COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17092453
Reference Number:
VPH.8.27
Image Title:
Interior view of the laundry corridor, Menston Asylum
Parent Work Title:
The West Riding Asylum, Menston, Yorkshire. 1901.
Creator:
Unknown
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
1901
Page/Sheet:
27
Image Sequence Number:
27
Description:
Interior view of the laundry corridor, situated on the female wing, Menston Asylum. The wide corridor features a series of arches, some of which have doorways built in to them. The archways are tiled with brick sized tiles; the top of the arch is covered in a dark, possibly black tile and the bottom (to the floor) in white or cream. There are benches lining the corridor and numerous potted plants hanging from the roof of the corridor and sat on window sills. A lady can just be seen at the far end of the corridor.
Keyword:
Gelatin Silver Print, Architecture, Landscape, Victorian, Menston, Institutions, Leeds, Bradford, High Royds, Hospitals.
Language:
English
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Photography--History--20th century
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Asylums
Subject:
Psychiatric hospitals
Subject:
Medicine--History
Category of Material:
Photography
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Technique Used:
Gelatin silver prints
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: West Yorkshire: Bradford: Menston
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: West Yorkshire: Bradford: Menston
Item Height:
107 mm
Item Width:
152 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Dr Thomas O'Conor Donelan, decd. 22nd February 1914, former owner.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Notes:
References have been found to the Hospital under the following names: The Third West Riding County Lunatic Asylum, West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum and Menston Asylum; It was later named High Royds Hospital. The inscription at the front of the volume is the name 'Dr T O' Conor Donelan, Menston Asylum, Leeds Nov. 19. 1901' Dr O' Conor Donelan, worked at the asylum until 1905.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-09-20
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
