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Call Number:

PH-00024

Collection Name:

Francis Frith Photography Collection

Creator:

Francis Frith & Co.

Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)

No. of Items:

43 items

Span Dates:

1851–1892

Description:

The collection consists of 43 photographs by Francis Frith (British, 1822-1898) and/or Francis Frith & Co. (British, active 1859–1971), made between 1851 and 1904, including 38 albumen prints (nine unmounted, on hand-colored), two collotypes, one platinum print, one gelatin silver print, and one in an unidentified process on metal. Dimensions range from 4 × 7 inches to 20 × 16 inches.

The photographs depict natural landscapes and historic architecture across England, Wales, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain, with an emphasis on cathedrals, abbeys, castles, and bridges. Of the 43 prints, 34 belong to the Gernsheim Collection, acquired in 1963; the remaining nine prints are part of the Photography Collection.

Accession No(s):

964:0005:0001-0016, 0034 ; 964:0484:0001-0004 ; 964:0485:0001-0006 ; 964:0486:0001-0006 ; 981:0019:0036-0040, 0067 ; 981:0077:0022-0023 ; 982:0038:0001 ; 984:0048:0001

Location(s):

Frith, F., Box 1 (964:0005:0001-0016; 964:0484:0003-0004; 982:0038:0001)
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Frith, F., Box 2 (964:0485:0001-0006; 964:0486:0001-0006; 981:0019:0036-0040, 0067; 981:0077:0022-0023)
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Frith, F., Box 3 (964:0005:0034; 964:0484:0001-0002)
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Flat File (984:0048:0001)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898); Sturrock, John, Jr.
Title	Crystal Palace, Water Tower
Date	ca. 1861
Medium	Albumen print double-mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 16.4 x 20.8 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 1/5 in; mount, primary: 16.7 x 21.1 cm; 6 3/5 x 8 3/10 in; mount, secondary: 25.3 x 35.1 cm; 10 x 13 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0001

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Crystal Palace, North Water Tower and Transept
Date	ca. 1861
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 16.6 x 21 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 27.5 x 35.8 cm; 10 4/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0002

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Fulham, Bishops Walk
Date	ca. 1862
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 16.4 x 20.9 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 27.5 x 35.7 cm; 10 4/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0003

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Twickenham
Date	ca. 1862
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 20.9 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 27.5 x 35.7 cm; 10 4/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0004

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Hampton, View below
Date	ca. 1862
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 16.5 x 21 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 27.5 x 35.9 cm; 10 4/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0005

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Hammersmith Bridge
Date	ca. 1862
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 15.7 x 20.6 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 1/10 in; mount: 27.5 x 35.6 cm; 10 4/5 x 14 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0006

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Isleworth
Date	ca. 1862
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 20.7 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 1/10 in; mount: 27.5 x 35.8 cm; 10 4/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0007

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	[Garrick's Villa at Hampton]
Date	ca. 1862
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.7 x 20.7 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 1/10 in; mount: 24.7 x 31.5 cm; 9 7/10 x 12 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0008

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Chatsworth, Derbyshire
Date	ca. 1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 16.5 x 21 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 25.2 x 31.4 cm; 9 9/10 x 12 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0009

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Shak[e]speare's birth-place, Stratford-On-Avon
Date	ca. 1855
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.6 x 21.1 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 25.1 x 32.2 cm; 9 9/10 x 12 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0010

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Ripley Castle, Yorkshire
Date	1850s–1870s
Medium	Albumen print mounted on paper
Dimensions	image: 15.6 x 21.1 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 25.1 x 32.2 cm; 9 9/10 x 12 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0011

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Rome, St. Angelo, Bridge and Castle
Date	ca. 1863
Medium	Albumen print mounted on paper
Dimensions	image: 16 x 20.8 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 30.3 x 37.7 cm; 11 9/10 x 14 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0012

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Seville, Golden Tower and City, from the River
Date	1860s
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 20.9 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 30.4 x 38.3 cm; 12 x 15 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0013

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898); Good, Frank Mason (1839 - 1928)
Title	Saragossa, Cathedral, from the Ebro
Date	ca. 1869
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 15.6 x 20.9 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 30.5 x 38.1 cm; 12 x 15 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0014

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Tenby, Fisherwomen
Date	1890
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 14.4 x 20.7 cm; 5 7/10 x 8 1/10 in; mount: 18.6 x 25 cm; 7 3/10 x 9 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0015

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Corwen, The Market Place
Date	1850s–1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 10.7 x 17.3 cm; 4 1/5 x 6 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0016

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem from the series Sinai and Palestine
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on paper
Dimensions	image: 23.4 x 16.5 cm; 9 1/5 x 6 1/2 in; mount: 44.5 x 31 cm; 17 1/2 x 12 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0005:0034

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	[York Minster, South Side]
Date	1891
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 19.3 x 29 cm; 7 3/5 x 11 2/5 in; mount: 44.5 x 31 cm; 17 1/2 x 12 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0484:0001

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	[York Minster, Entrance to the Nave]
Date	1891
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 21.3 x 28.5 cm; 8 2/5 x 11 1/5 in; mount: 33 x 41.2 cm; 13 x 16 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0484:0002

