COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL221100016
Reference Number:
VPH.253.16
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Antiquities of Cheshire, in photograph, with short descriptive notes: to which are added views of several ancient buildings in Shropshire and North Wales
Parent Work Title:
Sandback Crosses
Creator:
Bryans, William, active 19th century
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
[1858]
Publication Details:
Chester: Hugh Roberts, Eastgate Row; London: J.H. & J, Parker, Strand: and Whittaker & Co., Ave Maria Lane
Image Sequence Number:
016
Description:
Albumen print of Sandbach Crosses, Cheshire. Two large, carved stone crosses standing on a double plinth on the cobbled market square in Sandbach. Thought, from their iconography, to date back to the early 9th century and probably moved from their unknown original site to the market square in the 16th century. They are both missing their crosspiece. The one on the left is larger than the other. The decoration on the larger cross focuses on biblical subjects. The figures, animals and ornament on the smaller cross are most likely represent different aspects of the Christian community. To their left is a two-storey brick building, the bottom of which has a window shopfront with a painted sign above ‘…N.Y Johnstone London tea & Coffee De…’. A two-storey building is to their right with other buildings partially in view in the background.
Subject:
Cheshire (England)--Pictorial works
Subject:
Architecture--England--Cheshire
Subject:
Architecture--England--Pictorial work
Subject:
Antiquities
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Technique Used:
Albumen process
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Cheshire: Chester
Creation Site:
England: Greater London: London
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Item Height:
189 mm
Item Width:
155 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lees, William, M.R.C.S, L.R.C.P., former owner
Provenance:
Morris, Joseph Robertson, former owner
Provenance:
Walsh, Audrey C., former owner
Provenance:
King's School (Chester, England), former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2022-10-27
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2022-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Photography
