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Image Number: 
JRL17082771
Reference Number: 
VPH.6.31
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 the grand staircase at Overtoun, Dumbarton, seen from the half landing. By Henry Bedford Lemere, November 1892
Creator: 
Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944
Creator Role: 
Photographer
Date Created: 
1892-11
Image Sequence Number: 
031
Description: 
Interior view of the grand staircase at Overtoun, Dumbarton, seen from the half landing. The staircase has a magnificent cast-iron stair balustrade with an elaborate lion rampant entwined in thistle design as the repeating pattern. There are many unidentified paintings visible and an ornate light fitting hanging down into the hallway. The ceiling has decorative plasterwork. Overtoun House was built between 1859 and 1862 for James White, a wealthy Glasgow industrialist. The photograph was taken for his successor and only son, John Campbell White, Lord Overtoun. The interior decor was carried out by Gillow and Company. Overtoun was given to the people of Dumbarton in 1938 by the White family and has since been a hospital and most recently, a Christian Youth Centre. There are some flaws in the print itself, likely sustained in the printing process rather than a flaw to the original plate or negative.
Keyword: 
Victorian House; Staircase.
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: 
Scotland: West Dunbartonshire: Dumbarton
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Places Covered: 
Scotland: West Dunbartonshire: Dumbarton
Item Height: 
287 mm
Item Width: 
243 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Thomas Maileander, Artist
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
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