Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From the collection of Caroline Frost who was a missionary in South Africa serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1897 to 1940., and Views of Adams. A view of Adams College which is located in M.S., Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], South Africa.
An album with views of French buildings and monuments mostly in and around Paris, from several numbered series including: a series of small engravings of French tradesmen (cries); a hand-colored etching of a Dance of death signed "Turner f. 1799" (formerly misidentified as a watercolor drawing and cataloged under the title "Dancing skeletons"); an engraving of a roller coaster entitled "Promenades aeriennes: Jardin Baujon" (after Louis Garneray); three lithographs of unidentified landscapes and one of a tree-house; one Rowlandson satire "Comforts of an Irish fishing lodge"; and an etching entitled "View from the end window of the drawing room at Heywood in the Queen's Coy. Ireland, the seat of Frederick Trench Esqre." signed "F.W.T. 1818" with mss. inscription from F.W. Trench to Lady Howe and Also mounted in the album are a series in images for French buildings from a game board: Jeu des monumens français de la ville de Paris. Paris : J. Langlumé éditeur, rue du Foin St. Jacques 11, [1815]. Also cataloged separately
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France), Ireland, and France.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Dance of death, Roller coasters, and Occupations
A writing sheet, illustrated with ten views of London that border a central blank area
Description:
Title from text at top of plate, etched within banner above largest image. and Each of the ten images has a caption etched below or above.
Publisher:
Published April 4, 1814, by R. Harrild, 20 Great Eastcheap
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), London Bridge (London, England),, Blackfriars Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),, Mansion House (London, England),, Bank of England,, St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, and Guildhall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Monument, The (London, England), Bridges, Monuments & memorials, Rowing races, and Sailboat racing
A photograph album containing 46 varnished salted paper prints of views of San Francisco dated 1852-1860, 14 of them signed by G.R. Fardon, which includes all but 6 of the photographs in Fardon's San Francisco Album. Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of San Francisco. Includes a photograph of Fort Gunnybags, June 1856. Two maps of San Francisco are tipped in.
Alternative Title:
San Francisco album.
Description:
First photograph carries stamp: "Amic Gazan [&] Mazzucchelli Sun Pictures.", G.R. Fardon traveled from New York to San Francisco in 1849. There he experimented with daguerreotypes, and developed a process by which prints on paper could be made from collodion glass plate negatives. In 1856 Herre & Bauer printed his San Francisco Album. Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of San Francisco., Manuscript captions., Presentation inscription by James de Fremery to his wife, dated November 2 1859, with later inscription noting gift to son James L. de Fremery., Purchased from William Reese Company on the Frederick W. Beinecke Fund, 1998., and Title from front cover.
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Amic Gazan & Mazzucchelli Sun Pictures, De Fremery, James, 1826-1899--Presentation inscription to his wife, Fardon, G. R., Lindenkohl, A, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856