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032-003235056 Material Type Photographs

1. 10028.g.5

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10028.g.5
Title:
Treasure spots of the world. A selection of the chief beauties and wonders of nature and art. Edited by Walter B. Woodbury. Containing twenty-eight splendid photographs. Photographer(s): Bierstadt, Charles
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster Row. 1875. Quarto, brown cloth binding, with decorative work and title in gilt and black on upper board and decoration in blind on lower board, measuring 285 x 220 mm; edges gilt; unpaginated. The volume contains 28 woodburytype prints, mount...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1875
Extent:
28 items

2. 10028.g.5(26)

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10028.g.5(26)
Title:
The Rock of Gibraltar. Photographer: Stuart
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of Gibraltar, looking northwards from Europa Point. With accompanying letterpress by Walter Woodbury.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

3. 10028.g.5(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(8)
Title:
Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Photographer: Parret
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the Royal Palace, standing at the summit of the rocky eminence overlooking the city. The photograph is taken from a fortified position, with a row of cannon in the foreground. With accompanying letterpress by G. Shrewsbury.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

4. 10028.g.5(15)

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10028.g.5(15)
Title:
Niagara River in winter. Photographer: Bierstadt, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Winter scene and cloudscape at Niagara, with great spray-formed ice mounds in the foreground largely concealing the falls themselves. With accompanying letterpress by Walter Woodbury: 'Our view, though giving but a distant view of the Falls, has been chosen as repre...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

5. 10028.g.5(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(20)
Title:
Amsterdam. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along a canal towards houses and a church, with a drawbridge across the canal in the foreground. With accompanying letterpress by Walter Woodbury.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

6. 10028.g.5(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(16)
Title:
Weggis, Lake Lucerne. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the lakeside towards the houses of the village of Weggis, with wooded hills and mountains rising beyond. With accompanying letterpress by Stephen Thompson.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

7. 10028.g.5(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(27)
Title:
Mer de Glace, Chamouni, Savoy. Photographer: Thompson, Stephen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking up the glacier. With accompanying letterpress by Stephen Thompson.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

8. 10028.g.5(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(22)
Title:
Andernach, on the Rhine. Photographer: England, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view, looking across the town towards the Rhine, with the tall watchtower overlooking the river on the left. With accompanying letterpress by Francis Young.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

9. 10028.g.5(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(23)
Title:
Court of Lions, Alhambra. Photographer: Stuart
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View framed by arches looking towards the fountain in the centre of the Court of the Lions (Patio de los Leones) in the Alhambra at Granada. With accompanying letterpress by Francis Young: 'The exquisite effect of lights and shadows that prevails throughout the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

10. 10028.g.5(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(28)
Title:
Amoy Harbour, China. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of junks and other local craft beached on the foreshore, with rocks rising behind. With accompanying letterpress by John Thomson: 'The harbour of Amoy is one of the safest and most accessible to be found along the coast of China, nor does its position lack pict...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item