"PROFESSOR" OF PHOTOGRAPHY

In the nineteenth century some highly-skilled photographers assumed the title of ‘Professor’ even though they had no formal qualifications. Some of the cartes de visite and advertisements of Hector James Thwaites and Robert Hall (qq.v.) carried the names Professor Thwaites and Professor Hall, and although they did not assume the ‘title’ of Professor, Samuel White Sweet included ‘Professor of Out-Door Photography’ in one of his advertisements and Edward William Belcher had ‘Professor of Photography’ printed on some of his carte de visite mounts.

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