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, ...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view from the side of the bronze lion cast by the Bavarian Ferdinand Miller from the model by Professor Halbig, 'regarded by the Jury as a most admirable example of successful casting. It is said to be one of a pair cast at the same time from the same furn...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of General view of display of metalwork by R. W. Winfield: 'Mention has already been made to the collection of brass-work contributed by this exhibitor, as displaying very perfect workmanship with a moderate amount of ornamentation … This house has also had the mer...
Shield, present to the Prince of Wales by the King of Prussia. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of the circular embossed shield, given to the Prince of Wales as a christening present by the King of Prussia: 'His Majesty furnished the general plan of the work: the drawings for it were designed by the celebrated painter Cornelius, the architectu...