id: 156607 accession number: 1992.308 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.308 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:15.008000 Old London: St. Bartholomews: The Churchyard Looking towards Cloth Fair, 1877. Alfred H. Bool (British), and John Bool (British), The Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London. Carbon print; image: 23.8 x 18.6 cm (9 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Russ Anderson 1992.308 title: St. Bartholomews: The Churchyard Looking towards Cloth Fair title in original language: series: Old London series in original language: creation date: 1877 creation date earliest: 1877 creation date latest: 1877 current location: creditline: Gift of Russ Anderson copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: carbon print department: Photography collection: PH - British 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Alfred H. Bool (British) - artist Alfred H. Bool British, active 1870-1878; and John Bool British, active 1870-1908 Alfred Bool and his son John, principals of the London photography firm A. & J. Bool, are best known for their work for the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London. Along with the father-and-son team of Henry and T. J. Dixon, they were responsible for the society's photographic publication-numbering 124 images of historic architecture, often with commentary-which was produced in fascicles from 1875-86. The Bools produced only the first 24, photographed between 1875 and 1878. Throughout the 1870s they participated in the annual exhibitions of the Photographic Society of Great Britain. T.W.F. * John Bool (British) - artist Alfred H. Bool British, active 1870-1878; and John Bool British, active 1870-1908 Alfred Bool and his son John, principals of the London photography firm A. & J. Bool, are best known for their work for the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London. Along with the father-and-son team of Henry and T. J. Dixon, they were responsible for the society's photographic publication-numbering 124 images of historic architecture, often with commentary-which was produced in fascicles from 1875-86. The Bools produced only the first 24, photographed between 1875 and 1878. Throughout the 1870s they participated in the annual exhibitions of the Photographic Society of Great Britain. T.W.F. * The Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London - published by * Henry Dixon (British, 1820–1893) - printer English photographer, 1820-1893 --- measurements: Image: 23.8 x 18.6 cm (9 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in ink on verso: "112, Albany St. N.W." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Russ Anderson, Perspective Fine Art, Soquel, CA date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: February 17, 1993 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 100 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.308/1992.308_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.308/1992.308_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.308/1992.308_full.tif