A VICTORIAN DAGUERREOTYPE PHOTOGRAPH OF GEORGE BOWER (1826-1911)

depicted seated and wearing tartan waistcoat, 7cm x 5.5cm, within arched gilt inner mount and brown leather case

Provenance: By repute, family descent to the present owner.

Note: George Bower (1827-1911) was the owner of the Vulcan Iron Works, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire and was a leading manufacturer of equipment for gasworks, both within the UK and overseas. Whilst very successful within the UK, he lost money on a scheme to supply gas lighting in Rio de Janeiro in 1889 and was declared bankrupt.