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Fisher (Robert) Collection of Views of Europe
94.R.30  
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Glass stereographs, Series I. circa 1860-1900

Physical Description: 142 items(3 boxes)

Scope and Contents

The countries represented in this series are Austria, England (including works by photographers Roger Fenton and G.W. Wilson), France (including works by Ferrier et Soulier), Germany, Italy (including works by Grillet), Russia, Spain, Switzerland (including works by Ferrier et Soulier), Istanbul (including works by Ferrier et Soulier), and Egypt (including works by Francis Frith). There is also a rare image of the moon by Warren De la Rue, circa 1860s, published by Smith, Beck and Beck.

Arrangement

The stereographs are arranged by geographic location.
box 1

Austria

Physical Description: 5 items
box 1

England

Physical Description: 13 items
box 1, box 2

France

Physical Description: 55 items
box 2

Germany

Physical Description: 9 items
box 2

Italy

Physical Description: 17 items
box 3

Russia

Physical Description: 1 item
box 3

Spain

Physical Description: 9 items
box 3

Switzerland

Physical Description: 30 items
box 3

Constantinople

Physical Description: 1 item
box 3

Egypt

Physical Description: 1 item
box 3

Moon

Physical Description: 1 item
 

Glass lantern slides, Series II. circa 1870-1916, undated

Physical Description: 164 items(2 boxes)

Scope and Contents

This series includes 109 images of France by C. E. Green. The original negatives, circa 1859, were published by Levy and Company circa 1870; 100 are contained in their original box (box 4). A group of 39 slides mostly labeled 1916 represent a rail trip from Italy to Russia made that year; images include trains and train stations, markets, daily activities, monuments, parades, and demonstrations. A group of 16 miscellaneous slides contains images of Germany, France, the cliffs of Dover, Palestine, Spain, Ecuador, Egypt, and Martinique.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in three groups: France, Europe, and Miscellaneous.
box 4, box 5

France

Physical Description: 109 items
box 5

European trip

Physical Description: 39 items
box 5

Miscellaneous

Physical Description: 16 items
 

Paper stereographs, Series III. 1850-1870

Physical Description: 380 items(2 boxes)

Scope and Contents

The emphasis of this series is on early stereographic formats including salt prints, tissue stereos, and hand-colored salt and albumen prints, mostly dating from 1850-1870. These early images are often referred to as pioneer photographs or views. A number of the stereos are from the Darrah collection. Countries represented include France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland, as well as sites in the Middle East. Great Britain is the best represented, with images by Francis Bedford, William England, Francis Frith, William Grundy, Negretti and Zambra (expositions at the Crystal Palace, 1851, and Sydenham, 1854), Ogle and Edge, William Russell Sedgfield, T. R. Williams, and G. W. Wilson. The early works of the London Stereographic Company are also well represented. French photographers include J. Hautecoeur and Richebourg. There are three stereos of the Paris Commune. Tissue views include several examples of French "Diablos," European genre scenes, and images of the Crystal Palace and London Bridge.

