COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
BRO_VPH.311
Reference Number:
VPH.311
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Earl's Court
Creator:
Dresser, Arthur R.
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
c1892
Description:
Hardbound album of 159 albumen prints and the photographer’s notes recording the visit of Buffalo Bill's Wild West to Earl's Court in 1892, by Arthur R. Dresser. The photographs are mounted on both sides of thick card with paper pages of handwritten notes between each card. Among the performers and members photographed, and described in the notes, are people of the Lakota Nation (described in the notes only as Sioux), Chief of the Cossacks Prince Iran Makharadze, William F. Cody, John M. Burke, Annie Oakley, John Young Nelson, Black Heart, Della & Bessie Ferrell and the Deadwood Stage coach. The notes also detail the developing and printing processes and chemicals used and that most were taken with a Crouch "Dresser" hand camera at F.8, and printed on Bromide paper, mostly from Eastman Film Negatives. The front cover is gold embossed "Photographs - A.R. Dresser", the spine "Volume II".
Language:
English
Language Code:
eng-GB
Category of Material:
Visual
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Sub-Category:
Albumen prints
Technique Used:
Albumen process
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Places Covered:
England: Greater London: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Earl's Court
People Covered:
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2024-05-14
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2024-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Photography