COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17082761
Reference Number:
VPH.6.26
Series Title:
Intérieurs Anglais, an album of 50 cyanotypes of British house interiors by Bedford Lemere & Co. 1880’s-1890’s
Parent Work Title:
Interior view of a morning room at The Albany, showing the fireplace, London. By Henry Bedford Lemere, 14th of November 1888
Creator:
Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
1888-11-14
Image Sequence Number:
026
Description:
Interior view of a morning room at The Albany, showing the fireplace, London. There is decorative plasterwork above the picture rail and just visible on the ceiling. Solid bookcases sit on either side of the door to the morning room. There is a writing desk and chair in view and two leather chairs positioned each side of the fireplace. The fireplace is neo-classical in design with an ornate overmantel that has decorative composite columns and an inlaid mirror. There is mosaic tile decoration on the fireplace insert. Many photographs are on display around the room. The image was taken for H Osborn O'Hagan, who was resident at 14A The Albany. The Bedford Lemere daybook lists the interior designer as C E Birch. The Albany or simply ‘Albany’ is an apartment complex in Piccadilly, London. Formerly Melbourne House it was converted to a prestigious set of bachelor apartments in 1802. The past residents have included such famous names as the poet Lord Byron. During the Second World War, one of the buildings received significant damage from a German bomb, but was reconstructed after the war to appear as an exact replica. Residents no longer have to be bachelors, although children under the age of 14 are not permitted to live there. There are some very small flaws in the print itself, likely sustained in the printing process rather than a flaw to the original plate or negative.
Keyword:
Town House; Morning Room; Fireplace; Byron.
Subject:
Architecture
Subject:
Country homes--Great Britain
Subject:
Interior decoration -- Great Britain
Subject:
Photography--History--19th century
Category of Material:
Visual
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Sub-Category:
Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
Technique Used:
Blueprint process
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Greater London: London: City of Westminster: Piccadilly
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Greater London: London: City of Westminster: Piccadilly
Item Height:
239 mm
Item Width:
286 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Thomas Maileander, Artist
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Bibliography:
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).
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
