Research Catalog

Photographs of England, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy

Title: Photographs of England, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy [graphic].
Publication: 1870?-1899?

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Additional Authors

Subject

Genre/Form

Landscape photographs.
Cityscape photographs.
Albumen prints.
Collotypes.
Halftone photomechanical prints.
Photographic prints.

Note

Photographs removed from album apparently documenting travels in Europe.
Photographers' names or initials, titles, numbers and dates appear in negative of many of the photographs. Some photographs are blind stamped with photographer's name. Photographers include J.V. (James Valentine), GWW (George Washington Wilson), Thomas Annan (monogram), Edizioni Brogi, Alinari, F.G.O.S (F.G.O. Stuart), X Phot., N.D. (E. Neurdein), and others.

Provenance (note)

Gift of Mrs. George R. Collins, 1993.

Call Number

MFY 95-21

OCLC

NYPG95-F7

Title

Photographs of England, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy [graphic].

Imprint

1870?-1899?

Description

100 photographic prints : albumen, b&w ; 22 x 28 cm. or smaller.

6 photomechanical prints : collotypes, 15 x 21 cm. or smaller.

1 photomechanical print : halftone ; 14 x 10 cm.

Summary

Photographs of tourist sites: Loch Katrine, the Trossachs, including hotels; Abbotsford, home of Sir Walter Scott, including interior views; Stirling; Edinburgh Castle including St. Margaret's Chapel; Princes Street; Holyrood; Queen Mary's bedroom, portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots; Melrose Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey; Durham Cathedral including interior; York Minster; London: London Bridge, Cheapside, Trafalgar Square, Temple Bar Memorial with Bobbies standing near base; Royal Exhange, Westminster Abbey, including interiors: Poet's Corner, tomb of Queen Elizabeth; Albert Memorial, St Paul's, Houses of Parliament; Windsor, including the Albert Memorial Chapel; Eccleston Ferry; Eaton Hall; Chester: Iron Bridge, the Dee, Chester Cathedral, water tower; Eccelston Ferry; Eaton Hall; Rydal Mount, Wordsworth's grave, church at Grasmere; church, palace, and court in Brussels; street in Waterloo; cathedral in Cologne; views along the Rhine, including castles, churches and towns, views in Baden-Baden, including a hotel and a castle; Switzerland: railroads, churches, mountains, lakes, and towns including Geneva, Lucerne and Zurich; Italy: churches, including interiors, paintings, sculpture and monuments in Pisa, Venice, Milan, and Rome, including paintings by Tintoretto, Veronese, Titian and a view of a mortuary chapel decorated with bones of Capuchin monks; and view of the Louvre and views of paintings by Ingres, Raphael and A. Millet.

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. George R. Collins, 1993.

Added Author

Annan, Thomas, -1887. Photographer

Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894. Photographer

Kern, Ernst. Photographer

Neurdein, E. Photographer

Patrick, J., 1830-1923. Photographer

Pettitt, Alfred. Photographer

Poulton, S. E. Photographer

Schmitz, Anselm. Photographer

Sommer, Giorgio, 1834-1914. Photographer

Stuart, F. G. O. Photographer

Valentine, James, 1815-1880. Photographer

Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893. Photographer

Y. S., photographers.

Fratelli Alinari, photographers.

Edizioni Brogi, photographers.

Schraeder & Cie., photographers.

Research Call Number

MFY 95-21

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