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Call Number:

PH-00011

Collection Name:

Francis Bedford Photography Collection

Creator:

Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)

No. of Items:

42 photographs

Span Dates:

1856-1880s

Description:

42 photographs by Francis Bedford of landscapes, travel views of Egyptian ruins, English and Welsh architecture and picturesque rural scenes, many in various albums. Time period represented 1856-1890s. Items include:

964:0378:0001-0003 Loose albumen prints from The Tour of the East : Photographs of Egypt, the Holy Land & Syria, Constantinople, the Mediterranean, Athens, etc.: "3 unmounted photographs from this series, views of Baalbeck"

964:0379:0001-0007 Loose albumen prints: views of English architecture--Bishop Audley’s Chapel, Exeter Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, Christchurch Gateway in Canterbury, and places in Wales--Conway Castle, Bettws Bridge, Pass of Aberglaslyn

978:0102:0001-0005 Loose albumen prints: views of Hawarden Castle in Wales, Eaton Hall and Stratford-on-Avon in England

981:0019:0009-0035 Loose prints (19 albumen, 5 platinum, 1 collodion, 1 gelatin silver, 1 photochrom): chiefly views of places in Devon and north Wales, also Stratford-on-Avon Church, scenes of elk hunting, and a view of the Matterhorn in the Alps.

Accession No(s):

964:0378:0001-0003; 964:0379:0001-0007; 978:0102:0001-0005; 981:0019:0009-0035

Location(s):

