COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17101918
Reference Number:
VPH.9.20
Image Title:
View of Deansgate, Manchester
Parent Work Title:
Manchester
Creator:
Francis Frith & Co.
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
c1870
Image Sequence Number:
20
Description:
View of Deansgate, Manchester, showing the section of Deansgate where it meets St Mary's Gate. The distinctive Baroque turret tower at the north-west corner of the Royal Exchange building can be seen in the distance with the corner of the Exchange Building, which offered offices on its upper floors and street level shopping visible in the foreground. Some of the shop fronts have awnings protruding out over the pavement and pedestrians can be seen milling around the area, most are blurry figures in the distance. The building was another devastated by bombing in the 1940's Blitz, it was redeveloped in the 1960s as the site of an office & retail building called Speaker's House.
Keyword:
Manchester; Architecture; Deansgate; St Mary's Gate; Royal Exchange; Exchange Building; Blitz; Bomb Damage; Speaker's House.
Language:
English
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Photography--History--19th century
Subject:
Architecture
Category of Material:
Photography
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Technique Used:
Albumen prints
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
Item Height:
164 mm
Item Width:
209 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-10-12
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
