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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...
Clocks, chandeliers, and bronzes; Matifat. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Display of clocks and other items by the French manufacturer C. S. Matifat: 'The Jury consider the contributions by this exhibitor to be of a very high order. They are chiefly works in bronze, and bronze gilt and silvered, consisting of chandeliers, candelabra, ...