B Box, Extra Large (964:0379:0001, 0003)
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Bedford, F., Box 1 (964:0378:0001-0003; 964:0379:0002, 0004-0005; 981:0019:0009-0017)
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Bedford, F., Box 2 (981:0019:0021-0035)
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Bedford, F., Box 3 (964:0379:0006-0007; 978:0102:0001-0002)
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Bedford, F., Box 4 (978:0102:0003-0005; 981:0019:0018-0020)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Baalbek. Ruins from the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of Jupiter.
Date 1863
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 27.4 x 21.7 cm; 10 4/5 x 8 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0378:0001
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title The foundation wall of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbeck.
Date 1863
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 21.5 x 27.2 cm; 8 1/2 x 10 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0378:0002
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Baalbek. The Temple of Jupiter from the N. W.
Date 1863
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 21.6 x 27.5 cm; 8 1/2 x 10 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0378:0003
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title The East End of Lincoln Cathedral.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 23.8 x 29.4 cm; 9 2/5 x 11 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0379:0001
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Exeter Cathedral. The West Front.
Date circa 1860
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 10 x 14.4 cm; 3 9/10 x 5 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0379:0002
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Bishop Audley's Chapel. Hereford.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 29 x 24 cm; 11 2/5 x 9 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0379:0003
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Christchurch Gateway, Canterbury.
Date circa 1855
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 20.7 x 16.7 cm; 8 1/10 x 6 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0379:0004
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Conway Castle and Bridge from the Island.
Date [c. 1856]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.8 x 19.1 cm; 5 x 7 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0379:0005
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title [Bettws Bridge]
Date 1856
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 18.8 x 23.7 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0379:0006
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title [Cottages at Aberglaslyn, N. Wales]
Date 1856
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 19.3 x 24.3 cm; 7 3/5 x 9 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0379:0007
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Hawarden Castle
Date 1850s-1860s
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.7 x 20.6 cm; 5 x 8 1/10 in
Accession
Number		 978:0102:0001
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Eaton Hall. Library, looking West
Date 1850s-1860s
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.7 x 20.7 cm; 5 x 8 1/10 in
Accession
Number		 978:0102:0002
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Grammar School / Stratford-on-Avon
Date 1850s-1860s
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 11.5 x 15.9 cm; 4 1/2 x 6 3/10 in
Accession
Number		 978:0102:0003
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Stratford-on-Avon. The Memorial Statue
Date 1850s-1860s
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 16 x 11.3 cm; 6 3/10 x 4 2/5 in
Accession
Number		 978:0102:0004
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Stratford-on-Avon. The Church from Memorial Garden
Date 1850s-1860s
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 11.5 x 16 cm; 4 1/2 x 6 3/10 in
Accession
Number		 978:0102:0005
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Exeter ferry at the Salmon Pond
Date circa 1870
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.2 x 19.6 cm; 4 4/5 x 7 7/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0009
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Ilfracombe. Hillsborough from the Pier
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 21.6 x 16.3 cm; 8 1/2 x 6 2/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0010
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Dartmouth, Torcross
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.2 x 20 cm; 4 4/5 x 7 9/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0011
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Barnstaple, The Bridge and River Taw
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 12.7 x 19.9 cm; 5 x 7 4/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0012
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Dartmouth, Greenaway Ferry, Dittisham
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 14 x 21.5 cm; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0013
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Exeter Cathedral from the South East
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 20 x 28.5 cm; 7 9/10 x 11 1/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0014
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Exeter Cathedral from the South East
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 20 x 28.6 cm; 7 9/10 x 11 3/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0015
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title [Man with elk antlers]
Date circa 1870
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.3 x 18.5 cm; 4 4/5 x 7 3/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0016
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title [Man with elk head]
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 12.7 x 19 cm; 5 x 7 1/2 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0017
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title [Hunter with elk]
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 8.3 x 10 cm; 3 3/10 x 3 9/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0018
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title [Two men with elk]
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 8.3 x 10 cm; 3 3/10 x 3 9/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0019
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title [Men with horses and elk]
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 12.6 x 18.5 cm; 5 x 7 3/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0020
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title [Rifflealp & Matterhorn]
Date 1880s
Medium Photochrom print
Dimensions 15.3 x 21.3 cm; 6 x 8 2/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0021
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Glen Lyn, Stream and Foliage
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.5 x 19.8 cm; 4 9/10 x 7 4/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0022
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Rhyl, West Parade and Fountain [copy 1]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 19.7 x 28.6 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 3/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0023
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Rhyl, West Parade and Fountain [copy 2]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 19.7 x 28.6 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 3/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0024
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Prestatyn, The Hillside [copy 1]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.7 x 19.9 cm; 5 x 7 4/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0025
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Prestatyn, The Hillside [copy 2]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.7 x 19.9 cm; 5 x 7 4/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0026
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Prestatyn, The Hillside
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 12.7 x 19.9 cm; 5 x 7 4/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0027
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Statford-on-Avon Church, Clopton Tomb [copy 1]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 16.2 x 21.7 cm; 6 2/5 x 8 1/2 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0028
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Statford-on-Avon Church, Clopton Tomb [copy 2]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 16.2 x 21.7 cm; 6 2/5 x 8 1/2 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0029
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Lynton, View from the Castle Hotel
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 19.7 x 28.6 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 3/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0030
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Lynmouth, View at Watersmeet [copy 1]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 19.7 x 28.4 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 1/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0031
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Lynmouth, View at Watersmeet [copy 2]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 19.7 x 28.4 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 1/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0032
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Lynmouth, View at Watersmeet [copy 3]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 19.7 x 28.4 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 1/5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0033
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Llangollen, The Canal
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 20.1 x 12.8 cm; 7 9/10 x 5 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0034
Artist/Maker Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)
Title Llandudno and Conway Bay
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 19.8 x 28.7 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 3/10 in
Accession
Number		 981:0019:0035

See Also:

The Sunbeam, a Book of Photographs from Nature (964:0318:0002, 0007, 0016, 0020) f TR 721 D352 HRC-P

The Photographic Album for the Year 1857 (964:0324:0005) f TR 1 P568 HRC-P

Photo Pictures, Selected from The Universal Series (964:0332:0003, 0004, 0008, 0014-0015, 0018, 0020) f TR 652 F848 HRC-P

The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens... (964:0333:0001-0048) DS 107 B423 1866 HRC-P

The Tour in the East : Photographs of Egypt, the Holy Land and Syria, Constantinople, the Mediterranean, Athens, etc. (964:0339:0001-0066) f DS 108.5 B344 HRC-P Boxes 1-4

Photographic Views of North Wales [ca. 1864] (964:0371:0001-0030) f DA 740 N68 B334 HRC-P

Album: Views of London, England, and Scotland (964:0499:0025) f TR 655.11 A415 HRC-P

Photographic Views of Bristol and Clifton, Chester, Catherall & Prichard (964:0937:0001-0010) f DA 690 B8 B344 HRC-P

Stereograph Collection (964:0789:0001-0024) 6G:FC:16:DR:01

Card Photograph Format Collection (964:0755:0016, 0021, 0024, 0039, 0046, 0056-0057, 0059-0061, 0063-0068, 0070) 6G:FC:21:DR:02:ÓArchitectureÓ