The photography of Bedford Lemere & Co /

The photography of Bedford Lemere & Co /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cooper, Nicholas.
Imprint:	Swindon [Engand] : English Heritage 2011.
Description:	292 p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Bedford Lemere & Co. Bedford Lemere & Co. Architectural photography -- England. Architectural photography. England.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8445849

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ISBN:	9781848020610 (pbk.) 1848020619 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and index.
Summary:	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.

Table of Contents:

The architecture of a confident age
London rebuilt
Public buildings and private institutions
Commerce and industry
Transport and technology
Houses
Leisure and entertainment
The Great War
The Bedford Lemere & Co Collection at English Heritage.