Category:Lisk-Carew Brothers
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Alphonso Sylvester Lisk-Carew (1887-1969) was active as a photographer in Sierre Leone from around 1905 to 1920-1925. His brother Arthur Lisk-Carew was also photographer and his companion.
RCS Photographers Index: "Alphonso and Arthur Lisk-Carew founded their business in 1905 (Macmillan 1920, p.267). They advertised as 'Photographers, importers of photographic materials, stationery, toys, fancy goods, etc., 3 East Brook Lane and 30, corner of Westmoreland and Gloucester Streets [Freetown, Sierra Leone]'. The brothers made photographic trips into the interior and also to the Gambia circa 1912. They were appointed photographers for the visit of the Duke of Connaught 1910."
Sources:
- Lisk-Carew Brothers in the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) Photographers Index at Cambridge University Library
- Macmillan, Allister ed. (1920), The red book of West Africa. Historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, and resources. London, W.H. and L. Collingridge.
- Copyright of photographs in Sierra Leone expires 50 years after publication (www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08. pdf, section 25).
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