33 Exeter, Fore Street
1860/94
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
Image: 12.2 × 19.9 cm (4 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 12.9 × 19.9 cm (5 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
albumen silver print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
38261
Art Historical Context
**33 Exeter, Fore Street**Francis Bedford, 1860/94 Albumen print; Image: 12.2 × 19.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Photography and Media Step into the charming streets of 19th-century Exeter with Francis Bedford's precise *33 Exeter, Fore Street*, albumen print capturing a modest yet evocative building facade on this historic Devon thoroughfare. Bedford, a pioneering British photographer renowned for his architectural and topographical views, documented Britain's vernacular architecture during a time when photography was revolutionizing how we see everyday heritage. Likely taken in the 1...
About the Artist
Francis Bedford · 1816–1894
Francis Bedford (1816–1894) was a pioneering British photographer, born in London as the eldest son of the church architect Francis Octavius Bedford.) He trained as an architectural draughtsman and lithographer, exhibiting drawings of architectural subjects from his late teens and listing "Lithographic Artist" as his profession in the 1851 census.) In the early 1850s, Bedford turned to photography...