Acknowledgements
Images and information kindly provided by Roger Vaughan
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| Owen Angel (c1821-1909) of
Exeter Owen Angel was born c. 1821 at Totnes, Devon. He married Mary Ann Brimacombe at Exeter in 1843. They had a daughter and three sons, although only their daughter Marian Angel (1844-1883) survived to adulthood. She married a land surveyor George Heath (1840-1905), and lived at Bedford Circus, near Exeter. Owen ANGEL
b. c.1821 Totnes
DEV d. 1909 Exeter DEV m: 1843 Exeter DEV Mary Ann
BRIMACOMBE b.
c.1821-1822 Sowton DEV
|- Marian ANGEL b. c.1844 Exeter DEV d. 1883 Exeter DEV m: George O. HEATH b. 1840 Totnes DEV d. 1905 Exeter DEV |-
George O.
HEATH b. c.1866 Totnes DEV
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Owen ANGEL
b. 1846
Exeter DEV
d. 1847
Exeter DEV|- Stanley HEATH b. c.1867 Exeter DEV |- Cecil Hayward HEATH b. 1870 St Thomas, Etwick DEV m: Eleanor J. b. c.1868 St Pancras LON |-
John A.O.
HEATH b. c.1898 Lambeth LON
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Beatrice
Angel HEATH b. 1873 Exeter DEV m: 1898 Exeter DEV Arthur Row PARKHOUSE
b. c.1853 Tiverton DEV|-
Arthur C.
PARKHOUSE b. c.1899 Lambeth LON
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John Lennox
HEATH b. 1874 Exeter DEV d. 1907 Exeter DEV|- Dorothy M. PARKHOUSE b. c.Jan 1901 Lambeth LON |- Lilian Rachel HEATH b. 1876 Exeter DEV d. 1883 Exeter DEV |- Violet Amy HEATH b. 1877 Exeter DEV |- Marguerite Florence HEATH b. c.1879 Exeter DEV |- Ivy Evelyn C. HEATH b. c.1883 Exeter DEV |- Owen ANGEL b. 1848 Exeter DEV d. 1865 Exeter DEV |- Leonard ANGEL b. 1850 Exeter DEV d. 1854 Exeter DEV Owen Angel started working in Exeter in the early 1840s as an engraver and a printer, became a lithographer in about 1846. The 1851 Census, taken in early April, shows him living at 94 Fore Street, and working as a "lithographer employing 3 men and 6 apprentices." Scott (1985) shows him at 92 Fore Street in August 1852. By January 1855 he had added photography to his repertoire, advertising "daily photographic portraits" in the Trewman's Exeter Flying Post, and listed additional premises at 1 Market Street. Later that year, in August, 5 High Street was shown as his address, and another listing shown him as "photographer to the Exeter School of Art and the Cornwall Photographic Society." In April 1861, the census shows both his wife Mary Ann and his eldest daughter Marian Angel assisting in the studio. In addition, they had a young woman, Jane Lane Alorus, working as an artist. From 1861 until about 1889, the studios were situated in premises at 11 High Street and at 13 (later 6) Arcade, Exeter, although he and his wife lived first at Etwick Road, St Thomas and later at 80 Black Boy Road, St Sidwell, Exeter. By 1893, the studio premises appears to have moved to 21 Longbrook Street, and then to 25 Mount Dinham, St David's Hill in the following year. He appears to have remained in business until at least 1903, and died at Exeter in 1909. |
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If you have any further information about the various members of the Angel family and the studio, or if you have any photographs by Owen Angel, please email me. I welcome contributions of images to increase the variety of coverage on this site. If you are able to identify or confirm the indentification of any of the subjects of the photographs shown below, I would also be very keen on hearing from you. |
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01 ID #: oangel01 Provenance: Exeter Album Collection of Brett Payne Artist: Owen Angel, 11 High Street, Exeter Negative No. none Size: CDV Mount 63.5 x 100.5 mm; Photo 60.5 x 96 mm Card Type: Type I (dark rose) - Cherubs with wood & scroll frame, 3 fonts Date: Undated, but probably taken c. 1866-1869 Notes: Thin card. Square corners. Bottom corners clipped, and trimmed at bottom. Inscribed "Minnie Horwill" on the reverse. Subject: Minnie Horwill, probably in her 20s or early 30s. Full-length standing portrait with chair, table, vase and flowers. |
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oangel02 Provenance: Exeter Album Collection of Brett Payne Artist: Owen Angel, Exeter Negative No. none Size: CDV Mount 64 x 102.5 mm; Photo 59 x 96 mm Card Type: Type II (violet) - Simple design with diagonal "signature", extra text Date: Undated, but probably taken c. 1872-1876 Notes: Thin card. Square corners. Trimmed at top. Inscribed "Polly Richards" on the reverse. Subject: Polly Richards, probably in her 20s. Head-and-shoulders portrait in oval frame. |
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oangel03 Provenance: Elsie Seymour's Album Collection of Roger Vaughan Artist: Owen Angel, Exeter Negative No. none Size: Carte de visite Card Type: Type III (black) - Scrolls & ivy, "four medals", semi-ornate initials, 5 fonts, card by Abraham, London. Date: Undated, but probably taken c. 1882-1886 Notes: Rounded corners. Subject: Unidentified young woman, probably in her 20s. Head-and-shoulders vignette portrait. |
