COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
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Manchester~15~15
Photography Collection
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Image Number:
JRL17082787
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JRL17082787
Image Number
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Reference Number:
VPH.6.39
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VPH.6.39
Reference Number
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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
title_series
Intérieurs Anglais, an album of 50 cyanotypes of British house interiors by Bedford Lemere & Co. 1880’s-1890’s
Series Title
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Parent Work Title:
Interior view showing the grand staircase at Sheffield Town hall from the second landing. By Henry Bedford Lemere,1897
title_larger_entity
Interior view showing the grand staircase at Sheffield Town hall from the second landing. By Henry Bedford Lemere,1897
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944
creator
Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Photographer
creator_role
Photographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1897
date_created
1897
Date Created
false
Image Sequence Number:
039
image_sequence_number
039
Image Sequence Number
false
Description:
Interior view showing the grand staircase at Sheffield Town hall from the second landing. The staircase is in the Renaissance revival style, with a carved marble balustrade. The entrance hall is no less impressive with arches and arcading featuring heavily in the architecture of the hall, which has carved alabaster decoration by Frederick William Pomeroy.The ornate carved friezes above the arches incorporate scrollwork and putti (cherubic figures) into the design and depict the industries of Sheffield. Also a portrayed is the slaying of the ‘Dragon of Wantley’, the legend of a dragon-slaying by a knight on Wharncliffe Crags in South Yorkshire, who is protected by a bespoke suit of Sheffield armour. The town hall was designed by E W Mountford. Construction began in 1890 and this print shows the building upon completion in 1897. An extension designed by F. E. P. Edwards in the same style was completed in 1923.
description
Interior view showing the grand staircase at Sheffield Town hall from the second landing. The staircase is in the Renaissance revival style, with a carved marble balustrade. The entrance hall is no less impressive with arches and arcading featuring heavily in the architecture of the hall, which has carved alabaster decoration by Frederick William Pomeroy.The ornate carved friezes above the arches incorporate scrollwork and putti (cherubic figures) into the design and depict the industries of Sheffield. Also a portrayed is the slaying of the ‘Dragon of Wantley’, the legend of a dragon-slaying by a knight on Wharncliffe Crags in South Yorkshire, who is protected by a bespoke suit of Sheffield armour. The town hall was designed by E W Mountford. Construction began in 1890 and this print shows the building upon completion in 1897. An extension designed by F. E. P. Edwards in the same style was completed in 1923.
Description
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Keyword:
Victorian Town Hall; Staircase; Putti; Cherubs; Dragons; Public Building.
keyword
Victorian Town Hall; Staircase; Putti; Cherubs; Dragons; Public Building.
Keyword
false
Subject:
Architecture
subject
Architecture
Subject
false
Subject:
Country homes--Great Britain
subject
Country homes--Great Britain
Subject
false
Subject:
Interior decoration -- Great Britain
subject
Interior decoration -- Great Britain
Subject
false
Subject:
Photography--History--19th century
subject
Photography--History--19th century
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Visual
category
Visual
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
class
Analogue photography
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
class
Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Blueprint process
technique
Blueprint process
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Creation Site:
England: South Yorkshire: Sheffield
location_creation_site
England: South Yorkshire: Sheffield
Creation Site
false
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
temporal_coverage
19th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: South Yorkshire: Sheffield
spatial_coverage
England: South Yorkshire: Sheffield
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
282 mm
item_height
282 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
238 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Thomas Maileander, Artist
former_repository
Thomas Maileander, Artist
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Bibliography:
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<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
false
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
false