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1901–02 lecture brochure
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Howdill Archives and Ephemera, Leeds Museums and Galleries
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Howdill’s Darkroom,
Hanover Square, Leeds
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Howdill Glass Slides and Box, Leeds Museums and Galleries
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Howdill’s map of his 1906 journey from
Leeds to Corsica
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Whitby
Whitby, c.1912
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Whitby, c.1912
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The Red Jumper
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Whitby Harbour c. 1912
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Market Square, Whitby
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Henrietta Street, Whitby
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Whitby, c.1912
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Sisters
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Madge Howdill (born 1903)
Dorothy Howdill (born 1908)
and Marion Howdill (born 1899)
Leeds, c. 1911
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Madge Howdill and
Leslie Howdill
(born 1901)?
Leeds, c. 1912
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Dorothy, c.1914
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Madge and Dorothy c. 1914
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Dorothy, Madge and
Marion in Hanover
Square, c.1911
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Afternoon
Tea
Dorothy
c.1911
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Tired
Dorothy
c.1911
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Dorothy c.1911
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Dorothy, c. 1911
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Madge, c. 1911
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Madge? c. 1912
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Howdill sister on right
Howdill sister
with two other
girls plus two
boys c. 1912
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Convalescence
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Marion Howdill
convalescing, c. 1917
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The Invalid.
Marion c. 1917
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Smiling. Marion,
c. 1917
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Marion, c. 1917
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Portraits
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Thomas Howdill (?)
(born 1995), c. 1915
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Artist
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Norman Howdill in Royal
Field Artillery uniform,
c. 1917, sitting on back
step, Hanover Square
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Man with model tank
c. 1919?
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Rev. Dr. Campbell Morgan
(1863–1945) Pastor,
Westminster Chapel,
c. 1918
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Heath and Bracken
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Older woman in cane chair, c. 1911
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James Edward Bedford
(1856–1925)
Lord Mayor of Leeds
c. 1914
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Leslie Howdill c. 1914
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W.T Stead (1849–1912)
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Royalty
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Royal visit,
City of London
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George V and
Queen Mary
Visit to Leeds
May 1918
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Queen Mary at Beckett
Park, May 1918
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‘Gipsies’
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Found in
Corsica notebook
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Apparently taken in Leeds
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Jutland, 1911
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Austrian Alps, 1905
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Feast of Corpus Christi
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Serbia – Daily Life
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The Mosque, Niš. c. 1907
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Niš Fair, c. 1907
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Niš Fair
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Woman carrying load
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Balkan Beauties in
the Machva District, c. 1907.
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Menu
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The Gipsy Quarter, Niš
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The Old Turkish Quarters, Niš
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Serbia –Death and
War
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Tower of Skulls Church, Niš. Cross versus Crescent. A Serb soldier waits by the skulls of his ancestors and an Eikon to avenge the blood of his pashers, when the time comes. The time has come so the Serbs think.
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Serbia - Wedding
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Bride and Best-man
(January 1918, the bride
is now a widow)
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Bridegroom, Bride, Best-man.
Bridegroom died of typhus. Niš, Serbia
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Serb Wedding Feast
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Serbia Wedding Feast.
The Church, Army,
Medicine, Law and
Journalism.
Later notes:
The Priest was hanged
last year (1917) by the
Germans. The Doctor
(in light coat) now
interned in Germany.
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Charles B. Howdill
1863 Born in Leeds
1879 Articled to his father Thomas Howdill’s architecture practice
1880s Studied at Leeds College of Art, assistant to his father
1888 National Gold Medal for post office design
1894 Marries Laura Garth: they later have seven children, six of whom reach adulthood
1897 First trip abroad, to Holland; experiments with colour photography
1901 First exhibited at Royal Photographic Society: later took part in five other shows
1902 President of Leeds Camera Club
1905 Travels to Austrian Alps; 1906 visits Corsica; 1907 visits Serbia; 1911 visits Jutland
1912–13 Blazing Balkans lecture tour
1913–28 Teaches at Huddersfield Building College and other local institutions
1941 Dies in Leeds
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CreditsResearch: Duncan McCargo (University of Leeds) and Janet Douglas (Leeds Beckett University)
Creative Direction: Lauren Avery
Website: Alex Prior
The pop-up exhibition Charles Barker Howdill’s Blazing Balkans was supported by a small 2018 grant from the Leeds
Galleries and Museums/University of Leeds Cultural Institute Cross Disciplinary Innovation Fund.
We are deeply grateful to the late Madge Howdill, for generously donating many of these images to Leeds Museums and
Galleries in 1993. We should also like to thank Ian B. Howdill and the Howdill family for kindly donating a further batch of
colour slides in 2018, as well as making available to us additional slides from their private collection.
Many thanks to Leeds Museums and Galleries, and especially to curators Antonia Lovelace, Kitty Ross and Adam Jaffer for
their generous assistance with this project. Thanks also to: Colin Cook and Liane Durkin (www.restoreoldphotos.co.uk), John
Crossen, Colin Dews, Martin Hamilton, Freda Mathews, Peter Smith, Stephanie Winters, and Caroline Wise.
Charles B. Howdill’s original slide captions appear in italics.
Copyright to all images is held either by Leeds Galleries and Museums, or by Ian B. Howdill.
Enquiries: If you have questions or you would like to host the exhibition, email [email protected]
Further information: blazingbalkans.leeds.ac.uk
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