Views of London
Bound volume
London Stereoscopic Company
British
Views of London
ca. 1880
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 8 5/16 × 11 3/4 × 1 3/16 in. (21.1 × 29.8 × 3 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
DescriptionCalf and fabric-bound album containing fourteen albumen silver prints on gilt edged mounts. The album's title is decoratively debossed in gilt foil stamp on the cover, as well as the company's logo and an architectural rendering of the Albert Memorial. Includes title page and table of contents. Each photograph represents a different architectural monument or famous public space in London. Page titles correspond directly to what is photographed. The album is oriented horizontally, but there are three photographs which are vertically oriented within.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover, C: Views of London
Debossed in gold on front cover, C: [architectural illustration]
Debossed in gold on cover beneath illustration, C: THE ALBERT MEMORIAL \ LSPCO [company hallmark]
Inscribed in black crayon on front cover, TRC: 1890
Printed in brown on title page, OA: VIEWS OF LONDON. \ NEW SERIES. \ PHOTOGRAPHED, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED \ BY \ The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co., Ltd., \ 106 & 108, REGENT STREET, W., & 54, CHEAPSIDE, E.C. \ (COPYRIGHT.)
Debossed in gold on front cover, C: [architectural illustration]
Debossed in gold on cover beneath illustration, C: THE ALBERT MEMORIAL \ LSPCO [company hallmark]
Inscribed in black crayon on front cover, TRC: 1890
Printed in brown on title page, OA: VIEWS OF LONDON. \ NEW SERIES. \ PHOTOGRAPHED, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED \ BY \ The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co., Ltd., \ 106 & 108, REGENT STREET, W., & 54, CHEAPSIDE, E.C. \ (COPYRIGHT.)
