Photogenic drawings of various objects / Bessie Parkes.
Published / Created:
1848-1859.
Physical Description:
1 album (18 photographs) ; album 20 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Information
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:13445597
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
The daughter of an English radical lawyer, Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829-1925) emerged as an active feminist and a defender of the rights of women. She purchased The Englishwoman's Journal in 1858 and set out with Barbara Bodichon, her close friend, to inspire feminine ambition by relating the stories of professional women. Through this, she hoped to encourage higher education for women. In 1867, she married Louis Belloc and then spent most of her time in France until his death five years later. The two children they had both became well-known writers, Hilaire Belloc and Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. Bessie Rayner Parkes returned to Sussex after her husband's death and continued to publish.
Contents:
[1] Title page inscribed in ink -- [2] Salvia. Photogenic drawing negative, 15.4 x 11.2 cm -- [3] Nasturtium. Photogenic drawing negative, 15.1 x 11.2 cm -- [4] Lignum Vitae. Photogenic drawing negative, 15.3 x 11.3 cm -- [5] Convolvulus. Photogenic drawing negative, 16.0 x 11.2 cm -- [6] Rose. Photogenic drawing negative, 15.9 x 11.2 cm -- [7] New Zealand Fern. Photogenic drawing negative, 16.3 x 10.8 cm -- [8] Leaf specimen. Photogenic drawing negative, 16.3 x 11.4 cm -- [9] Fern specimen. Photogenic drawing negative, 16.3 x 11.4 cm -- [10] Two ribbons of Bucks point lace. Photogenic drawing negative, 16.0 x 11.2 cm -- [11] Leaf specimen. Photogenic drawing negative, 16.4 x 11.5 cm -- [12] Leaf specimen. Photogenic drawing negative, 16.3 x 11.3 cm -- [13] Ribbons of lace (one Bucks point, one machine lace). Photogenic drawing negative, 16.2 x 11.4 cm -- [14] Two ribbons of lace (drawn work, the ribbon at left with machine-made edge). Photogenic drawing negative, 15.8 x 11.4 cm -- [15] "Bridge near Coventry. Executed & given to me by Mr. Henry Wiggin." Salt print from a paper negative, 8.8 x 10.5 cm -- [16] Two ribbons of lace (duplicate of no. 14). Photogenic drawing negative, 16.0 x 11.4 cm. Partial blind stamp on recto -- [17] Leaf specimen. Photogenic drawing negative, 16.5 x 12.5 cm -- [18] Copy of a portrait engraving. Photogenic drawing negative, image 15.8 x 12.2 cm, on sheet 18.1 x 12.5 cm, trimmed irregularly -- [19] Copy of a portrait engraving. Salt print from negative (see [18]), image 15.8 x 12.2 cm, on sheet 20.0 x 12.5 cm -- [20, loosely inserted] Fragment of sensitized photographic paper, 11.4 x 5.8 cm.
Subject Terms:
Belloc, Bessie Rayner, 1829-1925 -- Diaries. | Monson, Theodosia, 1803-1891. | Lace and lace making. | Bobbin lace. | Antwerp (Belgium) -- Description and travel. | Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:
Photographs. | Photograph albums. | Salted paper prints. | Photogenic drawings (photographs) | Travel literature.
