PC2015.18699

Image of Thomas Taylor, Mayor of Wigan 1854. The image is a studio portrait taken by Brown Barnes Bell Photographers. n.d.

Brown Barnes & Bell had a studio at 60 Standishgate from 1881-1882 and at 30 Standishgate from 1881-1886. The firm received a Royal Warrant on 1 July 1886 from Queen Victoria, renewed in 1901 by King Edward VII. They went out of business in 1941 following the WW2 Liverpool blitz.