Francis Bedford Photographic Views of North and South Wales photobook, between 1850-1880
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Summary
- Creator:
- Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894, photographer
- Abstract:
- Francis Bedford was an English photographer. Collection comprises an album featuring sixteen albumen landscape views by Francis Bedford; all have printed captions. There are an additional ten albumen photographs that have been pasted in that feature handwritten captions; it is not clear if these are also photographs by Bedford. Topics generally include castles, water features, and views of Tenby and other towns. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.
- Extent:
- 0.6 Linear Feet (1 item)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Research Center:
- Archive of Documentary Arts
- Collection ID:
- RL.11287
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection comprises an album featuring sixteen albumen landscape views by Francis Bedford; all have printed captions. There are an additional ten albumen photographs that feature handwritten captions; it is not clear if these are also photographs by Bedford. Topics generally include castles, water features, and views of Tenby and other towns. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.
- Biographical / historical:
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Francis Bedford was the son of the successful church architect Francis Octavius Bedford. He was christened at St Giles in Camberwell on 11 September 1815. He began his career as an architectural draughtsman and lithographer, before taking up photography in the early 1850s. He helped to found the Royal Photographic Society in 1853. On 1 November 1843 he married Mary Graham at St Andrew's in Holborn, London; the couple had two children.
- Acquisition information:
- The Francis Bedford Photographic Views of North and South Wales Photobook was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2016.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Alice Poffinberger, August, 2016
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Francis Bedford Photographic Views of North and South Wales Photobook, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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