86 photographs : cyanotypes ; sheets 25.2 x 30.3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Information
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
"[Bedford Lemere & Co.] was very astute in selling large numbers of its images to architects and craftsmen who wanted to appraise themselves of what their colleagues were doing or build up a body of visual examples for use in their own work. In 1895 the firm advertised no fewer than 50,000 prints for sale, singly or in sets, while an advertisement of c. 1875 listed seventeen Uniform Series of English Architectural Photographs embracing a wide range of topics including decorative and antique furniture; views of London and its environs; Classic, Romanesque and Renaissance details; English churches; and English stately homes. The number of photographs in each series varied from 160 to the 4,000 in the series devoted to Town and Country Houses and Mercantile Buildings. In this way, rather like contemporary Italian view-making firms, such as Fratelli Alinari in Florence and Anderson in Rome, the firm acted as a highly organised picture agency supplying a wide range of clients at home and indeed abroad through agents such as Albert Levy, the noted architectural publisher, who maintained offices in Paris and New York."--Robert Elwall, "Bedford Lemere & Co and the RIBA Library Photographs Collection." Culture 24, 7 May 2010.
Contents:
1-3. Dawpool, Birkenhead -- 4. Sussex, Parham Park. Hall -- 5. Astley Hall, Lancashire. Hall d'entrée -- 6. Guildford, Loseley Park. Cheminée du salon -- 7. Woodford, Essex, "Monkhams" -- 8. Kensington Palace Gardens, Londres -- 9. Capenhurst, Chester. Hall -- 10. Birmingham, Victoria Courts -- 11. Castle Ashbey. Cheminé́. Salon du roi Guillaume --12. J. Hewell Grange. Escalier -- 13. Snowdenham, Surrey. Corridor -- 14. Rhinefield, Brockenhurst -- 15. Hyde Park Terrace, Londres -- 16. Nethercourt Finchley. Hall d'entrée -- 17. Standish Hall, Wigan. Boudoir -- 18. St. Fagan's Hall, Cardiff. Chambre de Lady Windsor -- 19. Darley Dale, Établissement hydrothérapique, Londres -- 20. Audley End. Grand Hall -- 21. Audley End. Grand Hall, cheminée -- 22. Rowden House, Hoddeston, Herts. Boudoir -- 23. Girdler's Hall. Corridor -- 24. Prince's Gate, Londres. Hall et escalier -- 25. Stafford House, Londres, St. James's -- 26. The Albany, Londres. Boudoir-salon -- 27. Curling Hall. Salle à manger -- 28. Nottingham, Wollston Hall. Hall -- 29. Banque, West Dean, Londres -- 30. Collingham Gardens. Hall -- 31. Dumbarton, Overtown. Escalier -- 32. Rhinefield, Brockenhurst -- 33. Swan House, Chelsea. Boudoir -- 34. St. Fagan's Castle, Cardiff. Salon de Lord Windsor -- 35. Cragside Rothbury, Northumberland. Salon -- 36. Norfolk St. Mowbray House, Londres. Corridor -- 37. Cragside Rothbury, Northumberland -- 38. Lennox Gardens -- 39. Scheffield, Municipal Buildings -- 40. Hewill Grange. Salon, cheminée -- 41. Edinburgh, Rothesay Terrace -- 42. St. Fagan's Castle, Cardiff. Boudoir -- 43. St. Fagan's Castle, Cardiff. Salle à manger -- 44. Hôtel Cecil, Strand, Londres -- 45. Liverpool, Alexandra Drive -- 46. Stocken Hall, Oakham. Cheminée de la salle à manger -- 47. Rowden House, Hoddeston, Herts. Salon -- 48. Lyric Théâtre, Londres. Chambre de prince de Galles -- 49. Walton Heath, The Cottage. Hall -- 50. Byfleet Lodge. Cheminée dans la salle de billiard
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
Subject Terms:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Loving cup. | Watson, William, -1921. Sheep in landscape. | Country homes -- Great Britain. | Interior architecture -- Great Britain. | Interior decoration -- Great Britain. | Mantels. | Art in interior decoration. | Furniture -- Great Britain. | Furniture -- England.