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Call Number:

PH-00304

Collection Name:

Treasure Spots of the World. A Selection of the Chief Beauties and Wonders of Nature and Art

Creator:

Bierstadt, Charles (1819 - 1903)

Braun, Adolphe (1812 - 1877)

England, William (1816 - 1896)

Good, Frank Mason (1839 - 1928)

Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915 (1829 - 1915)

King, Horatio Nelson, 1828-1905 (1830 - 1905-05-25)

Parrat

Shepherd, Charles

Stuart

Thompson, Stephen, 1830-1892 (1830? - 1893)

Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921 (1837 - 1921)

Woodbury, Walter B. (Walter Bentley) (1834 - 1885)

No. of Items:

28 photographs in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1875

Description:

Published work, edited by photographer and inventor Walter B. (Walter Bentley) Woodbury (British, 1834-1885), entitled Treasure Spots of the World. A selection of the Chief Beauties and Wonders of Nature and Art (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1875), containing 28 mounted photographs. Accompanying each photograph is a brief article. Woodbury, Thompson, and Thomas wrote half of the accompanying articles, with the remaining articles written by John Latouche, Francis C. Naish, H. Baden Pritchard, G. Shrewsbury, J. Traill Taylor, Alfred R. Wallace, and Francis Young.
The book contains 28 mounted woodburytypes produced from photographs by the following photographers:

964:0974:0001 -- Stuart. Courtyard of the Alcazar Seville;
964:0974:0002 -- F. M. Good. Street in Cairo;
964:0974:0003 -- Walter B. Woodbury. River scene, Java;
964:0974:0004 -- F. M. Good. Cordova Cathedral, Spain;
964:0974:0005 -- [H. N.?] King. Tinturn Abbey;
964:0974:0006 -- William England. Ruins of Schoenbury, Rhine;
964:0974:0007 -- Braun. Le Trou Perdu, Via Mala, Switzerland;
964:0974:0008 -- Parrat. Antananarivo, Captial of Madagascar;
964:0974:0009 -- Stuart. The cloisters of Belem;
964:0974:0010 -- F. M. Good. The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid;
964:0974:0011 -- Braun. Ice cavern;
964:0974:0012 -- F. M. Good. Nave of Wells Cathedral;
964:0974:0013 -- Walter B. Woodbury. Colossal figure at Singa-Sarie, Java;
964:0974:0014 -- Stephen Thompson. The Belfry at Bruges;
964:0974:0015 -- Charles Bierstadt. Niagra River in winter;
964:0974:0016 -- Charles Bierstadt. Weggis, Lake Lucerne;
964:0974:0017 -- Canova’s Tomb;
964:0974:0018 -- Thomas Houseworth. On the Merced, Yosemite Valley, California;
964:0974:0019 -- Braun. Gorge of Pheiffers, Switzerland;
964:0974:0020 -- Braun. Amsterdam;
964:0974:0021 -- Charles Shepherd. Colonnades in the Masjid-i-kutb-al-Islam, Delhi;
964:0974:0022 -- William England. Andernach on the Rhine;
964:0974:0023 -- Stuart. Court of Lions, Alhambra;
964:0974:0024 -- John Thomson. Bangkok, Capital of Siam;
964:0974:0025 -- Stephen Thompson. The Bridge of Sighs, Venice;
964:0974:0026 -- Stuart. The Rock of Gibraltar;
964:0974:0027 -- Stephen Thompson. Mar de Glace, Switzerland;
964:0974:0028 -- John Thomson. Amoy Harbour, China.

Accession No(s):

964:0974:0001-0028

Location(s):

G 139 W66 HRC-P (964:0974:0001-0028)
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