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	[Rotten Row]
Date	ca. 1890
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card with gilt edges
Dimensions	image: 14.3 x 21 cm; 5 3/5 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 23.7 x 28.5 cm; 9 3/10 x 11 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0484:0003

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	[Opening of Tower Bridge, London]
Date	1894
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 14.2 x 20.6 cm; 5 3/5 x 8 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0484:0004

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	[Ely Cathedral and River Great Ouse]
Date	1850s–1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 15 x 21.5 cm; 5 9/10 x 8 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0485:0001

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Ely Cathedral, Bishop Alcock’s Tomb
Date	1850s–1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 18.7 x 24.1 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0485:0002

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.; Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	[Durham Cathedral, Nave, Looking East]
Date	ca. 1881
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 20.1 x 14.8 cm; 7 9/10 x 5 4/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0485:0003

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	[York Minster]
Date	1850s–1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 20.3 x 15.9 cm; 8 x 6 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0485:0004

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	[York Minster, The North Transept]
Date	1850s–1870s
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 21.6 x 16.2 cm; 8 1/2 x 6 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0485:0005

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Whitby, The Abbey, North Transept
Date	ca. 1885
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 29 x 19.1 cm; 11 2/5 x 7 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0485:0006

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Lauterbrunnen and the Jungfrau
Date	ca. 1864
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.4 x 20.7 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 1/10 in; mount: 30.6 x 38 cm; 12 x 15 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0486:0001

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Promontory of Mennaggio
Date	ca. 1864
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.4 x 20.9 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 29.3 x 37 cm; 11 1/2 x 14 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0486:0002

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Bellagio, from Griante
Date	ca. 1864
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.4 x 20.7 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 1/10 in; mount: 30.5 x 38 cm; 12 x 15 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0486:0003

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Lugano, The Monte S. Salvador, &c.
Date	ca. 1864
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.4 x 20.6 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 1/10 in; mount: 30.5 x 38.1 cm; 12 x 15 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0486:0004

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	The Lake of Alpnach
Date	ca. 1864
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.7 x 20.8 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 1/5 in; mount: 29.4 x 37 cm; 11 3/5 x 14 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0486:0005

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Via Mala—the Third Bridge
Date	ca. 1864
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 20.7 x 15.4 cm; 8 1/10 x 6 1/10 in; mount: 38 x 30.6 cm; 15 x 12 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0486:0006

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Killarney, Torc Mountain and Landing Place
Date	1897
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 15.1 x 21.1 cm; 5 9/10 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 20.7 x 29.7 cm; 8 1/10 x 11 7/10 in
Credit line	Myron Wood, purchase
Accession Number	981:0019:0036

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Fishing Boats leaving the Harbour
Date	1890
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 14.7 x 20.9 cm; 5 4/5 x 8 1/5 in
Credit line	Myron Wood, purchase
Accession Number	981:0019:0037

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	View from Abbot's House
Date	ca. 1885
Medium	Platinum print
Dimensions	image: 19 x 28.9 cm; 7 1/2 x 11 2/5 in
Credit line	Myron Wood, purchase
Accession Number	981:0019:0038

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Ripon Minster, Chapter House
Date	ca. 1885
Medium	Albumen print mounted on paper with false margins
Dimensions	image: 18.8 x 28.8 cm; 7 2/5 x 11 3/10 in; mount: 30 x 37.2 cm; 11 4/5 x 14 3/5 in
Accession Number	981:0019:0039

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Holyhead, Welsh Costumes
Date	1894
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 20.8 x 15.4 cm; 8 1/5 x 6 1/10 in
Credit line	Myron Wood, purchase
Accession Number	981:0019:0040

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Bishop's Stortford, The River Stort
Date	1903
Medium	Albumen print, hand-colored
Dimensions	image: 15.4 x 21.8 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 3/5 in
Credit line	Myron Wood, purchase
Accession Number	981:0019:0067

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Bath, Pulteney Bridge
Date	1904
Medium	Collotype
Dimensions	image: 22.7 x 29.3 cm; 8 9/10 x 11 1/2 in
Accession Number	981:0077:0022

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Bath, Pulteney Bridge
Date	1904
Medium	Collotype
Dimensions	image: 22.7 x 29.2 cm; 8 9/10 x 11 1/2 in
Accession Number	981:0077:0023

Artist/Maker	Francis Frith & Co.
Title	Oxford, Christ Church, Tom Tower
Date	1893
Medium	Unidentified process on metal
Dimensions	image: 19.3 x 29.6 cm; 7 3/5 x 11 7/10 in; sheet: 20 x 30.7 cm; 7 9/10 x 12 1/10 in
Credit line	Kathryn Holcomb, gift
Accession Number	982:0038:0001

Artist/Maker	Frith, Francis (1822 - 1898)
Title	Detached Windows and Towers, Elgin Cathedral
Date	1856
Medium	Albumen print mounted on paper
Dimensions	image: 49.2 x 39.3 cm; 19 2/5 x 15 1/2 in; mount: 50.7 x 40.8 cm; 20 x 16 1/10 in
Accession Number	984:0048:0001

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