Detail View: Photography Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL17082797
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Reference Number:
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VPH.6.44
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Series Title:
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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:
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Interior view of the grand staircase at the Hotel Cecil seen from the half landing, London. By Henry Bedford Lemere, June 1896
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Creator:
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Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944
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Creator Role:
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Photographer
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Date Created:
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1896-06
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Image Sequence Number:
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044
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Description:
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Interior view of the grand staircase at the Hotel Cecil, London, seen from the half landing. The grand staircase has a carved marble balustrade in Renaissance revival style. Neo Classical columns and arches both feature in the architecture and ornate carved friezes adorn the walls. The friezes are decorated with foliage and classical figures. The elaborate ceiling is a coffered or lacunar moulded ceiling; a series of decorated sunken panels. The Hotel Cecil was erected between 1890 and 1896 to the designs of architects Perry & Reed and was the largest in Europe when opened. The photograph was taken for interior designers S. J. Waring & Sons. The hotel was requisitioned for the war effort in 1917 and the very first headquarters of the newly formed RAF took up part of the hotel from 1918 to 1919. The Cecil was largely demolished in autumn 1930 and Shell Mex House was built on the site, however the Strand facade of the hotel still remains.
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Keyword:
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Victorian Hotel; Staircase.
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Subject:
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Architecture
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Subject:
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Country homes--Great Britain
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Subject:
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Interior decoration -- Great Britain
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Subject:
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Photography--History--19th century
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Category of Material:
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Visual
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Sub-Category:
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Analogue photography
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Sub-Category:
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Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
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Technique Used:
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Blueprint process
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England: Greater London: London: City of Westminster: Strand
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Greater London: London: City of Westminster: Strand
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Item Height:
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286 mm
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Item Width:
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236 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Thomas Maileander, Artist
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Bibliography:
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Notes:
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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).
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-08-23
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-08
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Photography
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