- Photography Collection

COLLECTION NAME:

Photography Collection

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Manchester~15~15

Photography Collection

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Image Number:

JRL17082779

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JRL17082779

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Reference Number:

VPH.6.35

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VPH.6.35

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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, detail of the drawing room fireplace at Cragside, Northumberland. By Henry Bedford Lemere, August 1891

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Interior view, detail of the drawing room fireplace at Cragside, Northumberland. By Henry Bedford Lemere, August 1891

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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

creator_role

Photographer

Creator Role

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Date Created:

1891-08

date_created

1891-08

Date Created

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Image Sequence Number:

035

image_sequence_number

035

Image Sequence Number

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Description:

Interior view, detail of the drawing room fireplace at Cragside, Northumberland. The extravagant inglenook fireplace was built from ten tonnes of Italian marble and was so heavy it was seated directly onto the bedrock below the grand hall. An inglenook has a built in recess area, usually with a shelf or seating, which is just visible. The design of the fireplace has some Neo Classical features such as the Ionic columns that support the mantel and numerous examples of putti (cherubs) in the decoration; but also extensive use of acanthus leaves, fruit and flowers. Two upholstered chairs sit in front of the inglenook and there are paintings on the panelled walls either side of the chimneypiece. One is a Portrait of an Unknown lady, British School, early 19th century, the other A Holstein Peasant Woman, by Miss F. Westphal, 1867. Cragside was built in 1864 for the industrialist and inventor William George Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong, by the architect Richard Norman Shaw and the fireplace was designed by his assistant at the time W.R. Lethaby. Cragside included many technological innovations and was the first to have electric lighting powered by water. Cragside has been in the care of the National Trust since 1977 and the property has been open to the public in 1979.

description

Interior view, detail of the drawing room fireplace at Cragside, Northumberland. The extravagant inglenook fireplace was built from ten tonnes of Italian marble and was so heavy it was seated directly onto the bedrock below the grand hall. An inglenook has a built in recess area, usually with a shelf or seating, which is just visible. The design of the fireplace has some Neo Classical features such as the Ionic columns that support the mantel and numerous examples of putti (cherubs) in the decoration; but also extensive use of acanthus leaves, fruit and flowers. Two upholstered chairs sit in front of the inglenook and there are paintings on the panelled walls either side of the chimneypiece. One is a Portrait of an Unknown lady, British School, early 19th century, the other A Holstein Peasant Woman, by Miss F. Westphal, 1867. Cragside was built in 1864 for the industrialist and inventor William George Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong, by the architect Richard Norman Shaw and the fireplace was designed by his assistant at the time W.R. Lethaby. Cragside included many technological innovations and was the first to have electric lighting powered by water. Cragside has been in the care of the National Trust since 1977 and the property has been open to the public in 1979.

Description

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Keyword:

Victorian Country House; Drawing Room; Fireplace; Mantelpiece; Inglenook.

keyword

Victorian Country House; Drawing Room; Fireplace; Mantelpiece; Inglenook.

Keyword

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Subject:

Architecture

subject

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

subject

Interior decoration -- Great Britain

Subject

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Subject:

Photography--History--19th century

subject

Photography--History--19th century

Subject

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Category of Material:

Visual

category

Visual

Category of Material

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Sub-Category:

Analogue photography

class

Analogue photography

Sub-Category

false

Sub-Category:

Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

class

Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Sub-Category

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Technique Used:

Blueprint process

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Blueprint process

Technique Used

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Support:

Paper

support

Paper

Support

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Creation Site:

England: Northumberland: Rothbury

location_creation_site

England: Northumberland: Rothbury

Creation Site

false

Time Period Covered:

19th Century CE

temporal_coverage

19th Century CE

Time Period Covered

false

Places Covered:

England: Northumberland: Rothbury

spatial_coverage

England: Northumberland: Rothbury

Places Covered

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Item Height:

281 mm

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281 mm

Item Height

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Item Width:

239 mm

Current Repository:

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

Current Repository

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Provenance:

Thomas Maileander, Artist

former_repository

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

Collection Code

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