| Dates: | 1816 - 1894 | | Born: | Great Britain | | Died: | Great Britain | | Active: | UK |
In 1854 Queen Victoria commissioned him to photograph objects in the royal collection. In 1862 he accompanied the Prince of Wales on a tour of the ancient sites of Egypt and the Holy Land and the photographs were published in the four volume "Photographic Pictures made by Mr. Francis Bedford during the Tour in the East, in which ... he accompanied ... the Prince of Wales" (London: Day & Son, 1863) and a later 1866 edition. He also took landscape and urban views of the British Isles.
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London, England, UK
*"Photographer"; 326 Camden Rd. 76-83. Major producer of fine scy., most views serially numbered; many B/Ls, ÷3,000 fine views, comprehensive coverage of UK; some pub. by loc. outlets, such as Catherall & Pritchard of Chester. Dozens of series: "South Wales Illustrated", "Exeter Illustrated", "Herefordshire Illustrated", "Warwickshire Illustrated"; "Welsh Costume", on RM; also "English Scenery", pub. by Catherall & Prichard (C&P). Also made CDVs, CM photos, "scrap" images and lithos; some but not all have same # as the stereo image. Well established by 56; member of the Photographic Society; B. 16, D. 94. Major coll., T.K. Treadwell.
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the World (Non-USA), (National Stereoscopic Association) |
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Francis Bedford was an architect, as well as a draughtsman and lithographer. In 1854 he was commissioned by Queen Victoria to photograph objects in the royal collection, and later photographed Prince Albert’s native town of Coburg. He also captured previously unrecorded sites when accompanying the Prince of Wales on a tour of the Holy Land. But Bedford is best known for his numerous views of Great Britain; including views of Wales, Devon, Warwickshire and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as a stereoscopic series, English Scenery.
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Date last updated: 11 Nov 2011.
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