COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17082793
Reference Number:
VPH.6.42
Image Title:
Interior view of the boudoir in St Fagans Castle, Cardiff. By Henry Bedford Lemere, 29th of June 1892.
Parent Work Title:
Intérieurs Anglais, an album of 50 cyanotypes of British house interiors by Bedford Lemere & Co. 1880’s-1890’s
Creator:
Lemere, Bedford Henry (Harry), 1865-1944
Creator Role:
Photographer
Display Creator:
Bedford Lemere & Co.
Date Created:
1892-06-29
Page/Sheet:
42
Image Sequence Number:
42
Description:
Interior view of the boudoir in St Fagans Castle, Cardiff. The room is partially panelled with wooden dado panelling and an extremely detailed carved frieze running around the top of the wall. The fireplace has an elaborately carved surround and overmantel. A pair of terminal figures (human top half, columnar bottom) frame the fireplace and the overmantel has many more carved figures in it, along with two dragons sitting at the very top of the overmantel. The wallpaper is a busy floral design and there are patterned rugs covering the wooden floor. A solid Jacobean style cabinet that compliments the fireplace sits to the left of the fire. The cabinet is extravagant in its decoration, deeply carved giving a three-dimensional effect to the design. The cabinet also has two supporting terminal figures, a number of carved faces, putti (cherubs), foliage and grapes, mer-putti (cherubs), shells and dragon like monsters. There is pottery on display and three upholstered chairs. St Fagans Castle (Welsh: Castell Sain Ffagan) is an Elizabethan mansion in St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales, dating from the late 16th century. A medieval castle dating from the 13th century previously existed on the site. The house and remaining medieval fortifications are Grade I listed. The property was owned by successive Lord Windsors, Earl of Plymouth until 1947 when the Windsor-Clives gave the house and grounds to the Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales and the grounds subsequently became the site of the Welsh Folk Museum, now St Fagans National Museum of History. There are some flaws in the print itself, likely sustained in the printing process rather than a flaw to the original plate or negative.
Keyword:
Elizabethan Manor House; Boudoir; Terminal Figures; Dragons; Putti; Cherubs.
Subject:
Architecture
Subject:
Country homes--Great Britain
Subject:
Interior decoration -- Great Britain
Subject:
Photography--History--19th century
Category of Material:
Photography
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Technique Used:
Blueprint process
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Wales: Cardiff: St Fagans
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Wales: Cardiff: St Fagans
Item Height:
239 mm
Item Width:
285 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Thomas Maileander, Artist.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Bibliography:
Notes:
Worldcat lists one complete set of Intérieurs Anglais, at the Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin, Switzerland. Another complete set is owned by Yale University, located at the British Art Center, Folio A 2014 71. The Getty Research Institute holds 82 of the set of 86 cyanotypes (lacking nos. 10, 65, 67 and 81). The Royal Institute of British Architects have eight photographs from this series also in cyanotype, with the same numbering 1-68 (nos. 1, 7, 37, 49, 58, 61, 66 and 67).
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-08-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
