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Call Number:

PH-00860

Collection Name:

Gems of Photographic Art: Photo-Pictures Selected from The Universal Series

Creator:

, 1802 - 1890, active 1840/1849 - 1860/1869

, 1819 - 1869, active 1851 - 1862

, 1819 - 1871

, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869

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

Meatyard, active 1860 - 1869

No. of Items:

20 items

Span Dates:

ca. 1862

Description:

Gems of Photographic Art: Photo-Pictures Selected from the Universal Series (Reigate: F. Frith, ca. 1862) is a photographically illustrated book, bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold with gilt edges. It contains 20 albumen prints made between 1856 and circa 1862. The volume includes six photographs by Francis Bedford (British, 1816–1894), two by Robert Eaton (British, 1819–1871), one by Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869), four by Francis Frith (British, 1816–1894), one by Meatyard (British, active 1860s), and one by Alfred Rosling (British, ca. 1802–1880). Selected by Frith, the photographs showcase a range of landscape and architectural views, primarily of historic landmarks in England, as well as in Scotland, Wales, and Italy.


The book is part of the Gernsheim Collection, acquired in 1963.


 

Accession No(s):

964:0332:0001-0020

Location(s):

f TR 652 F848 HRC-P (964:0332:0001-0020)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898; unidentified photographer
Title Porch, Lichfield Cathedral
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 21 x 16.5 cm; 8 3/10 x 6 1/2 in; mount: 36.1 x 28.3 cm; 14 1/5 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0001
Artist/Maker , 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title Door, Lindisfarne Abbey
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.6 x 16.1 cm; 8 1/10 x 6 3/10 in; mount: 36.1 x 28.3 cm; 14 1/5 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0002
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title River-Bed, Dolwyddelan Valley, North Wales
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.8 x 16.2 cm; 8 1/5 x 6 2/5 in; mount: 36.2 x 28.3 cm; 14 3/10 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0003
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title The Pier, Lynmouth
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 21 x 16.5 cm; 8 3/10 x 6 1/2 in; mount: 36.2 x 28.3 cm; 14 3/10 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0004
Artist/Maker , 1819 - 1871; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title Egyptian Obesilk, etc., Rome
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.4 x 16.5 cm; 8 x 6 1/2 in; mount: 36.2 x 28.3 cm; 14 3/10 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0005
Artist/Maker , 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title View at Huln Abbey, Northumberland
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.1 x 15.9 cm; 7 9/10 x 6 3/10 in; mount: 36.1 x 28.2 cm; 14 1/5 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0006
Artist/Maker , 1802 - 1890, active 1840/1849 - 1860/1869; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title View at Betchworth Park, Surrey
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.9 x 16.6 cm; 8 1/5 x 6 1/2 in; mount: 36.2 x 28.4 cm; 14 3/10 x 11 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0007
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title Cedar, at Warwick
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.9 x 16.5 cm; 8 1/5 x 6 1/2 in; mount: 36.1 x 28.2 cm; 14 1/5 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0008
Artist/Maker , 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title Interior: Rivaulx Abbey
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.8 x 16.1 cm; 8 1/5 x 6 3/10 in; mount: 36.1 x 28.3 cm; 14 1/5 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0009
Artist/Maker , 1802 - 1890, active 1840/1849 - 1860/1869; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title The Foot-Bridge
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.5 x 16.7 cm; 8 1/10 x 6 3/5 in; mount: 36.1 x 28.2 cm; 14 1/5 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0010
Artist/Maker , 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title Interior: Kelso Abbey
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.8 x 16.7 cm; 8 1/5 x 6 3/5 in; mount: 36.1 x 28.3 cm; 14 1/5 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0011
Artist/Maker , 1819 - 1869, active 1851 - 1862; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title Chatsworth House
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 16.6 x 20.8 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 28.3 x 36.1 cm; 11 1/10 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0012
Artist/Maker , 1819 - 1871; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title The Forum, Rome
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 16.6 x 20.5 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 1/10 in; mount: 28.4 x 36.1 cm; 11 1/5 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0013
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title The Village of Eynesford, Kent
Date 1859
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 16.5 x 20.9 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 28.3 x 36.1 cm; 11 1/10 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0014
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title View at Basingstoke
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 16.1 x 20.9 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 28.3 x 36.1 cm; 11 1/10 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0015
Artist/Maker , 1802 - 1890, active 1840/1849 - 1860/1869; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title Falls of the Ogwen, North Wales
Date 1856
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 16.5 x 20.8 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 28.3 x 36.1 cm; 11 1/10 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0016
Artist/Maker , 1802 - 1890, active 1840/1849 - 1860/1869; Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898
Title Conway Castle
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 16.6 x 20.9 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 28.1 x 36.1 cm; 11 1/10 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0017
Artist/Maker , 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869; Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title Eltham Palace, Kent
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 16.6 x 20.3 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 in; mount: 28.3 x 36.1 cm; 11 1/10 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0018
Artist/Maker , 1802 - 1890, active 1840/1849 - 1860/1869; , 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title The Penrhyn Slate Quarries, North Wales
Date 1857
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 16.5 x 20.9 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 28.4 x 36.1 cm; 11 1/5 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0019
Artist/Maker , 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869; Bedford, Francis, 1816 - 1894, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title Glen at Lynmouth
Date ca. 1862
Medium Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions image: 16.5 x 21 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 28.1 x 36.1 cm; 11 1/10 x 14 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0332:0020

See Also:

Roger Fenton Photography Collection

Francis Frith Photography Collection