Photographic Views of Chester

Photographic Views of Chester

Bound volume

Francis Bedford

Maker
British, 1816–1894

Photographic Views of Chester

1883
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 7 3/8 × 10 5/8 × 1 in. (18.8 × 27 × 2.5 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
DescriptionBook containing albumen silver prints depicting churches, cathedrals, and businesses around Chester, England. Each image is described by a printed caption and is surrounded by a simple border. Book is bound in brown cloth and featured decorative debossed elements. The title is printed in a decorative gold debossed illustration.
Inscriptions Printed in debossed illustration on front cover, C: Photographic Views \ of \ CHESTER \ by \ FRANCIS BEDFORD
Inscribed in pencil on front cover, TRC: 1883
Inscribed in pencil inside front cover, TLC: 730 [underlined]
Inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf, TLC: Chester \ July 18–19 - \ 1883
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of front flyleaf, TRC: 6 \ 10 photos \ By Bedford -
Printed in black and red on title page, OA: PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS \ OF \ CHESTER. \ BY \ FRANCIS BEDFORD, \ Photographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in the East. \ CHESTER: CATHERALL & PRICHARD, EASTGATE ROW.
Inscribed in pencil on recto of back flyleaf, TRC: 10/6
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) inside back cover, TLC: Argosy - \ Books \ NYC \ 6 00 3/1947 \ Boyer

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