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'''Vernon & Co''' Photographic Studios operated from various addresses in Esplanade Row [[Bombay]] from early 1900s until at least the 1920s. By 1920 the studios had also embraced the world of film - a similar progression to the celebrated [[Clifton & Co, Photographers (Bombay)| Clifton & Co studios]] - which also operated at that time in the Bombay area. <ref> [https://archiveindianculture.gov.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97229/pageother-collections/n2151/mode/2up?view=theater thackers-indian-directory-1904-embracing-whole-british-india-and-native-states Thackers Annual Directory 19201904 P1324] </ref>until at least the 1920s.
The studio produced many photographs and photographic albums which record portraits and events relating to the local Indian Royal families. For an example see [https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Indian_Portrait_VI/_iVQCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22vernon+%26+co%22+album&pg=PT71&printsec=frontcover Album depicting Coronation of Maharana Shri Vijayasinhji 1915 - Googlebooks]
In 1911 Vernon & Co were one of the photographers commissioned to take photographs of the Delhi Durbar. In addition albums were also produced by the studio entitled "Souvenir , the Imperial Visit to Delhi" - in which composition of images vary slightly to accommodate the interests of the collection owner. <ref>. [http://ekaresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/udaipur-1.pdf P118 eka resources.com] </ref>
By 1914 the studios had also embraced the world of film - a similar progression to the celebrated [[Clifton & Co, Photographers (Bombay)| Clifton & Co studios]] - which also operated at that time in the Bombay area. Documentaries were made (see image which also describes the studios as "Official Photographers to Government of India" ).<ref> [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.4853/page/n1/mode/2up?q=Vernon Bombay Chronicle 1914 snippet from p3 of the full paper which was digitised with assistance from by Government of Maharastra - archive.org ]</ref> During [[First World War]] some work was also undertaken with the Red Cross
[[Image:Bombay Chronicle.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''Advert Bombay Chronicle 26 March 1914'']]
==Personnel==
* Arthur Cecil Cole (1874-1948) was director/manager of Vernon & Co from at least 1909 until at least 1920s. <ref>Thackers Annual Directory 1909</ref>
**In 1902 he had been an assistant at the Bourne & Shepherd Studios, Bombay <ref> [https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.28907/page/n2119/mode/2up Thackers Annual Directory 1902] </ref>
* Pranshakar and Manishankar Joshi - two brothers who had been apprenticed in Vernon Studios, Bombay, for about five years before moving to Jyoti studio and finally opening the Joshi studios in Rajkot (1911) - where, like Vernon & Co, they became photographers for many princely states. <ref> [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_iVQCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT67&lpg=PT67&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false The Indian Portrait - VI: A Photographic evolution]</ref>
==References==
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