Cambridge

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

Cambridge

Date:

ca. 1880

Description:

This album comprises 28 albumen silver prints of monuments of Cambridge and the following description of views of Cambridge could apply to this album:

"These views of Cambrige focus primarily on the University's great medieval colleges untouched by the additions, renovations and accretions of the twentieth century, but also document the uncluttered nature of the city itself in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Sprouting gargoyles vie for attention with gothic pinnacles, graceful bridges reflect themselves in the River Cam, and top-hatted gentlemen stroll through the snowy lanes of winter while labourers, messengers and apprentices confront the camera's gaze." (Cambridge Book and Print Gallery).

The monuments depicted are the following: Jesus College. New Buildings; Cambridge Divinity Schools; Queen's College Entrance Gate; St. John's Chapel, from Trinity Backs (Summer); St. John's Chapel, from Trinity Backs (Winter); St. John's College. Bridge of Sighs; Queen's Bridge; Queen's Gardens; Pembroke College; Catherine's College; Emanuel College; Magdelen College; St. Peters College; Dowing College; Cains College. Old Gateway; Sidney College; Trinity Hall; The Round Church; Senate House and Library; and Fitzwilliam Museum.

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

album: 40,9 x 33 x 4 cm compositions (range min.): 14,7 x 20 cm compositions (range max.): 21,4 x 27,5 cm secondary supports: 29,7 x 39,9 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0600.01:001-036

Point of View:

exterior views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Black leather covered coverboards and spine; gilt lettering on front cover; gilt decorations on spine and coverboards, depressed rectangles on coverboards and spine, moiré motif inside coverboards.

Inscription:

inscribed

Location:

Cambridge Cambridgeshire England United Kingdom

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

schools
gardens
courtyards
entrance
trees
river
chimneys (architectural elements)
gateways
museum
windows
parapet
gates
school (building)
benches
bas-reliefs
statues
footbridge
steps
clock
library (building)
brick paving
roofs
towers (building divisions)
halls
canal
pillars
façades
men (male humans)
lampposts
arcade
staircases
fences
streets
lanterns (lighting devices)
roads
columns (architectural elements)
coat of arms
paths
crosses (visual works)
churches
cornices
entablatures
pediments
armchairs
pedestals
balustrades
boats
chapels
field
religious buildings
arched windows
tables
vaulted ceiling
park (grounds)
college
organ pipes
chain link fence
paintings
friezes (entablature components)
wooden bridge (built work)
pinnacles
capital (column component)
sidewalks
lecturn
concrete wall
Ionic order columns (architectural elements)
niches
vines
grass (plant)
mezzanine
archway
university buildings
medallions (ornament areas)
marble floor
stalls (religious building fixtures)
colonnette
senate
stained glass (material) window
Corinthian (architectural style) columns (architectural elements)
Gothic
statue pedestal
snow
sculptures (visual works)
river-banks
caryatids

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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