COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17082807
Reference Number:
VPH.6.49
Image Title:
Interior view of the hall in The Cottage, Walton Heath, looking towards the staircase. By Adolphe Augustus Boucher, Bedford Lemere and Co., 27th of April 1893.
Parent Work Title:
Intérieurs Anglais, an album of 50 cyanotypes of British house interiors by Bedford Lemere & Co. 1880’s-1890’s
Creator:
Boucher, Adolphe Augustus, 1868 - 1937
Creator Role:
Photographer
Display Creator:
Bedford Lemere & Co.
Date Created:
1893-04-27
Page/Sheet:
49
Image Sequence Number:
49
Description:
Interior view of the hall in The Cottage, Walton Heath, looking towards the staircase. The staircase has a half landing and is carpeted; the balustrade is wooden with spherical finials to the newel posts, a large leaded window lights up the staircase and hallway. The floor of the hall is wooden and scattered with a good number of rugs and the hall area is separated from the staircase by wooden arcading supported by Ionic columns. There is a timber beamed ceiling visible and the walls have wooden dado panelling. Unidentified paintings hang in the hall and there are wooden tables and chairs situated around the walls. The architect Bertram Vaughan Johnson designed the house and the photograph was taken for the owner S. Bostock.
Keyword:
Victorian House; Staircase; Hall.
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:
England: Surrey: Banstead: Walton Heath
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Surrey: Banstead: Walton Heath
Item Height:
233 mm
Item Width:
281 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
