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Call Number:

PH-01083

Collection Name:

Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain) Photography Collection

Creator:

Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889

No. of Items:

12 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1860-1869

Description:

Nine albumen prints by the British Royal Engineers' Institute photography class, which was founded in 1856 (964:0752:0001-0009), and three albumen prints by an Institute photographer who accompanied the Abyssinian Expedition of 1869 (981:0020:0005-0007).

964:0752:0001 -- Tree, Brompton, Kent, 1860;
964:0752:0002 -- Sherwood Forest, n.d.;
964:0752:0003 -- Study of Leaves, 1860;
964:0752:0004 -- Fallen Dead Tred, Windsor Forest, 1860;
964:0752:0005 -- Oak, Windsor Forest, 1860;
964:0752:0006 -- Old Oak, Windsor Forest, 1860;
964:0752:0007 -- Virginia Water, Windsor, 1860;
964:0752:0008 -- Cobham Wood, Kent, 1865;
964:0752:0009 -- Cobham Wood, Kent, 1865;
981:0020:0005 -- Captain Speedy, n.d.;
981:0020:0006 -- Boy Prince, n.d.;
981:0020:0007 -- Musician, n.d.

Accession No(s):

964:0752:0001-0009; 981:0020:0005-0007

Location(s):

R Box, Medium (981:0020:0005-0007)
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R Box, Large (964:0752:0001-0003)
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R Box, Extra Large (964:0752:0004-0009)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	[Tree. Brompton-- Kent]
Date	circa 1860
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	25.4 x 19.8 cm; 10 x 7 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0752:0001

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	[Sherwood Forest]
Date	circa 1860
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	21.2 x 27 cm; 8 3/10 x 10 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0752:0002

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	[Study of Leaves]
Date	circa 1860
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	16.7 x 21.4 cm; 6 3/5 x 8 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0752:0003

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	[Windsor Forest]
Date	circa 1860
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	28.4 x 36.5 cm; 11 1/5 x 14 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0752:0004

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	[Oak- Windsor Forest]
Date	circa 1860
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	36.2 x 26.6 cm; 14 3/10 x 10 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0752:0005

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	[Oak- Windsor Forest]
Date	circa 1860
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	36.2 x 29 cm; 14 3/10 x 11 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0752:0006

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	[Virginia Water -- Windsor --]
Date	circa 1860
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	29.6 x 36.8 cm; 11 7/10 x 14 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0752:0007

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	[Cobham Wood. Kent]
Date	circa 1865
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	29 x 36.3 cm; 11 2/5 x 14 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0752:0008

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	[Cobham Wood.]
Date	circa 1865
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	29.3 x 36.2 cm; 11 1/2 x 14 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0752:0009

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	Captain Speedy
Date	1869
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	19.5 x 14.4 cm; 7 7/10 x 5 7/10 in
Accession Number	981:0020:0005

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	Boy Prince
Date	1869
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	19.3 x 12.5 cm; 7 3/5 x 4 9/10 in
Accession Number	981:0020:0006

Artist/Maker	Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain), 1875 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889
Title	Musician
Date	1869
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	16.2 x 11 cm; 6 2/5 x 4 3/10 in
Accession Number	981:0020:0007

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