Detail View: Photography Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL17082753
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Reference Number:
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VPH.6.22
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Series Title:
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Intérieurs Anglais, an album of 50 cyanotypes of British house interiors by Bedford Lemere & Co. 1880’s-1890’s
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Parent Work Title:
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Interior view of the boudoir at Rawdon House, Hertfordshire, looking towards the fireplace. By Henry Bedford Lemere, January 1891
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Creator:
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Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944
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Creator Role:
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Photographer
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Date Created:
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1891-01
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Image Sequence Number:
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022
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Description:
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Interior view in the boudoir at Rawdon House, looking towards the fireplace. The fireplace is carved stone with a pair of Jacobean terminal figures (human top half, columnar bottom) framing the fire. The mantel has a deeply carved decorative frieze of classical figures and animals. The wooden overmantel is similarly elaborate, with two classically styled figures. The room is fully panelled in wood with a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. There are various unidentified paintings and photographs. There is a savonarola style (cross frame) chair and other solid wooden Victorian furniture on display. Rawdon House originally dates from the mid-17th century, but was extended and restored by Ernest George and Peto in 1879. In 1898 it became St Monica's Priory, a convent of Augustinian canonesses, a use that lasted until 1969; it has since been converted for use as offices. According to the Bedford Lemere notes, the image was taken for H. K. Ricardo. There is some slight fading to the print.
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Keyword:
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Jacobean House; Boudoir; Fireplace; Terminal Figures.
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Subject:
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Architecture
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Subject:
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Country homes--Great Britain
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Subject:
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Interior decoration -- Great Britain
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Subject:
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Photography--History--19th century
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Category of Material:
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Visual
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Sub-Category:
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Analogue photography
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Sub-Category:
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Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
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Technique Used:
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Blueprint process
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England: Hertfordshire: Hoddesdon
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Hertfordshire: Hoddesdon
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Item Height:
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286 mm
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Item Width:
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236 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Thomas Maileander, Artist
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Bibliography:
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Notes:
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Worldcat lists one complete set of Intérieurs Anglais, at the Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin, Switzerland. Another complete set is owned by Yale University, located at the British Art Center, Folio A 2014 71. The Getty Research Institute holds 82 of the set of 86 cyanotypes (lacking nos. 10, 65, 67 and 81). The Royal Institute of British Architects have eight photographs from this series also in cyanotype, with the same numbering 1-68 (nos. 1, 7, 37, 49, 58, 61, 66 and 67).
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-08-23
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-08
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Photography
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