COLLECTION NAME:
The John Rylands Library
Record
Image Number:
JRL244300089
Reference Number:
VPH.309.53
Series Title:
Imaging Archive
Parent Work Title:
Althorp Long Library, suite of rooms
Creator:
John Rylands Library
Date Created:
1910-1960
Description:
Quarter plate negative of photograph of the Long Library suite of rooms at Althorp, showing part of the Spencer Collection of printed books. Mrs. Rylands purchased the Spencer Collection in 1892.
Subject:
Libraries--Special collections--Photography
Subject:
Althorp (England)
Subject:
Private libraries
Category of Material:
Visual
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Sub-Category:
Glass plate negatives
Technique Used:
Gelatin dry plate process
Support:
Glass (material)
Creation Site:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
Item Height:
106 mm
Item Width:
81 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Notes:
• The plate is housed in a paper envelope with with index number "91". Manuscript inscriptions in envelope "Althorp Long Library" • See JRL/6/1/3/9
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2024-03-26
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2024-04
Educational Notes:
Metadata created as part of the 2024 MA Library and Archive Studies by Jeannette Valdiviezo Basauri and Louie Riseborough
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
JRL
