Hertfordshire Postcard Artists, Photographers, Publishers, etc. Julianna Dunn Photographer of Hemel Hempstead (c1886-c1916)

Old Herts Pictures Hemel Hempstead

Julianna Dunn was born in Shaftsbury, Dorset, in 1853, the daughter of John Fowler Dunn (a cabinet maker) and his wife Eliza Ballam, the daughter of Richard Ballam (cordwainer) and his wife Mary. In 1861 the family were living in Poole with Richard and Mary, as her father, John Dunn was in prison. In 1871 she was a servant in the house of William Wyatt Burnand (1831-1909), of New Town Terrace, Longfleet, Poole. William was described as a chemist in 1861, a photographer in 1871, and a photographic artist in 1881, and it seems likely that she started learning about photography while working with him.

In 1881 Julianna was working in Aylesbury as an assistant colourist (photo) for the photographic artists, Samuel Glendening Payne and his wife Maria. By 1886 she had her own photographic business in Hemel Hempstead High Street, but by 1890 she had relocated to 15 Alexandra Road, Hemel Hempstead. It may be a co-incidence, but Atherstane Basebe is recorded as trading as a photographer on Thursdays and Fridays from an address in Alexandra Road in 1890 and perhaps they used the same studio. Whatever happened Julianna continued trading from the address until 1915 or 16, when the business was taken on by Henry Bray. In the 1930s she lived at 20 Cemetery Hill, Hemel Hempstead, dying at West Herts Hospital on 9th October, 1935.

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Carte de Visite

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		plain back - circa 1900
		plain back - circa 1900

A Cabinet Card Portrait of Solomon Willis Under Bailiff of Hemel Hempstead Solomon Willis died in 1899   Mrs Willis as a Witch Same back & background

Young Girls at a Party?, Hemel Hempstead

		Gadebridge House   From a cabinet photograph by J Dunn, Alexandra Road, Hemel Hempstead circa 1900 image kindly provided by Stephen

See Photographers, 15 Alexandra Road, Hemel Hempstead, early 20th century