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Call Number:

PH-01058

Collection Name:

Benjamin Brecknell Turner Photography Collection

Creator:

Turner, Benjamin Brecknell (1815 - 1894)

No. of Items:

5 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1851-1855

Description:

The collection consists of five photographs by Benjamin Brecknell Turner (English, 1815-1894). Titles for 964:0951:0001-0004 from Gernsheim Collection Inventory #4; title for 983:0064:0008 from mat. Item-level information follows.

964:0951:0001 -- Interior of the Great Exhibition building, north transept with tree, circa 1852. Paper negative, 29.3 x 40 cm;
964:0951:0002 -- Cottages by a river, circa 1851. Paper negative, 29.9 x 40.1 cm;
964:0951:0003 -- Barn and wagon, circa 1951. Paper negative, 30 x 40.1 cm;
964:0951:0004 -- Canal scene in Amsterdam, circa 1855. Paper negative, 30 x 39.8 cm;
983:0064:0008 -- Rievaulx Abbey, circa 1854. Albumen print, 28.6 x 37 cm.

Accession No(s):

964:0951:0001-0004; 983:0064:0008

Location(s):

Special permission required Light Sensitive Materials Box 6 (964:0951:0001-0004)
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T Box, Extra Large (983:0064:0008)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Turner, Benjamin Brecknell (1815 - 1894)
Title	Singel near the Munt [canal scene in Amsterdam]
Accession Number	5035572

Artist/Maker	Turner, Benjamin Brecknell (1815 - 1894)
Title	Transept of the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London
Date	1852 March
Accession Number	5035632

Artist/Maker	Turner, Benjamin Brecknell (1815 - 1894)
Title	Rievaulx Abbey
Date	circa 1854
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	28.6 x 37 cm; 11 3/10 x 14 3/5 in
Credit line	Museum purchase
Accession Number	983:0064:0008

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See Also:

1 mounted albumen print in Photographic Album for the Year 1857 (964:0324:0038) f TR 1 P568 HRC-P