Recollections of the Great Exhibition by Hugh Owen
MS. 23051 photogr. 1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Recollections of the Great Exhibition by Hugh Owen
Shelfmark
MS. 23051 photogr. 1
Summary
Album of 77 salt prints from paper negatives, pasted inside, by Hugh Owen. The images show views of the interior of the Crystal Palace and exhibits from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Owen was commissioned by the juries of the Great Exhibition to create test photographs of various exhibits.
Date
1851
Language
No linguistic content
Physical facet
Salt prints from a Calotype negative
Physical extent
1 item
Custodial history
Purchased at Christie's UK, 05/05/2000, Lot 113. Previously from the estate of Charles Cloney.
Subject
London (England)
Great Exhibition
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Collection contents
The Michael and Jane Wilson Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographs
Photographically-illustrated books and albums
Recollections of the Great Exhibition by Hugh Owen
