Celebrating History: The Stephens Car Unveiling in Clevedon

What a privilege to participate in the unveiling ceremony for the Stephens Monument in Clevedon this July (2025)

The Stephens car was the first all British production car and the monument is a replica of a local example from 1898 ( still running and visible as a blur in the back of one image as it passes by the monument.

Here are the photographs I made in two large format - whole plate - period (early 1900s) cameras - the last two made on glass plates I had hand-coated with silver emulsion - a popular medium of the era.