1871 Francis Fox Tuckett signed CDV Photo, English Alpinist & Explorer

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On reverse: "Francis Fox Tuckett, March 1870" signed and handwritten in old black dip pen ink, autographed. Photo type: Original Vintage Victorian CDV carte de visite Photograph. Photographer: William Clark, 27 Park Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire County. (known to be Bristol photographer William Clark 1834-1903, father of photographer Bennett Clark 1863-1937 later working in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

NOTE: Francis Fox Tuckett 1834-1913 was a world renowned English explorer, mountaineer, hiker, climber and alpinist who was revered for scaling 269 peaks during his lifetime. His father Francis first took him to the alps at the age of 8, in 1842. He later mapped the Italian Dolomites in the 1860's, and engaged in extensive mountaineering work from the 1850's to 1870's. He died at age 79 in 1913, and is buried in the graveyard of the Quaker Friends Meeting House in Frenchay, which had a large Quaker congregation. 

Found in Public Genealogy Records:
Francis Fox Tuckett 1834-1913, born in Bristol at the Old House, Frenchay Common, South Gloucestershire, Winterbourne.
(also known as F.F. Tuckett and Frank Tuckett)
His Father: Francis Tuckett 1802–1868
His Mother: Mariana Tuckett: Caroline Marianna Tuckett 1807-1863
His Siblings:
Charlotte Fox Tuckett Howard 1843-1933, married Eliot Howard 1842–1927
Elizabeth Fox Tuckett 1837–1872, also an explorer and author
Mariana Fox Tuckett Fox 1840–1908 married Joseph Hoyland Fox 1833–1915
His Wife: Alice Fox Tuckett, 1858-1928, born in Wellington, Somerset, England to
parents Dillworth Crewdson Fox 1828–1887 and Mary Augusta Buckham Fox 1827–1887. They married in 1896 in New Zealand, where she was living at the time.

Francis F Tuckett England and Wales Census, 1851
Event Place, John The Baptist, Gloucestershire, England
Registration District, Clifton
Age, 17
Marital Status, Unmarried, Scholar
Relationship to Head of Household, Son
Birth Year (Estimated) 1834
Birthplace, Frenchay, Gloucestershire
Household, Age, Birthplace:
Francis Tuckett Head M 48 Frenchay, Gloucestershire
Mariana Tuckett Wife F 44 Falmouth, Cornwall
Francis F Tuckett Son M 17 Frenchay, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth F Tuckett Daughter F 13 Frenchay, Gloucestershire
Mariana F Tuckett Daughter F 11 Frenchay, Gloucestershire
Charlotte F Tuckett Daughter F 8 Frenchay, Gloucestershire
Jenette C Rees Governess F 33 Neath, Glamorganshire
Anne Shipton Servant F 35 Bath, Somerset
Eliza A Chowen Servant F 32 Coleford, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Riggs Servant F 30 Nath Curey, Somerset

Book: British Author: Francis Fox Tuckett, 1834-1913: "Notes on ancient Norwegian wooden churches, ("stavekirker"), with some notices of similar early structures in Great Britain and Ireland". Published in Bristol, 1887.

Tuckett's "A Pioneer in the High Alps: Alpine Diaries and Letters of F.F. Tuckett, 1856–1874" was published in 1920, seven years after his death.

His sister Elizabeth was also a 19th c. explorer, who wrote "Zigzagging Amongst Dolomites" by Elizabeth Fox Tuckett, published in 1871, a year before her death at age 35.

This is a rare signed CDV photo. It was found in Exeter, Devon, England. Francis wears a black velvet coat with velvet piping, with Victorian gold pin at his neck. A famous British pioneer in exploration, and a wonderful original image. It is also beautifully hand signed and dated. It was taken in his home area of Bristol by photographer William Clark, and at the peak of his amazing journeying.

Size: 2.5 x 4 inches
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