E.T.W.Dennis: The Father of the British Picture PostCard.
Research Articles on E.T.W.Dennis
I have written a number of research articles on the firm of E.T.W.Dennis of Scarborough, as the first publisher of picture postcards in Great Britain in September 1894. It is now generally accepted that Dennis was the first GB PPC publisher and that the "older" claims to be the first (Stewart, Blum & Degen etc) , are now sidelined for lack of evidence. (Actually Blum and Degen only claimed 1895 onwards )
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Articles on the firm of E.T.W.DENNIS |
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Publication and date |
Title |
Summary |
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| Picture Postcard Monthly Sept 1991 |
The first GB picture postcard : Part 1 | Found no evidence to support previous claims (Stewart, B&D etc) to be the first GB PPC publisher . E.T.W.Dennis was the first | GTW |
| Picture Postcard Monthly Dec 1991 |
The first GB picture postcard: Part 2 | Presented further evidence that E.T.W.D was the first GB
publisher in Sept 1894 The two parts were voted "Best Article of the Year" |
GTW
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| Picture Postcard Monthly Oct 1992 |
Printed in Saxony |
A first look at this early Dennis published chromo litho series. Now totally superseded by the Oct 1999 PPM article q.v. | GTW |
| Picture Postcard Monthly Oct 1999 |
Printed in Saxony |
A new look at this "Printed in Saxony" series showing that the Newcastle and Sunderland artist drawn vignettes were exact copies of Auty of Tynemouth photographs. Many illustrations of Scottish cards from this series were shown, in the hope of finding their photographic origins. | GTW |
| Picture Postcard Monthly June 2000 |
E.T.W.Dennis Father of the British View Card |
This was a follow up to the Oct 1999 article. The Scottish views were shown to be copied from photographs taken by G.W.Wilson. Clearly Dennis was the publisher of the "Printed in Saxony" series. Many illustrations of the English cards were included in an attempt to find their photographic origins. Other aspects of Dennis pre 1900 PPC publishing were dealt with | GTW |
| Picture Postcard Monthly Dec 2006 & Jan 2007 |
E.T.W.Dennis and the Sudan War | ETWD published a series of PPCs using ETWD photographs taken during the Sudan War .Details given elsewhere on this site, See index for a link | GTW
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| Picture Postcard Monthly Annual 2014 | Early cards | Dennis cards pre 1900 featured. Other favourite early cards displayed. | GTW |
| Picture Postcard Monthly June 2014 |
Letter concerning Stewart of Edinburgh "first" claim. | In reply to a letter in May 2014 PPM , I gave details of the Stewart of Edinburgh claim to be the first commercial PPC. I concluded that the alleged Stewart 1894 cards shown were colour and proof trials only and were never issued. | GTW |
| June 2014 PPM | Jack Broadrick:Comic Artist | A lot of Jack Broadrick's PPCs were printed and published by ETW Dennis | GTW |
| July 2014 | Another letter concerning the Stewart of Edinburgh "first" claim | In a letter to PPM on p47, I gave details of the very early Stewart card printed by Ludeking , Hamburg | GTW |
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