• Bedford Lemere & Co. (photographic studio)
• William Butterfield (collector)

Close-up view of eight casts made from various pieces of decorative ironwork, hanging on a brick wall, England

between 1860 and 1900

Albumen silver print

comp.: 26.6 x 20.6 cm

PH1981:1213

• close-up view

- The u.l. corner is folded over.

stamped - in typescript and blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "BEDFORD LEMERE & CO. / [illeg.] STRAND LONDON" [outer oval; cut-off]; "Photrs ["rs" underlined] & / Publishrs ["rs" underlined]" [inner oval] numbered - by the photographer [?], in the negative [?], l.l.: "55" inscribed - in the image, on a sign on the wall, u.r.: "IRONWORK." inscribed - in the image, on a label affixed to a cast, c.r.: "CAST OF PART / OF A / HINGE IN WROUGHT IRON / DOOR OF ST ANNE / NOTRE DAME PARIS. / 13th CENTURY. / LENT BY THE / ARCHITECTURAL MUSEUM."; l.l.: "CAST OF PART / OF THE / IRON GRILLE. / OVER THE / TOMB OF QUEEN ELEANOR / WESTMINSTER ABBEY. / LENT BY THE / ARCHITECTURAL MUSEUM" inscribed - in the image, on labels affixed to casts, u.l.: "584"; u.r.: "620"; "609"; "617"; c.: "528"

England; United Kingdom;

• sculpture

• ironwork
• sign
• bricks
• labels (identifying artifacts)
• numerals
• casts (sculpture)