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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right corner (partly cropped) with monogram 'H. O.' Side view of embroidered saddle. Fading in from edges, but rich tones in central portion of print . A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhib...
Embroidered saddle; India. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right corner with monogram 'H. O.' Close view from the side of embroidered saddle. Some fading in from edges, but central portion bright. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Chain armour and swords; India. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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View of chain-mail vest, helmet and two crossed swords. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Large anchor; Brown, Lenox, and Co. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right corner with monogram 'H. O.' Genre: Industrial Photography View in the exhibition grounds, with part of the buildings visible in the background, the foreground dominated by the diagonally arranged shaft of a large anchor and chain cables, ...
Brass lectern; Hardman and Co. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of brass lectern manufactured by Hardman of Birmingham, 'remarkable … for the perfect intelligence with which the ornamentation (entirely Gothic) is designed and executed.' (p. 1095). A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society...
Fire grates; Hoole, Robson, and Hoole. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography Display of three decorative cast-iron grates manufactured by Henry E. Hoole, Robson and Hoole of Sheffield, from designs by Alfred Stevens, displaying 'great beauty and artistic intelligence.' (p. 1098). A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal S...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a decorative fountain, by the French manufacturer J. P. V. André: 'The high excellence of the castings by André has already been noticed … A cast-iron fountain in the East Nave is also a meritorious work; though it may be doubted whether cast-iron ...
Design for fountain; André. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a design in the form of a crocodile grasping a fish between its jaws. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Castings of animals; Aubanel. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of an arrangement of animals in cast-iron by the French manufacturer Aubanel. The pieces include a wild boar, a stag, a lion devouring his kill and a horse. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of an elaborate cast-iron gateway executed by the Coalbrook Dale Company, who were responsible in 1779 for erecting the first iron bridge in England, at Ironbridge: 'The vast extent of of the contributions by this Company, their variety and very general exc...