Corn Street, Bristol
Photograph
ca. 1848 (photographed)
ca. 1848 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| 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.
Many of Jones' photographs made in Bristol focus on the architecture of an earlier period. This was a time when older buildings were being lost to Victorian development. In the foreground of this photograph, a small shop selling tobacco and snuff has a Georgian front and is set into the base a church tower.
Many of Jones' photographs made in Bristol focus on the architecture of an earlier period. This was a time when older buildings were being lost to Victorian development. In the foreground of this photograph, a small shop selling tobacco and snuff has a Georgian front and is set into the base a church tower.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Corn Street, Bristol (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Salted paper print from a calotype negative |
| Brief description | 19thC; Jones Calvert, Street scene |
| Physical description | Street scene with building on the right. In the foreground there is part of a church. A street enters on the right just past a second building. There is fading to the edges of the print. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Jones passed through Bristol on numerous occasions while travelling to other destinations from his home in South Wales. Many of his photographs in Bristol focus on buildings of historical interest. |
| Historical context | Corn Street, Bristol. The first building on the right is All Saints church, which has a Georgian tobaconist shop set into in the base of the tower. Just past an intersection with a side road, the half timbered building was a bank. PH 52-1983 shows a different angle of this building. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| 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. Many of Jones' photographs made in Bristol focus on the architecture of an earlier period. This was a time when older buildings were being lost to Victorian development. In the foreground of this photograph, a small shop selling tobacco and snuff has a Georgian front and is set into the base a church tower. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.55-1983 |
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| Record created | September 12, 2007 |
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