Sarah Ann Harrison Explained

Sarah Ann Harrison (1837–?) is the earliest documented female photographer in Malta. She was born in Plymouth in 1837 to Abraham and Sarah Roberts.[1] On August 9, 1864, she married George Harrison, from Stenigot, Lincolnshire in Valletta, Malta.[2] Between 1864 and 1871, Sarah Ann operated in her name from 74, Strada della Marina, Isola (Senglea), Malta.[3] A Carte de visite original discovered by Giovanni Bonello (and now in the national Malta carte collection) confirms her operating as an independent photographer in Senglea, Malta at that time.[4] Sarah Ann Harrison is considered to be the first woman running her own photo studio in Malta. In the 1871 UK census she is listed as a photographer operating in Boston, Lincolnshire.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: General Register Office: 1841 Census Returns . 1841 . General Register Office, 1836-1970 . The National Archives, Kew . 29 . 25 March 2019 . RG 10.
  2. Book: Act of Marriage . 1864 . Public Registry Office . Valletta, Malta . 596/1864.
  3. Book: Tonna . Caroline . Abela . Joan . Buttigieg . Emanuel . Attard . Alex . Parallel Existences . 2018 . Kite Publishing . Malta . 9789995750565 . 259–271 . Women and early photography in Malta: Adelaide Conroy and Lucrezia Preziosi.
  4. Web site: Bonello . Giovanni . More notes for a history of photography in Malta . Times of Malta . 25 March 2019.
  5. Book: General Register Office: 1871 Census Returns . 1871 . General Register Office, 1836-1970 . The National Archives, Kew . 27 . 25 March 2019 . RG 10.

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