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Stereoscopic Albumen Print of Kenilworth Castle - Leicester's Buildings
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2017.01.14.004
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[1815-1894?] (Creation)
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- Francis Bedford
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- Warwickshire
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Physical description
1 stereoscopic photograph : albumen print ; 9.1 x 14.4 cm (mount) ; 7.8 x 14.3 (images)
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Bedford produced stereoscopic albumen prints in large numbers and from the late 1850s onward, Bedford started making photographic expeditions to different parts of the country, including Wales, Devon, Wiltshire, Bristol, Exeter and Warwickshire. The resulting views were printed and sold in their thousands, leaving Bedford with a highly successful commercial business.
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Item consists of 1 albumen print, photographed by Francis Bedford for Warwickshire Illustrated. Print #137 depicts Leicester's Buildings from the moat, partially obscured by trees and vines, with a man looking up at them in the foreground.
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Fading
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The collection was collected by the late Dr. Martin J. Bass and Gail Silverman Bass and donated to the Ryerson University Library and Archives by Gail Bass in 2018.
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