COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17082747
Reference Number:
VPH.6.19
Image Title:
Interior view showing the entrance hall and staircase at the Darley Dale Hydropathic Establishment, Derbyshire. By Henry Bedford Lemere, 5th of September 1889.
Parent Work Title:
Intérieurs Anglais, an album of 50 cyanotypes of British house interiors by Bedford Lemere & Co. 1880’s-1890’s
Creator:
Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944
Creator Role:
Photographer
Display Creator:
Bedford Lemere & Co.
Date Created:
1889-09-05
Page/Sheet:
19
Image Sequence Number:
19
Description:
Interior view showing the entrance hall and staircase at the Darley Dale Hydropathic Establishment, Derbyshire. The main feature of the entrance hall is the wooden staircase. The staircase is carpeted and the newel posts at the bottom of the staircase are decorated with lamps that have spherical glass shades. The hall has a wooden fireplace and is partially panelled around the plain plaster walls. The Bedford Lemere daybook lists the architect as T. Worthington, and the client as W. Atkins. In 1904 the building was converted into a school, and in the 21st century into part of a retirement village. Darley Dale Hydrotherapy Establishment was an example of a late nineteenth century health building one of many hydrotheraputic establishments in the Matlock area. Documentary evidence indicates that the building had a number of baths, including plunge, vapour, sitz, and Russian varieties, massage and other treatment rooms. Facilities also included croquet, billiards, chess and other games, a library and reading room. There are some very small flaws in the print itself, likely sustained in the printing process rather than a flaw to the original plate or negative.
Keyword:
Victorian Hydropathic Institute; Entrance Hall; Staircase.
Subject:
Architecture
Subject:
Country homes--Great Britain
Subject:
Interior decoration -- Great Britain
Subject:
Photography--History--19th century
Category of Material:
Photography
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Technique Used:
Blueprint process
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Derbyshire: Darley Dale
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Derbyshire: Darley Dale
Item Height:
224 mm
Item Width:
260 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Thomas Maileander, Artist.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Bibliography:
Notes:
Worldcat lists one complete set of Intérieurs Anglais, at the Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin, Switzerland. Another complete set is owned by Yale University, located at the British Art Center, Folio A 2014 71. The Getty Research Institute holds 82 of the set of 86 cyanotypes (lacking nos. 10, 65, 67 and 81). The Royal Institute of British Architects have eight photographs from this series also in cyanotype, with the same numbering 1-68 (nos. 1, 7, 37, 49, 58, 61, 66 and 67).
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-08-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
