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ca. 1875 (made)

19thC; Dixon & Boole, Cloth Fair, London, c1875

Object details

Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Photography
Brief description
19thC; Dixon & Boole, Cloth Fair, London, c1875
Gallery label
(06 03 2014)
Gallery 100 ‘A History of Photography’, 2014-2015, label text:

Henry Dixon (1820–93) with Alfred and John Boole
Cloth Fair, London
About 1875

The Society for Photographing Relics of Old London was established in 1875 to document buildings threatened with demolition. This photograph shows an area in the City of London where, in medieval times, merchants gathered to buy and sell cloth. The photograph could be considered a factual record, but it also reflects the nostalgic appeal of the subject matter.

Carbon print
Museum no. 59-1958
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
59-1958

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
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