Photograph
ca. 1847 (photographed)
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| Place of origin |
Calvert Jones began to experiment with photography from the moment the new art was announced in 1839. He became closely connected with its British inventor, W.H. Fox Talbot through relatives and friends who lived near Jones' home in South Wales.
St John's gateway is the only surviving gate in the medieval city wall of Bristol. The view through the arch clearly shows Broad Street and Christs Chuch at the end.
St John's gateway is the only surviving gate in the medieval city wall of Bristol. The view through the arch clearly shows Broad Street and Christs Chuch at the end.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salted paper print from calotype negative |
| Brief description | Photograph, view of arch, Bristol 1847, Calvert Jones |
| Physical description | View through a pointed archway to a street of buildings with a church at the end. All edges of the image are faded, only the central part remains dark. |
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| Object history | St John's gateway is the only suviving gate in the medieval city wall of Bristol. The view through the arch is Broad Street with the tower of Christ's Chrch rising at the end. St John's gateway is the only surviving gate in the medieval city wall of Bristol. The view through the arch looks up Broad Street to Christ Church. |
| Historical context | Hugh Owen, a contemporary of Jones, photographed the same arch from an almost identical viewpoint. This photograph, now lost, can be seen in Reece Winstone, Bristol's Earliest Photographs, 1974. |
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| Summary | Calvert Jones began to experiment with photography from the moment the new art was announced in 1839. He became closely connected with its British inventor, W.H. Fox Talbot through relatives and friends who lived near Jones' home in South Wales. St John's gateway is the only surviving gate in the medieval city wall of Bristol. The view through the arch clearly shows Broad Street and Christs Chuch at the end. |
| Associated object | PH.40-1983 (Object) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.47-1983 |
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| Record created | September 11, 2007 |
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