Arrangement

This series is arranged by country, and maker when known.
box 6

Tissue views

Physical Description: 16 items
box 6

Diableries

Physical Description: 4 items
box 6

Genre

Physical Description: 5 items
box 6

European views

Physical Description: 7 items
box 6

France

Physical Description: 79 items
box 6

Paris commune

Physical Description: 3 items
box 6

Richebourg

Physical Description: 4 items
box 6

J. Hautecoeur

Physical Description: 5 items
box 6

Identified photographers

Physical Description: 26 items
box 6

Pioneer views, unidentified

Physical Description: 14 items
box 6

Foreign views by French photographer

Physical Description: 6 items
box 6

Unidentified photographers

Physical Description: 21 items
box 6

German countries

Physical Description: 16 items
 

Great Britain

Physical Description: 269 items
box 6

Francis Bedford

Physical Description: 8 items
box 6

J. Elliot, publisher, William Grundy

Physical Description: 4 items
box 6

William England

Physical Description: 17 items
box 6

Francis Frith

Physical Description: 8 items
box 6

Negretti & Zambra

Physical Description: 8 items
box 6

Ogle and Edge

Physical Description: 6 items
box 6

William Russell Sedgfield

Physical Description: 8 items
box 6

T. R. Williams

Physical Description: 2 items
box 6

G. W. Wilson

Physical Description: 3 items
box 6

London Stereoscopic Company

Physical Description: 55 items

Scope and Contents

This grouping comprises of 26 pioneer sentimentals; three pioneer views of Chatsworth, England; 20 pioneer views of other English sites; and six early strip titles and later formats.
box 7

English identified Volume I

Physical Description: 9 items
box 7

English identified Volume II

Physical Description: 23 items
box 7

English Unidentified Volume I

Physical Description: 17 items
box 7

Early English views

Physical Description: 24 items
box 7

Scotland and Ireland

Physical Description: 8 items
box 7

Italy (pioneer views)

Physical Description: 32 items
box 7

Mid & Near East countries

Physical Description: 4 items
box 7

Russia (pioneer views)

Physical Description: 10 items
box 7

Spanish countries

Physical Description: 6 items
box 7

Swiss (pioneer views)

Physical Description: 17 items
 

Single photographs, Series IV. circa 1860-circa 1900

Physical Description: 44 photographic prints(2 boxes)

Arrangement

Box 8 is organized by country. Box 9 is organized by country and then by photographer.

Scope and Contents

Box 8 consists of mostly unmounted albumen prints and small mounted albumen prints of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy. Photographers represented include Neurdein Frères, Giorgio Sommer, and Alinari. Captions are printed in the negative except where noted.
Box 9 consists of albumen prints on brown mounts, including nine images of Egypt by Zangaki; a view of the Mount of Olives by Bonfils; various views of Italy by Sommer and Alinari ;and two views of Athens, possibly by Robert Macpherson. Captions are printed in the negative except where noted.
 

Unmounted albumen prints and small mounted albumen prints

box 8

France

Physical Description: 4 items
box 8

Garcin, Vues Panoramiques 94.R.30-b8.1

Scope and Contents

Printed on mount: Marseille. Les Iles et le Château d'If. Garcin Phot.
box 8

Neurdein frères, Paris, La Place de la Concorde 94.R.30-b8.2

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: N. 152. N.D. Phot.
box 8

Neurdein frères, Paris, L'Opera 94.R.30-b8.3

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: N. 109. N.D. Phot.
box 8

Paris, Le Nouvel Opera 94.R.30-b8.4

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: 02[?]
box 8

Germany, Anselm Schmitz, Interior of Cologne Cathedral 94.R.30-b8.5

Physical Description: 1 item

Scope and Contents

Handwritten title on verso. Photographer's wet stamp on verso: Anselm Schmitz, K. Hof-Photograph in Cöln 1884.
box 8

Great Britain

Physical Description: 1 item
box 8

Carousel, harbor town 94.R.30-b8.6

Scope and Contents

Title devised.
box 8

England

Physical Description: 3 items
box 8

James Valentine, Houses of Parliament, London 94.R.30-b8.7

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: 3633 J.V.
box 8

George Wilson, Nelson's Monument, Trafalgar Square 94.R.30-b8.8

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: 1768. G.W.W.
box 8

Oxford, High Street 94.R.30-b8.9

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: 4876. Photographer's wet stamp, verso: Davis. 2, Corn Market St., Oxford.
box 8

Scotland

Physical Description: 2 items
box 8

George Wilson, Glasgow Cathedral from the S.E. 94.R.30-b8.10

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: 506. G.W.W.
box 8

George Wilson, Loch Katrine, East End 94.R.30-b8.11

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: 4583. G.W.W.
box 8

Italy

Physical Description: 15 items
box 8

Street scene, after a painting 94.R.30-b8.12

Scope and Contents

Title devised.
Unmounted photo.
box 8

Firenze (Contorni) Castello di Vincigliata 94.R.30-b8.13

Scope and Contents

Torre all'angolo nord-ouest con la porta. D'ingresso [sic] del castello vista [sic] dall'interno. (Ripristinato dall'arch C. Fancelli sotto la direzione del proprietario onor Sig. Giovanni Temple Leader.)
Numbered in negative: N. 9994. Unmounted photo. In the town of Fiesole.
box 8

Fratelli Alinari, Firenze-Museo di S. Maria del Fiore. Cantoria di Donatello. (Ricostituita e restaurata dall'Arch. Prof. L. Del Moro.) 94.R.30-b8.14

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: Ed. Alinari P.I.N. 2557.
Unmounted photo.
box 8

Fratelli Alinari, Firenze-Museo di S. Maria del Fiore, Cantoria di Luca della Robbia, (Ricostituita e restaurata dall'Arch Prof. L. Del Moro.) 94.R.30-b8.15

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: (Ed. Alinari) P.I.N. 2545.
box 8

Fratelli Alinari, Loreto-Piazza della Madonna, La fonte (Fontana e maderno, i bronzi sono dei Fratelli Iacometti.) 94.R.30-b8.16

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: P.I.N. 14877
box 8

Walled mountain town 94.R.30-b8.17

Scope and Contents

Title devised.
Handwritten on verso: Naples. Amalfi?
box 8

Giorgio Sommer, Museo di Napoli sala Ercole Farnese 94.R.30-b8.18

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: 11215. Somner-Napoli.
box 8

Venice: Basilica of San Marco and Doges Palace, Facade 94.R.30-b8.19 - 94.R.30-b8.20

Physical Description: 2 items

Scope and Contents

Titles devised.
box 8

Venice, La Puenta 94.R.30-b8.21

Scope and Contents

Title handwritten on verso.
box 8

Venezia, Palazzo del Camello 94.R.30-b8.22

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: 212.
box 8

Venice. Palace Lucretia Borgia 94.R.30-b8.23

Scope and Contents

Hand-written title on verso.
box 8

Venice. Canal with gondola and bridge 94.R.30-b8.24

Scope and Contents

Title devised.
box 8

Photo Zurich, Venezia, Canal Grande 94.R.30-b8.25

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: 1186. P.Z. Title stamped in gold on photo. Verso: Santa Maria della Salute.
Tinted albumen, mounted.
box 8

Photo Zurich, Venezia, Rio della Botisella 94.R.30-b8.26

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: 6996. P.Z. Title stamped in gold on photo.
Tinted albumen, mounted.
 

Albumen prints on brown mounts

box 9

Egypt: Zangaki, photographer

Physical Description: 9 items
box 9

Femmes arabes puisants l'eau 94.R.30-b9.1

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: N. 870[?]
box 9

Diner arabe 94.R.30-b9.2

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: Zangaki. N. 556.
box 9

Chalouf a la ____ 94.R.30-b9.3

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: N. 560.
Men drawing water from the Nile for irrigation.
box 9

Rue du Caire 94.R.30-b9.4

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: N. 327.
box 9

Maison arabe et maison Nubia 94.R.30-b9.5

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: Zangaki. N. 326.
box 9

Pyramide de Cheops, le Sphynx et le Temple de Cheops 94.R.30-b9.6

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: Zangaki. N. 391.
box 9

Levs[?] du Caire 94.R.30-b9.7

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: Zangaki. N. 589.
box 9

Philae le Kosque d'Isis 94.R.30-b9.8

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: Zangaki. N. 818.
box 9

Karnac, 2 obelisks 94.R.30-b9.9

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: 50.
box 9

Jordan: Felix Bonfils, Mont des Oliviers, the Mount of Olives 94.R.30-b9.10

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: Bonfils. 292.
box 9

Italy

Physical Description: 5 items
box 9

Giorgio Sommer, Napoli Costume 94.R.30-b9.11

Scope and Contents

Numbered and initialed in negative: 11604. Sommer - Napoli.
Ox cart in front of cemetery.
box 9

Fratelli Alinari, Firenze 94.R.30-b9.12

Scope and Contents

Il Portico degli Uffizi (G. Vasari) e il Palazzo Vecchio (Arnolfo di Cambio).
Numbered and initialed in negative: Ed. Alinari P.I.N. 3131.
box 9

Fratelli Alinari, Firenze 94.R.30-b9.13

Scope and Contents

La Cattedrale vista dalla cupola di S. Lorenzo.
Numbered and initialed in negative: Ed. Alinari. P.I.N. 1932.
box 9

Fratelli Alinari, Firenze 94.R.30-b9.14

Scope and Contents

Battistero porta in bronzo all'est (Lorenzo Ghiberti).
Numbered and initialed in negative: 1858. (Ed. Alinari) P.I.N.
box 9

Anderson, Pantheon di Agrippa 94.R.30-b9.15

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: 477.
box 9

Anderson, San Pietro 94.R.30-b9.15a

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: 176.
box 9

Greece

Physical Description: 2 items
box 9

Temple of Jupiter, Athens 94.R.30-b9.16

Scope and Contents

Numbered in negative: 26.
Title devised by cataloger.
Possibly MacPherson.
box 9

Amphitheater, Athens 94.R.30-b9.17

Scope and Contents

Title devised.
box 9

Europe: European street 94.R.30-b9.18

Scope and Contents

Title devised.
 

Album, Series V. circa 1870s

Physical Description: 1 album(s)(140 photographic prints)

Scope and Contents

The leather bound album contains 140 albumen prints with handwritten captions on the mounts in English. Some images are dated 1870 or 1872. The album belonged to an unidentified family who may have emigrated from Scotland to Canada. Images are of various sites in Scotland and of Hespeler and London, Ontario. In addition, there are several images of Niagara Falls by William Notman and images of San Francisco by Lawrence and Houseworth.

Arrangement

In original order.
box 10

Scotland and Canada family album

Physical Description: 1 vol.
 

Travel booklets, Series VI. circa 1880-circa 1920

Physical Description: 6 booklet(s)(1 box)

Scope and Contents

Series VI consists of six small accordion-folded photomechanically illustrated travel booklets. One booklet is titled Around the World ; another is of views of the Isle of Wight; the remaining booklets depict various sites in Scotland.

Arrangement

Arranged by cataloger.
box 11

World: Around the World

Scope and Contents

26 pp. photomechanical illustrations. Captions in English.
box 11

England: Album of Isle of Wight views

Scope and Contents

London: Charles, Reynolds, & Co. 15 pp. photomechanical illustrations includes "Birds-Eye Panorama of Ryde, From the Sea to the Isle of Wight," panorama across the top half of six pages. Captions are in English.
box 11

Scotland

Physical Description: 4 items
box 11

Caledonian Canal: the royal route - Oban to Inverness

Scope and Contents

London: T. Nelson & Sons. 12 pp. photomechanical illustrations (chromo views) and 22 p. text in English, map of canal inside back cover.
box 11

Edinburgh, Valentine & Sons series of collotype view books

Scope and Contents

Edinburgh: J. Douglas. 16 pp. photomechanical illustrations. Captions are in English.
box 11

Views of Edinburgh

Scope and Contents

28 pp. photmechanical images (collotype). Captions are in English.
box 11

Poulton, W., Views of Kilmalcolm: Poulton's series

Scope and Contents

Kilmalcolm: Duncan C. McNaughtan. 20 pp. photomechanical illustrations (collotype). Captions are in English.
Collection Contents
Glass stereographs,
Glass lantern slides,
Paper stereographs,
Single photographs,
Album,
Travel booklets,
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