Detail View: Photography Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL17082799
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Reference Number:
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VPH.6.45
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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 fireplace in the billiard room of 34 Alexandra Drive, Sefton
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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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1891-10
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Image Sequence Number:
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045
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Description:
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Interior view of the fireplace in the billiard room of 34 Alexandra Drive, Sefton. The fireplace is an inglenook with upholstered seating on either side of the fireplace, the fire surround is marble and decorative tiling has also been used around the grate. The extensive overmantel is wooden, many carved faces have been used in the decoration and also two carved terminal figures, (human top half, columnar bottom) one male and one female frame the inglenook. The overmantel also has a shelf that houses pottery and a mantel clock and there are painted panels (pastoral scenes) just above each of the inglenook seats. An animal skin rug sits directly in front of the fire. The room is appears to be partially panelled in wood and a rather heavy floral paper has been used on the rest of the wall. The celling is plastered with a very intricate strapwork design and the edge of the billiard table can just be seen. The interior of the house was designed by S. J. Waring and Sons. The photographs were taken for the owner of the house, Richard Robertson Lockett. There is some slight fading to the print.
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Keyword:
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Victorian House; Billiard Room; Fireplace; Terminal Figures.
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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: Merseyside: Sefton
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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: Merseyside: Sefton
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Item Height:
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285 mm
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Item Width:
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239 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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