West end door of Lichfield Cathdral
Photograph
1861 (made)
1861 (made)
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Photograph of Lichfield Cathedral door at West end showing an arch in the Decorated style of medieval architecture with a central figure on a column against doors decorated with scrollwork. This albumen print, a type of photograph, was probably made in 1861 from a glass negative in the photographic studio in the factory building of Skidmore & Co., at Alma Street, Coventry. This photograph was probably taken about the same time as the Lichfield Cathedral screen was made and comes from an archive of designs and photographs from the firm. Francis Skidmore (1817-1896) was a leading Victorian metalworker in the Gothic Revival style, which was an architectural movement the nineteenth-century practitioners of which sought to revive medieval forms. Skidmore also produced church plate, light fittings, and furniture but was best known for his innovative architectural ironwork of which the screen for Lichfield Cathedral which was recorded in another such photograph (museum number E.3008-2007) is an example.
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Title | West end door of Lichfield Cathdral (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Albumen print from glass negative on paper |
Brief description | Albumen print of Lichfield Cathedral door at West end about 1861 from Francis Skidmore's firm, Coventry. |
Physical description | Photograph of Lichfield Cathedral door at West end showing an arch in the Decorated style of architecture with a central figure on a column against doors decorated with medieval scrollwork. |
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Marks and inscriptions | '21' (in pencil on back) |
Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries |
Production | Made in the photographic studio of Francis Skidmore's Skidmore's Art Manufactures Company, Alma Street, Coventry. Attribution note: 'The factory was described as follows: "the buildings comprise an extensive showroom filled with a valuable assortment of ornamental metalwork, of a medieval and Italian character, the designs for which are in daily request. Two drawing offices, with collection of ornamental designs and photographs very ably executed. Pattern shops with iron, brass and lead patterns, ready for use. Large general workshop with small lathes and steam hammer, for fitting, smithing and casting light work. Photographic studio. Enamelling rooms and furnace, stamping room, with a variety of dies for ordinary metal work. Electrotyping room, with bath and stone figure models; together with a separate engine room, containing a 14 hp engine nearly new. Boiler house, extensive stores, containing brass, malleable iron castings etc. Carpenters room and packing shop" From: Huw Jones and Annette Wickham, Francis Skidmore: A Coventry Craftsman, (Coventry Arts and Heritage, 2003), pp. 9-10. |
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Summary | Photograph of Lichfield Cathedral door at West end showing an arch in the Decorated style of medieval architecture with a central figure on a column against doors decorated with scrollwork. This albumen print, a type of photograph, was probably made in 1861 from a glass negative in the photographic studio in the factory building of Skidmore & Co., at Alma Street, Coventry. This photograph was probably taken about the same time as the Lichfield Cathedral screen was made and comes from an archive of designs and photographs from the firm. Francis Skidmore (1817-1896) was a leading Victorian metalworker in the Gothic Revival style, which was an architectural movement the nineteenth-century practitioners of which sought to revive medieval forms. Skidmore also produced church plate, light fittings, and furniture but was best known for his innovative architectural ironwork of which the screen for Lichfield Cathedral which was recorded in another such photograph (museum number E.3008-2007) is an example. |
Bibliographic reference | Jones, Huw and Wickham, Annette. Francis Skidmore: A Coventry Craftsman. Coventry: Coventry Arts and Hertiage, 2003 9-10 pp. ISBN 0954118529 |
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Accession number | E.3008-2007 |
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Record created | July 13, 2007 |
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