Publication

2011 - English Heritage, Swindon [Eng., England

Language

English

Word Count

73,000 words, Guess

Page Count

292 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101848020619
  • ISBN-139781848020610
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012359695
  • OCLC Control Number701795982
  • Better World Books9781848020610
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC720
  • LCCTR659 .C65 2011
  • LCCTR659
and 1 more
  • LCCTR659 .C66 2011

Description

Bedford Lemere & Co was the pre-eminent English firm of architectural photographers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Taking photographs at a time of extraordinary change and unparalleled optimism, its customers were leading architects, designers, industrialists, estate agents, hoteliers and retailers. Over the years Bedford Lemere & Co. photographed country houses, factories, hospitals, shops, banks, railway stations, cruise liners and, during the First World War, armaments manufacture. Its work centred on London, but it received commissions throughout the British Isles and occasionally from abroad. The firm's work was technically outstanding and executed with a distinctive sympathy for its subject matter. Its photographs are perfect illustrations of the buildings of a confident age--

Subjects

Places

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