T. & R. Annan and Sons

print view

role

Dealer/Gallery

dates

1855-2006

city

Glasgow

country

United Kingdom

sex

n/a

historical notes

T. & R. Annan and Sons was a British photography gallery.

In addition to dealing in photography they were known for exhibiting, photographing, and selling prints, paintings, and illustrated fine art catalogues. The firm held exhibitions for artists, such as L. S. Lowry’s (1887-1976) in 1946.

Professional photographer Thomas Annan (1829-1871) opened the firm in 1855; it was then known as Thomas Annan, and was listed as a calotype printer. Two of his sons, James Craig Annan (1864-1946) and John Annan (1862-) later joined the firm, and in 1873, Thomas’s brother Robert joined and the firm became T. & R Annan & Sons.

Thomas Annan purchased the rights to the photogravure process in Britain from Karel Václav Klí (1841-1926) of Vienna in 1883 after visiting the city and learning the technique with his second son, James. James is associated with late nineteenth-century art photography; his works were reproduced in Alfred Stieglitz’s publication Camera Work.
The firm was the official photographers for the Glasgow International Exhibitions of 1888, 1901, and 1911.

In 2006, T. & R. Annan and Sons decided to move away completely from the art dealing side of things and go back and concentrate on the collection of old photographs.

Annan Gallery was sold in 2006 and is no longer related to T. & R. Annan and Sons, Ltd.

decades
of activity

1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950

website

http://www.annanphotographs.co.uk/

updated

03/22/2024 12:09:28

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
T. & R. Annan & Sons Ltd	T & R Annan & Sons Ltd (1855-2006)	see details...
Glasgow City Archives Level 5, The Mitchell Library, 201 North Street	T & R Annan & Sons Ltd, photographers and fine art dealers, Glasgow: records c. 1940-1980 (TD1909)	see details...