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A photograph of 'Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross'

Photograph
1870-1879 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
W. W. Law & Son (photographer)
Place of origin
Waltham Cross (photographed)

Carte-de-visite depicting a photograph of 'Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross'. A stone cross with a metal fence around it. There is a child standing in front of the cross. External scene.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleA photograph of 'Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross' (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by W.W. Law & Son, a photograph of 'Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross', albumen print, ca. 1870s
Physical description
Carte-de-visite depicting a photograph of 'Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross'. A stone cross with a metal fence around it. There is a child standing in front of the cross. External scene.
Dimensions
  • Height: 105mm
  • Width: 63mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'W.W. LAW & SON / PHOTOGRAPHERS / 49 / GOLD STREET / NORTHAMPTON' (Printed on verso, as part of logo.)
  • 'W.W. Law & Son Northhampton / Entered at Stationers' Hall' (Printed on recto, below the image.)
  • 'Eleanor Cross / Waltham Cross' (Handwritten in pencil on verso.)
  • 'ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY' (Stamped on verso.)
  • 'G.V.' (Handwritten in pencil on verso, bottom left corner.)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Object history
One of three the Eleanor crosses which survive nearly intact. There were a series of twelve decorated stone monuments topped with crosses, down the east of England. King Edward I had the crosses erected between 1291 and 1294 in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile, marking the nightly resting-places along the route taken when her body was transported to London.
Associated object
PROV.5861-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG303 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • RV.59 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.5145-2018

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Record createdOctober 26, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1463415/a-photograph-of-eleanor-cross-photograph-w-w-law/
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