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Album of portraits and views of military, religious and public buildings and the natural environments of Canada, the United Kingdom and Gibraltar
Personnes et institutions:
  • George Washington Wilson (photographer)
  • Francis Frith & Co. (photographic studio)
  • William Notman (photographer)
  • James Valentine (photographer)
  • Unknown (photographer)
  • C&P (role unspecified)
  • F.M.F. (role unspecified)
Titre:

Album of portraits and views of military, religious and public buildings and the natural environments of Canada, the United Kingdom and Gibraltar

Date:

ca. 1870s

Description:

- Album PH1982:0347:001-101 shows portraits and views of the built and natural environments of Canada, the United Kingdom and Gibraltar. The photographs of Canada constitute military portraits of the Frontier Force, the 78th Highlanders and their family members (?), general views of cities in Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and the military, religious and public buildings within these cities as well as their surrounding natural environments. The photographs of the United Kingdom constitute military portraits of the 72nd and 78th Highlanders Regiment as well as a portrait of an unknown couple, general views of cities in Scotland, Northern Ireland and England and both the military and religious buildings within these cities as well as views of the natural environment of Scotland and Northern Ireland. There is one photograph depicting a placard, calling soldiers to service and one photograph of awards for the 78th Highlanders. Finally, the photographs of Gibraltar constitute military buildings.

Classification:
photographies
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 album(s)
Étape et objectif:
  • design drawing
  • dessin de présentation
Technique et médium:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

album (closed): 36,8 x 29 x 4 cm comps. (range): 5,8 to 8,9 x 22,6 to 29,6 cm pages (bound): 25,1 x 35,1 cm

Numéro de référence:

PH1982:0347:001-101

Type de dessins:
  • rendering
Méthode de projection:
  • perspective drawing
Point de vue:
  • distant views
  • exterior views
  • interior views
Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:

- Contemporary binding consists of red leather spine and corners with gilt trim and red, cloth-covered boards. The front and back pastedowns are of green paper; the frontispiece is of green paper on the recto and cream coloured paper with a photograph and inscription on the verso; the title page is of cream coloured paper with the album title and an oval photograph mounted on cream coloured construction paper with gilt trim and inscription. The following 24 sheets are of cream coloured cardboard bound with white tape with photographs mounted on the recto and verso of each sheet, all inscribed. Each photograph (except that on the title page) has a square boarder drawn by an unknown hand in pen and black ink. The recto of the 24th sheet has a fold-out map of Dover, England printed (?) in 1875. The last flyleaf is of cream coloured paper on the verso and green paper on the recto.

Inscriptions:

numbered and signed ? - in PH1982:0347:041, by the photographer ? scratched in the negative, l.l.: "56130"; and l.r.: "Notman" inscribed and signed ? - in PH1982:0347:061, PH1982:0347:070 and PH1982:0347:072, by the photographer ? in white ink ? in the image: with the name of the subject and the photographer's or photographic studio's (?) initials inscribed, numbered and signed ? - in some of the photographs, by the photographer ? in white ink ? in the image: with the name of the subject, the negative number and the initials of the photographer signed ? inscribed and numbered - in PH1982:0347:077, by the photographer ? in white ink ? in the image, l.l.: "G.W.W."; and l.r.: "THE TOMBS OF THE McLEANS. IONA. 501" inscribed - below most of the photographs, by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary supports: with the identification of the natural or built environments inscribed - below PH1982:0347:021 - PH1982:0347:024, by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support: with the initials or names of the sitters and animals inscribed - below PH1982:0347:007 and PH1982:0347:098, by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support: with title and with the names of the people in the photograph inscribed - in some of the photographs, by an unknown hand, in white ink ? in the image: with the name of the subject and location inscribed and numbered - in PH1982:0347:005, by and unknown hand, in brown ink ? in the image, l.l.: "V. Byso[w] / [7]808" inscribed and numbered - in some of the photographs, by an unknown hand, in white ink ? in the image: with the name of the subject, some with the location of the subject and the negative number numbered - in PH1982:0347:004, by an unknown hand, in white ink ? in the image, l.l.: "37332" numbered - in PH1982:0347:035 - PH1982:0347:037 and PH1982:0347:040, by an unknown hand, scratched in the negative: with negative number labelled and imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the inside back cover of the album, l.r.: "DAWSON BRO'S / BINDERS / MONTREAL" [upside down; thin black boarder around text] inscribed and dated - on the title page, by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, u.r.: with title [with a curved line with a slash through the center of it] numbered and stamped - in PH1982:0347:093, by an unknown hand, in white ink ? in the image, l.l.: "1068"; and blind embossed, l.l.: "FRITH'S SERIES" stamped - in PH1982:0347:095, blind embossed, in the image, l.l.: "FRITH'S SERIES"

Localisation:

Armagh; Northern Ireland; United Kingdom;

Sujet:
  • architecture
  • architecture de paysage
  • design d'intérieur
  • ingénierie
  • militaire
  • ornement
  • portrait
  • sculpture
  • topographique
Termes descriptifs:
  • entrances
  • ruins
  • trees
  • fences
  • fountain
  • stairs
  • chimneys (architectural elements)
  • houses
  • figures (representations)
  • windows
  • walkway
  • gates
  • plaque (flat object)
  • benches
  • bas-reliefs
  • walls
  • sculptures
  • balcony
  • balconets
  • street lighting units
  • railings
  • porte-cochère
  • tunnel
  • drawbridge
  • rivers
  • ships
  • shutters
  • squares (open spaces)
  • towers (building divisions)
  • hall
  • cart
  • canal
  • bridges (built works)
  • buildings
  • arcade
  • forts
  • posts
  • public garden
  • castles
  • moat
  • mansion
  • islands
  • harbour
  • roads
  • cemetery
  • tombstones
  • stone wall
  • columns (architectural elements)
  • churches
  • cathedrals
  • mountains
  • beach
  • bell towers
  • cannons (artillery)
  • towers (single built works)
  • identification signs
  • warehouses
  • porches
  • row houses
  • outbuildings
  • tracks
  • steeples
  • retaining walls
  • rail fence
  • cliffs
  • transepts
  • cannonballs
  • clock towers
  • graves
  • memorials
  • citadel
  • allotment garden
  • altar screen
  • archery range
  • army
  • awards
  • balustrade
  • bay window
  • bays
  • boardwalk
  • boat
  • cables
  • cargo boats
  • Celtic cross
  • chains (object genres)
  • chapel
  • commemorative
  • convent
  • cricket field
  • field
  • fishing traps (trapping equipment)
  • flying buttresses
  • fortifying wall
  • gorge (landform)
  • inlet
  • lumber
  • market (event)
  • pier (marine landing)
  • placard
  • port
  • portraits
  • public baths
  • pulpits
  • rapids
  • religious buildings
  • rose windows
  • sidewalk
  • skylines
  • suspension bridge
  • terrace
  • town clock
  • town hall
  • turrets
  • urn
  • cupolas
  • lighthouses
  • aisles
  • channels (water body components)
  • naves
  • waterfalls
  • forests
  • battlements
  • farms
  • wharves
  • dormers
  • bollards
  • batteries
  • commercial buildings
  • awnings
  • gazebos
  • military buildings
  • barracks
  • buggies (carriages)
  • horse-drawn vehicles
  • canoes
  • mercantile buildings
  • oceans
  • footpaths
  • cottages
  • ground portraits
  • military bases
  • font (religious building fixture)
  • choir stalls
  • roof-tops
Mention de crédit:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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