COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~15~15
Photography Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL17101937
image_number
JRL17101937
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
VPH.9.29
reference_number
VPH.9.29
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
View of the Entrance to Alexandra Park, Manchester
title
View of the Entrance to Alexandra Park, Manchester
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Manchester
title_larger_entity
Manchester
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Francis Frith & Co.
creator
Francis Frith & Co.
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Photographer
creator_role
Photographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
c1870
date_created
c1870
Date Created
false
Image Sequence Number:
29
image_sequence_number
29
Image Sequence Number
false
Description:
View of the entrance to Alexandra Park, Manchester. Showing Chorlton Lodge, the lodge is a disctinctive two storey brick building with sloping roofs and a clock tower. The park entrance can be seen to the left of the print. The sixty acre site for the Park was bought by Manchester Corporation and laid out between 1868 and 1870. The design was the subject of an architect's competition which was won by Alexander Gordon Hennell of Chancery Lane, London. The lodge building and gateways were designed by the Salford architect, Alfred Darbyshire.
description
View of the entrance to Alexandra Park, Manchester. Showing Chorlton Lodge, the lodge is a disctinctive two storey brick building with sloping roofs and a clock tower. The park entrance can be seen to the left of the print. The sixty acre site for the Park was bought by Manchester Corporation and laid out between 1868 and 1870. The design was the subject of an architect's competition which was won by Alexander Gordon Hennell of Chancery Lane, London. The lodge building and gateways were designed by the Salford architect, Alfred Darbyshire.
Description
false
Keyword:
Manchester; Architecture; Alexandra Park; Chorlton Lodge.
keyword
Manchester; Architecture; Alexandra Park; Chorlton Lodge.
Keyword
false
Language:
English
language_name
English
Language
false
Language Code:
eng-GB
language
eng-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Photography--History--19th century
subject
Photography--History--19th century
Subject
false
Subject:
Architecture
subject
Architecture
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Visual
category
Visual
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
class
Analogue photography
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Albumen process
technique
Albumen process
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Creation Site:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester: Whalley Range
location_creation_site
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester: Whalley Range
Creation Site
false
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
temporal_coverage
19th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester: Whalley Range
spatial_coverage
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester: Whalley Range
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
152 mm
item_height
152 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
235 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png"></a>
Access Rights
false
Bibliography:
bibliographic_citation
<A href="https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/s/q7pr7q">Manchester.</a>
Bibliography
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-10-12
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Photography
collection_code
Photography
Collection Code
false