Help identify this (British) photographer and technique

[Darin Boville]

Can anyone help out here? Info in first image.

--Darin

[matthew blais]

No idea who but looks like cut out shapes burned in real dark on top of original image

[pdh]

Bernard Alfieri was a founder of the Linked Ring, and presumably you can google for more info about him.
The dates given in the first page illustrated are rather off.
He was most active in the Linked Ring between 1892 and 1894