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{{Template:Origin|text=The information and images for this article have been provided by Slvia Sylvia Murphy, a FIBIS member , and descendant of Harry Clifton Soundy }}[[Image :Esplanade Hotel Annexe, BombayHarry Clifton Soundy.JPGjpg|right|thumb|250px200px|''Esplanade Hotel Annexe, BombayHarry Clifton Soundy'']]
==Harry Clifton Soundy (1863-1922)==
'''Clifton & Co Photography Studio of Bombay''', and noted publisher of postcards was established by the proprietor Harry Clifton Soundy in 1896 or 1897.
However, this partnership did not last long and by 1897, Harry Clifton Soundy was trading on his own account as Clifton & Co, from a studio in Meadows Street, Bombay. The studio was the venue for daily screenings of silent films from 1897 <ref>http://www.indiamarks.com/guide/The-First-movies/242/</ref>. (This opportunity probably arose from his father, A.F. Soundy’s involvement in the showing of the French Lumiere Brothers’ Cinematography in July – September 1896, by Marius Sestier. )<ref>http://www.victorian-cinema.net/sestier.htm; http://nfsa.gov.au/collection/film/marius-sestier-collection/</ref>
The early years of the Clifton & Co business are partly documented through brief advertisements and news item references in ''The Times of India''. Some examples are:
- Bombay Volunteer Rifles Cycling Club: 3rd prize, value Rs20 presented for the “Ladies’ Half Mile Handicap”(T of I, Jan 6, 1899)
- Photographs of the Presidency Cricket Match at Rs1 each (T of I 14 Aug 1899)
==Later years and death of Harry Clifton Soundy==
[[Image :Esplanade Hotel Annexe, Bombay.JPG|right|thumb|250px|''Esplanade Hotel Annexe, Bombay'']] Harry Clifton Soundy married on 4 July 1907 at [[Mussoorie ]] to Daisy Holloway. The couple only had one child, Phyllis Marjorie Soundy, born 31 August 1908. The family lived in a lovely residence at 17 Harkness Road, Malabar Hill.
Harry died of dysentery in Bombay on 31 August 1922 and was buried the following day in Sewri Cemetery. The death notice reads:
CLIFTON – Soundy, Harry Clifton at St George’s Hospital o on August 31st in his 59th year. Prop: Messrs Clifton & Co, Photographers. Funeral will leave St George’s Hospital at 7.am today Friday morning arriving Sewree Cemetery at 8.00am.
There is no evidence that Harry left a will.
At some time the business moved to the Albert Building in Hornby Road, and following Harry’s death, his widow, Daisy, is recorded as Proprieteress of the business up until 1933.
Harry Soundy was also a skilled watercolorist, with examples of his painting being found in private autograph books, and framed works in the possession of his descendents descendants who live in Melbourne, Victoria, [[Australia]].
==Postcard images==
[[Category:Postcard Publishers]]
[[Category:People by occupationClifton and Company]][[Category:Photographic Studios]]
