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Call Number:

PH-00924

Collection Name:

Photographic Art Treasures, or, Nature and Art Illustrated by Art and Nature

Creator:

Barnes, Robert F. (Robert Freeman) (circa 1823 - 1898)

Colls, Lebbeus (Photographer)

Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)

Howlett, Robert (1831 - 1858)

Price, Lake, 1810-1896 (1810 - 1896)

White, Henry, 1819-1903 (1819 - 1903)

No. of Items:

20 items

Span Dates:

1856-1857

Description:

Photographically illustrated book titled Photographic Art Treasures, or, Nature and Art Illustrated by Art and Nature [pts. 1-5] (London: Patent Photo-Galvano-Graphic Company, 1856-1857). The work contains 20 photographs (photogalvanotypes) by various photographers including Robert F. Barnes (British, 1823-1898) (1); Lebbeus Colls (British, 1818-1897) (2); Roger Fenton (British, 1819-1869) (9); Robert Howlett (British, 1831-1858) (1); William Henry Lake Price (British, 1810-1896) (3); and Henry White (British, 1819-1903) (1). Published titles, with credited photographers, follow.

Part I. November 1856
964:0519:0001 -- Fenton, Roger. York Minster (from Lendall), December 1856;
964:0519:0002 -- Fenton, Roger. Cedars, Monmouthshire;
964:0519:0003 -- Fenton, Roger. Raglan Castle – Porch, 1856;
964:0519:0004 -- Fenton, Roger. Raglan Castle – Watergate, December 1856.

Part II. January 1857
964:0519:0005 -- Price, Lake. Don Quixote in his Study;
964:0519:0006 -- Howlett, William. Crimean Braves;
964:0519:0007 -- Colls, Lebbin. Lynmouth. Devon;
964:0519:0008 -- Fenton, Roger. Hampton Court.

Part III. March 1857
964:0519:0009 -- Unidentified photographer. No Walk to Day, July 1857;
964:0519:0010 -- Unidentified photographer. Beehives, Burnham Beeches, March 1857;
964:0519:0011 -- Unidentified photographer. Tired Out. Bedtime, March 1857;
964:0519:0012 -- Unidentified photographer. Rivaulx Abbey. The Choir & Transept, March 1857.

Part IV. May 1857.
964:0519:0013 -- Price, Lake. Brace of Birds, March 1857;
964:0519:0014 -- Unidentified photographer. Richmond on Thames, June 1857;
964:0519:0015 -- Unidentified photographer. Like Sister Lizzy, after Mrs. Anderson, May 1857;
964:0519:0016 -- Unidentified photographer. Cattle, after Sidney Cooper, June 1857.

Part V. June-July 1857
964:0519:0017 -- Price, Lake. Soldier's Toast "And let the Cannikin dink, dink" [Othello], June 1857;
964:0519:0018 -- Fenton, Roger. Richmond. Yorkshire, July 1857;
964:0519:0019 -- Unidentified photographer. Capture of Knight Kuenringer - after I.N. Geiger, June 1857;
964:0519:0020 -- White, Henry. The Cornfield, July 1857.

Accession No(s):

964:0519:0001-0020

Location(s):

f TR 64 P468 HRC-P (964:0519:0001-0020)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)
Title York Minster (From Lendall)
Date December 1856
Medium Photogalvanograph
Dimensions 21.5 x 18.2 cm; 8 1/2 x 7 1/5 in (rounded top corners)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0001
Artist/Maker Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)
Title Cedars – Monmouthshire
Date 1856
Medium Photogalvanograph
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0002
Artist/Maker Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)
Title Raglan Castle – Porch
Date 1856
Medium Photogalvanograph
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0003
Artist/Maker Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)
Title Water Gate – Raglan Castle
Date December 1856
Medium Photogalvanograph
Dimensions 22.5 x 18.3 cm; 8 9/10 x 7 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0004
Artist/Maker Howlett, Robert (1831 - 1858)
Title Crimean Braves.
Date 1857 March
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 24.6 x 20 cm; 9 7/10 x 7 9/10 in (rounded top corners)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0006
Artist/Maker Colls, Lebbeus (Photographer)
Title Lynmouth. Devon.
Date 1857 March
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 19.1 x 22.9 cm; 7 1/2 x 9 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0007
Artist/Maker Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)
Title Hampton Court - on Thames.
Date 1857 March
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 17.7 x 23.2 cm; 7 x 9 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0008
Artist/Maker Colls, Lebbeus (Photographer)
Title No Walk to Day.
Date 1857 July
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 17.5 x 24.5 cm; 6 9/10 x 9 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0009
Artist/Maker Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)
Title Beehives, Burnham Beeches.
Date 1857 March
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 19 x 23 cm; 7 1/2 x 9 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0010
Artist/Maker Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)
Title Tired Out. Bedtime.
Date 1857 March
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 19.2 x 16.1 cm; 7 3/5 x 6 3/10 in (rounded top corners)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0011
Artist/Maker Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)
Title Rivaulx Abbey. The Choir & Transept
Date 1857 March
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 18.6 x 22.4 cm; 7 3/10 x 8 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0012
Artist/Maker Price, Lake, 1810-1896 (1810 - 1896)
Title A Brace of Birds
Date 1857 May
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 29.4 x 24.7 cm; 11 3/5 x 9 7/10 in (arched top)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0013
Artist/Maker Barnes, Robert F. (Robert Freeman) (circa 1823 - 1898)
Title Richmond on Thames.
Date 1857 June
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 20.4 x 27.7 cm; 8 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0014
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title Like Sister Lizzy, after Mrs. Anderson.
Date 1857 May
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 20.3 x 16.8 cm; 8 x 6 3/5 in (rounded top corners)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0015
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title Cattle, after Sidney Cooper.
Date 1857 June
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 14.5 x 19.6 cm; 5 7/10 x 7 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0016
Artist/Maker Price, Lake, 1810-1896 (1810 - 1896)
Title A Soldier's Toast. / "And let me the Cannikin dink, dink," Othello.
Date 1857 June
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 22.5 x 19.5 cm; 8 9/10 x 7 7/10 in (arched top)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0017
Artist/Maker Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)
Title Richmond. Yorkshire.
Date 1857 July
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 16.5 x 22.3 cm; 6 1/2 x 8 4/5 in (arched top)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0018
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title The Capture of Knight Kuenringer. / An Incident in the Reign of Frederic the Warlike of Austria. After a Pen and Ink Drawing by Prof. T. N. Geiger.
Date 1857 June
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 22.1 x 17.4 cm; 8 7/10 x 6 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0019
Artist/Maker White, Henry, 1819-1903 (1819 - 1903)
Title The Cornfield
Date 1857 July
Medium Photoengraving
Dimensions 17.5 x 24.5 cm; 6 9/10 x 9 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0519:0020

See Also:

Roger Fenton Photography Collection

Lake Price Album