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Call Number:

PH-00854

Collection Name:

The Sunbeam, A Book of Photographs from Nature

Creator:

, 1823 - 1893, active 1850 - 1893

, active 1860/1869 - 1870/1879

Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869

Coghill, J. J. (John Joscelyn), Sir, 1826 - 1905, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869

Colls, Lebbeus (Photographer), active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869

Cundall, Joseph, 1818 - 1895, active 1850/1859 - 1870/1879

Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821 - 1889, active 1844 - 1889

Holden, J., Rev., active 1860 - 1869

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn, 1810 - 1882, active 1839 - 1850/1859

Phoebus, photographer, active 1880/1889 - 1890/1899

Pickersgill, Frederick Richard, 1820 - 1900, active 1850 - 1859

Taylor, Henry, Sir, 1800 - 1886, active 1850 - 1859

No. of Items:

20 items

Span Dates:

1859

Description:

Published book titled The Sunbeam, A Book of Photographs from Nature, edited by Philip Henry Delamotte, published in London by Chapman and Hall, 1859. The book contains 20 mounted photographs by the following photographers: four albumen prints by Francis Bedford; three albumen prints each by Lebbeus Colls and Joseph Cundall; two albumen prints by John Dillwyn Llewelyn; 1 salted paper print by Sir Henry Taylor; and 1 album print each by Sir J. J. (John Joscelyn) Coghill, Delamotte, Rev. Dr. J. Holden, Phoebus, Frederick Richard Pickersgill, George Washington Wilson, and Sir T. (Thomas) M. Wilson. Each photograph is accompanied on the facing page with either text or poetry. Subjects include Welsh and English landscapes (Lynmouth, Hampstead Heath, Penllergare), English and German architecture (buildings at Oxford, Canterbury Cathedral, York Cathedral, Heidelberg Castle), and English towns.

Accession No(s):

964:0318:0001-0020; Purchase, 1963

Location(s):

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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Llewelyn, John Dillwyn, 1810 - 1882, active 1839 - 1850/1859
Title	The Woods at Penllergare [a.k.a., The Woods, Penllegare (sic)].
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	21 x 15.9 cm; 8 3/10 x 6 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0001

Artist/Maker	Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Baptistery, Canterbury Cathedral.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	23.7 x 18.8 cm; 9 3/10 x 7 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0002

Artist/Maker	Coghill, J. J. (John Joscelyn), Sir, 1826 - 1905, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Tournament Court in the Castle of Heidelberg [a.k.a., Heidelberg Castle].
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	15.3 x 19.3 cm; 6 x 7 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0003

Artist/Maker	Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821 - 1889, active 1844 - 1889
Title	Magdalen College, Oxford, from the Cherwell.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	21.2 x 16.3 cm; 8 3/10 x 6 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0004

Artist/Maker	Taylor, Henry, Sir, 1800 - 1886, active 1850 - 1859
Title	The Young Audubon.
Date	1859
Medium	Salted paper print
Dimensions	20.5 x 16.4 cm; 8 1/10 x 6 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0005

Artist/Maker	Holden, J., Rev., active 1860 - 1869
Title	The Old Bridge at Fountains Abbey.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	16.3 x 21.3 cm; 6 2/5 x 8 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0006

Artist/Maker	Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Cottages at Aberglaslyn.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	19.7 x 24 cm; 7 4/5 x 9 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0007

Artist/Maker	Pickersgill, Frederick Richard, 1820 - 1900, active 1850 - 1859
Title	Sunshine and Shade.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	16.3 x 19.7 cm; 6 2/5 x 7 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0008

Artist/Maker	Llewelyn, John Dillwyn, 1810 - 1882, active 1839 - 1850/1859
Title	The Country Bridge.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	14.9 x 20.7 cm; 5 9/10 x 8 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0009

Artist/Maker	Phoebus, photographer, active 1880/1889 - 1890/1899
Title	St. Paul’s [a.k.a., St. Paul's Cathedral].
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	19.4 x 24.1 cm; 7 3/5 x 9 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0010

Artist/Maker	Colls, Lebbeus (Photographer), active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	THe River-side at Streatley.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	18.3 x 23.9 cm; 7 1/5 x 9 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0011

Artist/Maker	Cundall, Joseph, 1818 - 1895, active 1850/1859 - 1870/1879
Title	The Thames at Iffley Mill.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	18.8 x 21.1 cm; 7 2/5 x 8 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0012

Artist/Maker	Colls, Lebbeus (Photographer), active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Old Rochester Bridge.
Date	f1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	18 x 24.2 cm; 7 1/10 x 9 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0013

Artist/Maker	, 1823 - 1893, active 1850 - 1893
Title	A Highland Water-Mill.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	18.9 x 23.5 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0014

Artist/Maker	Cundall, Joseph, 1818 - 1895, active 1850/1859 - 1870/1879
Title	The Library, St. John's College, Oxford.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	23 x 19.1 cm; 9 1/10 x 7 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0015

Artist/Maker	Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The West Door, York Cathedral.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	23.6 x 17.1 cm; 9 3/10 x 6 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0016

Artist/Maker	, active 1860/1869 - 1870/1879
Title	A Country Churchyard.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	18.9 x 23.5 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0017

Artist/Maker	Colls, Lebbeus (Photographer), active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Lynmouth.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	17.8 x 23.2 cm; 7 x 9 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0018

Artist/Maker	Cundall, Joseph, 1818 - 1895, active 1850/1859 - 1870/1879
Title	Hampstead Heath.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	19 x 23.7 cm; 7 1/2 x 9 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0019

Artist/Maker	Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	A Peaceful Village.
Date	1859
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	19.3 x 24.5 cm; 7 3/5 x 9 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0318:0020

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