COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17082787
Reference Number:
VPH.6.39
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 showing the grand staircase at Sheffield Town hall from the second landing. By Henry Bedford Lemere,1897
Creator:
Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
1897
Image Sequence Number:
039
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.
Keyword:
Victorian Town Hall; Staircase; Putti; Cherubs; Dragons; Public Building.
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: South Yorkshire: Sheffield
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: South Yorkshire: Sheffield
Item Height:
282 mm
Item Width:
238 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
