id:			156610
accession number:	1992.310
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updated:		2025-02-09 04:51:54.260000

Old London: Drury Lane Looking towards St. Mary-le-Strand, 1876. Alfred H. Bool (British), The Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London, and John Bool (British). Carbon print; image: 23.2 x 17.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Russ Anderson 1992.310

title:				Drury Lane Looking towards St. Mary-le-Strand
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series:				Old London
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creation date:			1876
creation date earliest:		1876
creation date latest:		1876
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creditline:			Gift of Russ Anderson
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	carbon print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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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.
* The Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London  - publisher

* 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.
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measurements: Image: 23.2 x 17.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in ink on recto: "99"; "10"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Russ Anderson, Perspective Fine Art, Soquel, CA
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: February 17, 1993
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 68
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 100
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.310/1992.310_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.310/1992.310_full.tif