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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 10028.g.5

1. 10028.g.5

Reference (shelfmark):
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(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(1)
Title:
Courtyard in the Alcazar, Seville. Photographer: Stuart
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View across a courtyard towards the surrounding arcade in the Alcazar Palace. With accompanying letterpress by Francis Clement Naish. Prints 1 and 2 have been bound out of sequence.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

3. 10028.g.5(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(2)
Title:
Street in Cairo. Photographer: Good, Frank Mason
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View along a narrow street in Cairo, with the Al-Azhar Mosque at the far end. With accompanying letterpress by Francis Clement Naish. Prints 1 and 2 have been bound out of sequence.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

4. 10028.g.5(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(3)
Title:
River scene, Java. Photographer: Woodbury, Walter Bentley
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along an unidentified river in Java, with tropical forest on either side, and several raft-like boats moored on the right. With accompanying letterpress by Alfred Russell Wallace, who identifies many of the plant species seen in the photograph: 'Our ill...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1864
Extent:
1 item

5. 10028.g.5(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(4)
Title:
Interior of the mosque at Cordova. Photographer: Good, Frank Mason
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View in the great hall of horshoe arches in the Mezquita, originally a mosque, now the cathedral. With accompanying letterpress by Walter Woodbury, who describes it as 'amongst the greatest wonders of architecture.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

6. 10028.g.5(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(5)
Title:
Tintern Abbey. Photographer: King, H. N.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View along a vista of arches in Tintern Abbey, with a woman seated reading in the foreground. Neutral-toned woodburytype, with accompanying letterpress by John Traill Taylor.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

7. 10028.g.5(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(6)
Title:
Ruins of Schönburg, near Oberwesel, on the Rhine. Photographer: England, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the ruins of the castle tower of Schönburg, with the Rhein below. With accompanying letterpress by Francis Young.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

8. 10028.g.5(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(7)
Title:
Le Trou Perdu, Via Mala, Switzerland. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the sheer gorge of the Hinterrhein River on the route between Thusis and Zilla, with the road clinging to the cliffside and entering the tunnel in the right foreground. With accompanying letterpress by Francis Young: 'So deep was the rift here, and so pre...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item

9. 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

10. 10028.g.5(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
10028.g.5(9)
Title:
The cloisters of Belem, Portugal. Photographer: Stuart
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of part of the interior of the arcade of the cloisters of the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, showing elaborate sculptural decoration of the arches and vaulting. With accompanying letterpress by John Latouche, who is unsympathetic to the exuberant Manueline style: ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1875
Extent:
1 item