| Title |
Fisher collection : views in England circa 1910 |
| Reference |
Y3011V |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1910 |
| Extent and Medium |
25 images in 1 file |
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| Content and context |
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Contains prints of various sizes by various photographers, including Taunt's, R.F. Taylor of Cardiff, Whitworth and Co. Categories are: numbers 1-5: the work of the Post Office; 6-12: typical English scenes; 13-15 railway locomotives; 16-25: shipbuilding and naval.
The prints form part of the material compiled for the use of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee.
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| Further information |
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A. Hugh Fisher's own photographs of English scenes are in Fisher 21 and Fisher 22.
Indexed
This file is available on microfiche: General Collections, fiche number 33.
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| Index Terms |
| British Isles |
| England |
| Europe |
| Great Britain |
| United Kingdom |
| Wales |
| RCS/Fisher/Y3011V contains: |
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1
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Arrivals. 163 x 119 mm. Showing a row of horse-drawn Royal Mail coaches standing in line in a depot.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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2
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Arrivals. 163 x 121 mm. Similar to the preceding print, but looking towards the entrance of the depot and showing a mail coach arriving.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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3
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Primary sorting of parcels. 163 x 119 mm. View looking along a sorting office, with a line of sorters in the foreground, and baskets for the sorted mail behind them.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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4
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Customs examination of duty parcels. 160 x 118 mm. Showing inspecting officers at work, with boxes of parcels in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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5
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Preparing colonial mails. 159 x 120 mm. Showing parcels being packed into wooden boxes for shipment to various colonial territories.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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6
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Woman at spinning wheel. 205 x 157 mm. Posed photograph against a studio backdrop of a woman at a spinning wheel. The background shows a kitchen scene with the hearth at the left. Photograph by H.W. Taunt.
Creator: Taunt, Henry William, 1842-1922, photographer.
Good condition.. |
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7
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Old woman. 210 x 157 mm. Three quarter length portrait of an aged woman seated in the corner of a stone-walled room. Photograph by H.W. Taunt.
Creator: Taunt, Henry William, 1842-1922, photographer.
Good condition.. |
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8
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Sheep dipping scene. 200 x 151 mm. Showing a sheep being dipped in a river in an unidentified location. The rest of the flock is penned in the background. Photographer unknown, probably H.W. Taunt.
Creator: Taunt, Henry William, 1842-1922, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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9
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The Needles, Isle of Wight. 192 x 148 mm. General view of the Needles.
Creator: Taunt, Henry William, 1842-1922, photographer.
Good condition.. |
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10
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An English country cottage. 203 x 153 mm. View looking along a road towards a part-thatched, part-tiled cottage. Location unindentified. Photograph by H.W. Taunt.
Creator: Taunt, Henry William, 1842-1922, photographer.
Good condition.. |
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11
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Village horse market. 212 x 157 mm. View showing a village square, with prospective purchasers strolling among the lines of tethered horses. Location unknown.
Creator: Taunt, Henry William, 1842-1922, photographer.
Good condition.. |
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12
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Village school. 157 x 111 mm (mounted on card). View showing a lesson in progress in a schoolroom.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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13
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Torquay Express, 11.30 a.m. ex Paddington. 171 x 155 mm. View showing the locomotive steaming through the English countryside.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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14
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The Britannia locomotive. 285 x 240 mm. View of the locomotive 'Britannia' with Pullman coaches attached.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, fading in right hand half of print.. |
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15
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The Albion locomotive. 288 x 237 mm. Side view of the locomotive 'Albion.'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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16
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Passenger cabin on board steamer. 208 x 158 mm. Showing a two berth cabin on board an unidentified steamer.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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17
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Loading a coaler, Cardiff. 151 x 111 mm (mounted on card). Showing the steam vessel 'Dalegarth' taking on coal from a wharf at Cardiff Docks. Photograh by F.R. Taylor.
Creator: Taylor, F R, fl 1910, photographer.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading.. |
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18
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Loading a coaler, Cardiff. 151 x 111 mm. Duplicate of preceding print.
Creator: Taylor, F R, fl 1910, photographer.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading.. |
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19
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Naval gunners. 351 x 264 mm. Showing two sailors posed with a naval gun mounted on a railway trolley. Photograph stamped 'Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co, Ltd.'.
Creator: Armstrong, Sir, W.G.; Whitworth and Co.
Good condition, apart from slight fading.. |
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20
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Launch of the Battleship 'Hatsuse'. 363 x 282 mm. View looking down the slipway towards the battleship, which has just entered the water, with crowds in the foreground. Photograph stamped 'Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd.'.
Creator: Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth and Co Ltd.
Good condition, apart from small tears at edges.. |
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21
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Battleship 'Hatsuse'. 360 x 278 mm. View of the three funnelled battleship 'Hatsuse' under steam. The ship was presumably built in the Newcastle yards for the Japanese Navy. Photograph stamped 'Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd.'.
Creator: Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth and Co Ltd.
Good condition, apart from small tears at edges.. |
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22
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Torpedo boat Destroyer 'Tatsusa'. 361 x 233 mm. View of the torpedo boat under steam. Photograph stamped 'Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd.'.
Creator: Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth and Co Ltd.
Good condition.. |
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23
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1st Class Cruiser 'General O'Higgins' at sea. 364 x 273 mm. Showing the three funnelled cruiser under steam. Photograph stamped 'Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd.'.
Creator: Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth and Co Ltd.
Good condition, apart from small tears at edges.. |
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24
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Steamer at sea. 377 x 271 mm (mounted on card). View looking along the deck of an unidentified ship, with crew members at work in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges.. |
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25
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Steamer at sea. 377 x 272 mm (mounted on card). View looking towards the bows of the ship seen in the preceding print.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges.. |
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