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Barchard Family Album of Photographs

Photograph
ca. 1860 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Many gifted amateurs made distinguished contributions to photography during the 1850s and early 1860s. This album of family photographs, believed to have been taken by Francis Barchard, shows life at Horsted Place, Sussex, a country house built for Barchard in the Victorian Gothic style between 1850 and 1852. Besides the considerable architectural history interest of this album, the unusually rich imagery includes photographs of servants, interiors and the game of croquet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBarchard Family Album of Photographs (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by Francis Barchard, 'Francis Barchard and William Lipsett Lawson sleeping', from an album of Barchard family photographs, albumen print, ca. 1860
Physical description
One of 671 sepia-coloured family photographs in a bound album consisting of 2 end pages and 77 pages. The photographs, with few exceptions, are mounted in groups on both sides of each page.
Dimensions
  • Covers height: 29.6cm
  • Covers width: 23.6cm
Size of covers : 29.6 x 23.6 cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Elizabeth Scott
Subjects depicted
Summary
Many gifted amateurs made distinguished contributions to photography during the 1850s and early 1860s. This album of family photographs, believed to have been taken by Francis Barchard, shows life at Horsted Place, Sussex, a country house built for Barchard in the Victorian Gothic style between 1850 and 1852. Besides the considerable architectural history interest of this album, the unusually rich imagery includes photographs of servants, interiors and the game of croquet.
Collection
Accession number
E.3258:372-1991

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Record createdMarch 4, 2009
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