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Call Number:

PH-02188

Collection Name:

An Appreciative Life of the Right Hon. the Earl of Beaconsfield

Creator:

H. W. Taunt & Co.

London Stereoscopic Company

Taunt, Henry

W. & D. Downey

No. of Items:

27 items

Span Dates:

18--

Description:

Photographically illustrated book edited by Cornelius Brown, F.R.S.L., titled An Appreciative Life of the Right Hon. the Earl of Beaconsfield (London: A. W. Cowan; Nottingham: C. Wheatley, 1881), covering the life of British statesman and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdon, Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). The two volume set contains twenty-seven woodburytypes credited to W. & D. Downey (British, active 1867-1908), London Stereoscopic Company (British, active 1854-1922), and the studio of Henry William Taunt (British, 1842-1922). Published titles with credited photographers follow.

964:3532:0001 -- W. & D. Downey. The Earl of Beaconsfield;
964:3532:0002 -- The Right Hon. W. H. Smith;
964:3532:0003 -- The Earl of Derby;
964:3532:0004 -- Lord John Manners;
964:3532:0005 -- Viscount Cranbrook;
964:3532:0006 -- Col. Lloyd Lindsay;
964:3532:0007 -- Lord George Hamilton;
964:3532:0008 -- Hon. E. Stanhope, M.P.;
964:3532:0009 -- Lord Charles Beresford;
964:3532:0010 -- Mr. A. J. Beresford-Hope;
964:3532:0011 -- The Late Lord Frederick Cavendish, M.P.;
964:3532:0012 -- Right Hon. G. Sclater-Booth, M.P.;
964:3532:0013 -- Marquis of Salisbury;
964:3532:0014 -- The Late Right Hon. G. Ward Hunt, M.P.;
964:3532:0015 -- Earl Cairns;
964:3532:0016 -- London Stereoscopic Company. The Right Hon. F.A. Stanley;
964:3532:0017 -- London Stereoscopic Company. Sir R.A. Cross;
964:3532:0018 -- London Stereoscopic Company. The Duke of Buckingham;
964:3532:0019 -- The Earl of Carnarvon;
964:3532:0020 -- London Stereoscopic Company. Sir Stafford Northcote;
964:3532:0021 -- London Stereoscopic Company. The Duke of Marlborough;
964:3532:0022 -- H. W. Taunt & Co. Hughenden Manor;
964:3532:0023 -- London Stereoscopic Company. Lord Lytton;
964:3532:0024 -- London Stereoscopic Company. The Duke of Richmond;
964:3532:0025 -- London Stereoscopic Company. Lord Randolph Churchill, M.P.;
964:3532:0026 -- H. W. Taunt & Co. Group Taken at Hughenden Manor, 1874;
964:3532:0027 -- H. W. Taunt & Co. The Grave of Lord Beaconsfield.

Accession No(s):

964:3532:0001-0027

Location(s):

DA 564 B3 B8 v.1 HRC-P (964:3532:0001-0007)
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DA 564 B3 B8 v.2 HRC-P (964:3532:0008-0027)
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