Photograph - 'York Minster, West Front', England, circa 1870

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Summary:: One of seventy six photographs in a photograph album. Twenty-three photographs are of the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. The other forty-nine photographs are from 'Frith's Series'. These large-format images were taken by British photographer Francis Frith or members of his staff, of Gibraltar, and villages and towns in Britain.
Description:: Albumen photograph mounted on buff-coloured card in red, cloth-covered, photograph album with decorative gold tooled border and gold tooled lettering in centre of front cover.
Description Of Content:: Photograph of the west front of York Minster, circa 1870.
Acknowledgement:: Source: Museum Victoria

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	158 mm (Height), 210 mm (Width)
Dimension Comment:	Dimensions of photograph only

Tagged with:	religions, photography, cathedrals, photographic studios
Themes this item is part of:	Images & Image Making Collection, Leisure Collection, Royal Exhibition Building Collection
Primary Classification:	RELIGIONS
Secondary Classification:	Christianity - Church of England
Tertiary Classification:	buildings
Inscriptions:	Written inside the front cover of album: 'W.W.Scott/ c/o Horticultural Press/ 78A Victoria Street/ Melbourne C1/ Box 1944/ Phone F2656/ [illegible]; Sold by G.W.Harris, Donolly Victoria.' Printed on photograph at bottom edge: 'YORK MINSTER, WEST FRONT. 2543. J,V.'
Format:	Photograph: Monochrome
Place & Date Depicted:	England, circa 1870