- Photography Collection

COLLECTION NAME:

Photography Collection

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Manchester~15~15

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Image Number:

JRL17082757

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JRL17082757

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Reference Number:

VPH.6.24

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VPH.6.24

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Series Title:

Intérieurs Anglais, an album of 50 cyanotypes of British house interiors by Bedford Lemere & Co. 1880’s-1890’s

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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:

Interior view showing the hall and staircase at 49 Princes Gate, Knightsbridge. By Henry Bedford Lemere, May 1892

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Interior view showing the hall and staircase at 49 Princes Gate, Knightsbridge. By Henry Bedford Lemere, May 1892

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Creator:

Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944

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Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944

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Creator Role:

Photographer

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Photographer

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Date Created:

1892-05

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1892-05

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Image Sequence Number:

024

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024

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Description:

Interior view showing the hall and staircase at 49 Princes Gate, Knightsbridge, London. The hallway has many fine paintings on display including The Wine of Circe by Edward Burne-Jones, Pia de' Tolomei by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Valkyrie by Frederick Sandys. The staircase is the main feature of the hall with its Vitruvian scrollwork balustrade, highly decorated with foliage and flowers. Dating from 1822–3, the balustrade was designed by the Duke of Northumberland's architect, Thomas Cundy the elder, and made of Grecian metal, a 'refined species of brass'. The walls are panelled and there is some Chinoiserie styled furniture. The staircase was an adaptation of the original staircase, incorporating the balustrade from the great stairs at Northumberland House, which F.R. Leyland acquired when the historic mansion was pulled down to make Northumberland Avenue. F.R. Leyland was the owner of 49 Princes Gate just prior to the date of the photograph, having deceased in January 1892. Leyland was a Victorian shipowner and major art collector. Three designers were involved in the overhaul of the interior of 49 Princes Gate when Leyland acquired it from the 3rd Earl Somers in 1874; the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler; the architect and designer Thomas Jeckyll; and the architect Richard Norman Shaw. After the death of Leyland in 1892, the property was not sold until Mrs Blanche Watney of Thorney Lodge, Palace Gate, widow of James Watney, the brewer and Liberal MP bought the property in 1894. Mrs Watney occupied No. 49 until her death in 1915: it then stood empty for several years. In 1919 the house was put on the market but failed to attract a buyer and in 1921 it was converted into flats.

description

Interior view showing the hall and staircase at 49 Princes Gate, Knightsbridge, London. The hallway has many fine paintings on display including The Wine of Circe by Edward Burne-Jones, Pia de' Tolomei by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Valkyrie by Frederick Sandys. The staircase is the main feature of the hall with its Vitruvian scrollwork balustrade, highly decorated with foliage and flowers. Dating from 1822–3, the balustrade was designed by the Duke of Northumberland's architect, Thomas Cundy the elder, and made of Grecian metal, a 'refined species of brass'. The walls are panelled and there is some Chinoiserie styled furniture. The staircase was an adaptation of the original staircase, incorporating the balustrade from the great stairs at Northumberland House, which F.R. Leyland acquired when the historic mansion was pulled down to make Northumberland Avenue. F.R. Leyland was the owner of 49 Princes Gate just prior to the date of the photograph, having deceased in January 1892. Leyland was a Victorian shipowner and major art collector. Three designers were involved in the overhaul of the interior of 49 Princes Gate when Leyland acquired it from the 3rd Earl Somers in 1874; the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler; the architect and designer Thomas Jeckyll; and the architect Richard Norman Shaw. After the death of Leyland in 1892, the property was not sold until Mrs Blanche Watney of Thorney Lodge, Palace Gate, widow of James Watney, the brewer and Liberal MP bought the property in 1894. Mrs Watney occupied No. 49 until her death in 1915: it then stood empty for several years. In 1919 the house was put on the market but failed to attract a buyer and in 1921 it was converted into flats.

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Keyword:

Burne-Jones; Victorian; Salon; Art; Rossetti; Sandys; Pre-Raphaelites; Shipping; Whistler.

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Burne-Jones; Victorian; Salon; Art; Rossetti; Sandys; Pre-Raphaelites; Shipping; Whistler.

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Subject:

Architecture

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Architecture

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Subject:

Country homes--Great Britain

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Country homes--Great Britain

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Subject:

Interior decoration -- Great Britain

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Interior decoration -- Great Britain

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Subject:

Photography--History--19th century

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Photography--History--19th century

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Category of Material:

Visual

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Visual

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Sub-Category:

Analogue photography

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Analogue photography

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Sub-Category:

Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

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Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

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Technique Used:

Blueprint process

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Blueprint process

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Support:

Paper

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Paper

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Creation Site:

England: Greater London: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Knightsbridge

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England: Greater London: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Knightsbridge

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Time Period Covered:

19th Century CE

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19th Century CE

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Places Covered:

England: Greater London: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Knightsbridge

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England: Greater London: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Knightsbridge

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Item Height:

233 mm

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233 mm

Item Height

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Item Width:

283 mm

Current Repository:

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

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Provenance:

Thomas Maileander, Artist

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Thomas Maileander, Artist

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Rights Holder - Image:

The University of Manchester Library

Access Rights:

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Access Rights

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Bibliography:

Intérieurs Anglais, an album of 50 cyanotypes of British house interiors by Bedford Lemere & Co. 1880’s-1890’s.

bibliographic_citation

<A href="https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/s/h8b3g8 ">Intérieurs Anglais, an album of 50 cyanotypes of British house interiors by Bedford Lemere & Co. 1880’s-1890’s.</a>

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Notes:

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).

notes

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):

2017-08-23

Image Creation Technique:

Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library

Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):

2017-08

Metadata Language:

eng-GB

Collection Code:

Photography

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Photography

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