COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17082755
Reference Number:
VPH.6.23
Image Title:
Interior view of the wood panelling in the corridor at the Girdlers' Hall, London. By Henry Bedford Lemere, 25th of August 1890.
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:
1890-08-25
Page/Sheet:
23
Image Sequence Number:
23
Description:
Interior view of the wood panelling in the corridor at the Girdlers' Hall, London. Wooden panelling runs ceiling to floor along the corridor, the top panel is carved with an acanthus leaf design. Just visible is the foot of a staircase, the newel posts at the bottom of the staircase are decorated with lamps that have spherical glass shades. The Livery Hall on Basinghall Avenue in the City of London is built on a site owned by the Girdler's Company since 1431, the Hall being extended in 1505 and destroyed in the Great Fire. It was rebuilt in 1681 but destroyed in 1940. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1961 in the style of the 1681 building.
Keyword:
Corridor; Panelling.
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: Greater London: London: City of London
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Greater London: London: City of London
Item Height:
285 mm
Item Width:
238 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
