Series: Mounted photographic prints in the Gerald Cobb Collection

Description

The collection contains 36 black and white mounted photographs collected by Gerald Cobb produced between about 1854 and 1900.

They show the following buildings (quantities in brackets): front of Wells Cathedral taken by Roger Fenton (1); sculptures and North porch of Bristol Cathedral (5); doorway of Barfreston church, Kent taken by G.A. Wattlins in 1854 (1); unidentified church taken by Ernest Edwards of 20 Baker Street, London (2); Westminster Abbey (1); York Minster (2); the round chapel, Ludlow Castle (1); Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire (1); views of Durham including the Cathedral and Castle (3); King's College, Cambridge (2) including one taken by W. Nichols of Cambridge; Ely Cathedral (1); Ripon Cathedral (1); unidentified cathedral (1); Land's End (1); Lilleshall Abbey, Shropshire (2); archways at Buildwas Abbey,. Shropshire (1); Archways at Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire (2); Malvern Priory (1); Peterborough Cathedral (2); unidentified cathedral taken for Francis Frith (1); interior of the Nave looking west of Exeter Cathedral taken by S. B. Bolas (1); Rochester Cathedral in the early 1860s (2); and Raglan Castle, Wales taken by Roger Fenton and engraved by the Photogalvanographic Company of London for inclusion in 'Photographic Art Treasures' in 1856 (1).

A handlist is attached.

Stored loose wrapped in archival paper sleeve on shelf

Archival History

The collection was acquired by the NMR in 2000 from Gerald Cobb.

Content

This is part of the Collection: COB01 Gerald Cobb

This Series contains the following materials:

Photograph (Print): 36

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive