Edward Dossetter - Bayeux Tapestry Section, 1872
Maker: Edward Dossetter (1842-1919)
Born: UK
Active: UK
Medium: autotype
Size: 5 1/4 in x 9 in
Location:
Object No. 2020.294d
Shelf: ART-1875
Publication: Frank Rede Fowke, The Bayeux Tapestry Reproduced in Autotype Plates under the sanction of the Science and Art Department of the Committee Council on Education, The Arundel Society, London, 1875
Other Collections:
Provenance:
Notes: The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered strip of linen over 65 metres long that dates from around the 11th century. The embroidery depicts events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The South Kensington Museum began thinking about making a photographic copy of the Bayeux Tapestry in 1869 (to add to their collection of replicas of famous art works). As a result of careful diplomatic negotiations, Joseph Cundall, the Victorian photographer, was given permission to photograph the entire Bayeux Tapestry in situ in 1872 for the Science and Art Department. Cundall arranged it through his company, and commissioned a photographer called Edward Dossetter to do the work. Dossetter went to Normandy between September and December of 1872 and made over 180 glass negatives, detailing each section of the tapestry. After completing this project Dossetter moved to British Columbia where he was the official photographer on the Canadian Indian Commission inspection tour in 1881, and then later, back in England was employed by The British Museum 1894-9 to make photographs of early prints.
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Edward Dossetter - Bayeux Tapestry Section, 1872
Maker: Edward Dossetter (1842-1919)
Born: UK
Active: UK
Medium: autotype
Size: 5 1/4 in x 9 in
Location:
Object No. 2020.294d
Shelf: ART-1875
Publication: Frank Rede Fowke, The Bayeux Tapestry Reproduced in Autotype Plates under the sanction of the Science and Art Department of the Committee Council on Education, The Arundel Society, London, 1875
Other Collections:
Provenance:
Notes: The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered strip of linen over 65 metres long that dates from around the 11th century. The embroidery depicts events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The South Kensington Museum began thinking about making a photographic copy of the Bayeux Tapestry in 1869 (to add to their collection of replicas of famous art works). As a result of careful diplomatic negotiations, Joseph Cundall, the Victorian photographer, was given permission to photograph the entire Bayeux Tapestry in situ in 1872 for the Science and Art Department. Cundall arranged it through his company, and commissioned a photographer called Edward Dossetter to do the work. Dossetter went to Normandy between September and December of 1872 and made over 180 glass negatives, detailing each section of the tapestry. After completing this project Dossetter moved to British Columbia where he was the official photographer on the Canadian Indian Commission inspection tour in 1881, and then later, back in England was employed by The British Museum 1894-9 to make photographs of early prints.
For more information on this photographs, visit: PHOTOGRAPHING BAYREUX
To view our archive organized by themes and subjects, visit: OUR COLLECTIONS
For information about reproducing this image, visit: THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE