historical records regarding the photographer are practically non-existent.

Unlike the internationally renowned Lafayette studios with their royal warrants and multiple city branches, H. Whittlesey appears to have been a small, independent, local operation. During the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, coastal towns like Felixstowe experienced a boom as fashionable seaside resorts. It was incredibly common for local entrepreneurs to open small photography studios on main commercial streets to capture portraits of both local residents and visiting holidaymakers.

The address on the card is located here.

https://www.andrewwarland.com.au/uk/warlandandrew.html

William Henry Prestwich (December 27, 1831 – November 1, 1912) was a prominent English Victorian photographer and photographic artist. He is particularly well-known among collectors of early photography for his numerous portraits produced in the popular carte-de-visite (CDV) format during the late 19th century.Career & StudiosPrestwich operated out of several locations across London and Reading over his career

• Reading Studio: Early in his career, he operated a photographic studio at 85–87 Broad Street in Reading until 1870, when he sold his business and negatives to another local photographer.

• London Studios: He later relocated his primary operations to London, establishing well-documented studios at 155 City Road and 98 Cheapside. In his later years, his business moved further north to Warmington House on High Road in Tottenham.

Henry Thomas Reed (1837–1922) was a British Victorian-era portrait photographer based in London. While not as historically prominent as some of his contemporaries, he ran a successful commercial studio and was an active figure in local London politics. 

Reed operated his primary photography studio at 16 Tottenham Court Road in London. He was highly active during the late 19th century, particularly between the 1870s and 1890s, specializing in cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards. 

Today, examples of Reed's portrait work are preserved in historical archives, including the National Trust Collections at the Fox Talbot Museum in Wiltshire.

Outside of his photographic business, Reed lived in Willesden (in northwest London) where he served his community as a local councillor.

Reed is perhaps best remembered by historians today for his connection to a famous piece of literary furniture. In 1882, he attended an estate sale for the possessions of the late Charles Watkins, another prominent London photographer. There, Reed purchased a library tub-chair that had originally belonged to the novelist Charles Dickens. Dickens reportedly used the chair at his Gads Hill home while writing A Tale of Two Cities before eventually gifting it to Watkins. 

Reed kept the historic chair for over two decades before gifting it in 1906 to John Trude Fripp, his neighbor and a fellow Willesden councillor. A plaque attached to the arm of the chair commemorates Reed's ownership, reading: "Bought at Watkins sale by H.T. Reed and given in 1906 to John Trude Fripp". The chair is currently held in the collection of the London Museum.  

Arthur Clegg Weston (1852–1913) was a prominent Victorian and Edwardian portrait and commercial photographer based in London. [1, 2]

Studio Locations & History

• Newgate Street: He operated a well-known portrait studio in the City of London at 84 Newgate Street (active c. 1887–1896) and later at 52 & 53 Newgate Street, London EC (c. late 1890s/1900s). 

• Format: His studio specialized in popular Victorian formats including cabinet cards and carte de visite portraiture of prominent citizens, actors, and everyday Londoners.

Notable Works & Collections

• National Portrait Gallery: His historical prints are preserved in the National Portrait Gallery collection, including his circa-1892 bromide cabinet card portrait of socialist leader and Labour Party founder Keir Hardie, as well as a carbon print of Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield.

• Other Subjects: He also photographed other notable figures of the era such as Lord Mayor Sir John Charles Bell. Original vintage cabinet cards and photographs from his Newgate Street address frequently appear in historical photography archives and antique marketplaces.

A. & G. Taylor was a British photographic business, and manufacturer of cabinet cards and cartes de visite, and later picture postcards.

In 1866, the photographers Andrew Taylor (1832–1909) and George Taylor opened their first studio in London's Cannon Street. They expanded to have 30 outlets in major British cities and some in the US. In 1886, they received a Royal Warrant, and became self-proclaimed "Photographers to the Queen".

By 1901, they were producing picture postcards, using four different series, the Reality Series of greetings, children, actresses, and military themes, as real photo postcards, the Carbontone Series of black and white printed views and greetings, the Orthochrome Series of views and greetings, printed in tinted halftone, and a Comic Series. After 1914, they moved their main studio to Hastings, but may have closed by 1918

More info on dates here.