Active in Southampton c 1870 - 1874

Arthur Allen was an agent for the Pimlico Copying Company. His portraits were taken at the premises of his father's confectionery business at 27 East Street, Southampton.

​Arthur Allen was born in Southampton in 1853. His father was a master confectioner, and Arthur followed him into the business as his assistant. The 1871 Street Directory listed James Allen, confectioner at 27 East Street, with a private residence in Bevois Mount.

Arthur worked for the Pimlico Copying company in Southampton in the early 1870s, before he married in 1874 and moved away to become a master confectioner and manufacturer of sweets in Guildford.