Quinton Notes

Photographer	Fred Quinton
Active Period	1898 - 1939
Lifespan	Born: c1873 Newport, IOW	Died:

Studio Addresses	83 High Street, Newport 86 High Street, Newport 96 High Street, Newport
Associates

Trade History	1898 Kelly's Directory of IOW (pages 132 & 437) Fred. Quinton, photographer, 83 High Street, Newport 1899 Kelly's Directory of Hampshire & IOW (page 623) Fred Quinton, photographer, 83 High Street, Newport 1906 Kelly's Directory of IOW (page 662) Fred Quinton, photographer, 98 High Street, Newport 1910 Kelly's Directory of IOW (page 173) Fred Quinton, photographer, 96 High Street, Newport (note - the Commercial Listing on page 716 erroneously shows the address 98 High Street !) 1915 Kelly's Directory of IOW (page 1090) F Quinton, photographer, 96 High Street, Newport 1921-22 Kelly's Directory of IOW (page 729) Fred Quinton, photographer, 98 High Street, Newport 1924-25 Kelly's Directory of IOW (page 486) Fred Quinton, photographer, 98 High Street, Newport 1927 Kelly's Directory of Hants & IOW (page 1106) F Quinton, photographer, 96 High Street, Newport 1939 Kelly's Directory of Hants & IOW (page 1057) F Quinton, photographer, 96 High Street, Newport It is possible that Fred Quinton trained under, or was in partnership with, Sidney James Jeanes as the latter was listed at Quinton's former address of 83 High Street in 1910 Kelly's Directory.
Awards
Photographic Evidence Found	1901 - estimated date of photo (see example below) Fred. Quinton, 86 High Street, Newport 1915 - estimated date of photo
Examples of Photographs, Trade Cards, Adverts, etc	Example of a Quinton's photo estimated to be c1901. My thanks to Suzanne Thacker for the above photo. The photo is of Arthur Morris Lewis at Newport Grammar School (Arthur born Feb 1888). Close up of Quinton's embossed logo showing the address 86 High St, Newport, I.W. Another example of Quinton's embossed logo c1915
Family History	Fred Quinton was born c1873 in Newport, the son of tallow chandler George Quinton from Southampton and his wife Sarah from Fretham, Hants. In the 1881 census the family was found living at 16 Portland Street, Carisbrooke, with Fred being the youngest of the four children. The second youngest, Kate aged 11, was found in the 1891 census working as a photographic retoucher and living in the same household as the photographer George St John Biggs.
Further Notes