- Photography Collection

COLLECTION NAME:

Photography Collection

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Manchester~15~15

Photography Collection

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Image Number:

JRL17082765

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JRL17082765

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Reference Number:

VPH.6.28

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VPH.6.28

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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 of the great hall at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham. By Henry Bedford Lemere, 11th of September 1885

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Interior view of the great hall at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham. By Henry Bedford Lemere, 11th of September 1885

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Creator:

Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944

creator

Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944

Creator

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Creator Role:

Photographer

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Photographer

Creator Role

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Date Created:

1885-09-11

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1885-09-11

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Image Sequence Number:

028

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028

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Description:

Interior view of the great hall at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, looking towards the screen and the gallery. The hall has extensive and intricate carved decoration, featuring strapwork and other decorative forms. The roof has an elaborate fake hammer-beam ceiling. Above the Classical screen on the gallery a pipe organ is just visible. The organ is thought to have been made at the end of the 17th century by builder Gerard Smith. There are many unidentified paintings on display in the hall and a great deal of solid wooden furniture. Three ornate light fittings hang down from the ceiling. Wollaton is a prime example of an Elizabethan Prodigy house (these were grand properties on a fantastic scale, often built with a view to housing Elizabeth I and her large retinue) built by the Elizabethan architect Robert Smythson for Sir Francis Willoughby. The house was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries, notably by Jeffry Wyatville in the early 19th century. The image was taken for Digby Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton and owner of Wollaton Hall at the time. In 1925 the building was converted into the Natural History Museum for the City of Nottingham. Wollaton Hall is known for featuring in the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises as the exterior of Wayne Manor. There is some slight fading to the print.

description

Interior view of the great hall at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, looking towards the screen and the gallery. The hall has extensive and intricate carved decoration, featuring strapwork and other decorative forms. The roof has an elaborate fake hammer-beam ceiling. Above the Classical screen on the gallery a pipe organ is just visible. The organ is thought to have been made at the end of the 17th century by builder Gerard Smith. There are many unidentified paintings on display in the hall and a great deal of solid wooden furniture. Three ornate light fittings hang down from the ceiling. Wollaton is a prime example of an Elizabethan Prodigy house (these were grand properties on a fantastic scale, often built with a view to housing Elizabeth I and her large retinue) built by the Elizabethan architect Robert Smythson for Sir Francis Willoughby. The house was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries, notably by Jeffry Wyatville in the early 19th century. The image was taken for Digby Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton and owner of Wollaton Hall at the time. In 1925 the building was converted into the Natural History Museum for the City of Nottingham. Wollaton Hall is known for featuring in the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises as the exterior of Wayne Manor. There is some slight fading to the print.

Description

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Keyword:

Prodigy house; Elizabethan.

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Prodigy house; Elizabethan.

Keyword

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Subject:

Architecture

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Architecture

Subject

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Subject:

Country homes--Great Britain

subject

Country homes--Great Britain

Subject

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Subject:

Interior decoration -- Great Britain

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Interior decoration -- Great Britain

Subject

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Subject:

Photography--History--19th century

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Photography--History--19th century

Subject

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Category of Material:

Visual

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Visual

Category of Material

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Sub-Category:

Analogue photography

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Analogue photography

Sub-Category

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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

Support

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Creation Site:

England: Nottingham

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England: Nottingham

Creation Site

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Time Period Covered:

19th Century CE

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19th Century CE

Time Period Covered

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Places Covered:

England: Nottingham

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England: Nottingham

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Item Height:

273 mm

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273 mm

Item Height

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Item Width:

234 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

Provenance

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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>

Bibliography

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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).

Notes

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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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