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Album of photographs of Norwegian fjords, 1890-1900
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Title: Album of photographs of Norwegian fjords
Date (inclusive): 1890-1900
Collection number: 94/61
Creator:
Valentine, William Dobson, 1844-1907, photographer.
Physical Description:
1 album (13 photographic prints) : albumen, 18 x 25 cm (album)
Photographs are mounted on rectos (and 1 verso) of twelve leaves of heavy beige stock; 12 of the 13 photographs are signed "J.V." by the photographer William Dobson Valentine, with caption and stock numbers in negative along lower edge of photographs; one photograph signed "Axel Lindhal."
Bound in bevelled, red bubble-grain cloth covers; gold-stamped cover title "Norge"; ornamental gilt corner-pieces; textured white endpapers; all edges gilt. Bookseller's label affixed to front pastedown: "F. Bennett. Dealer in Norwegian Curiosities, Photographs &c. Bergen."
Spec. Coll. copy: in modern beige cloth clamshell box; spine label "Norway."
Photographs are mounted on rectos (and 1 verso) of twelve leaves of heavy beige stock; 12 of the 13 photographs are signed "J.V." by the photographer William Dobson Valentine, with caption and stock numbers in negative along lower edge of photographs; one photograph signed "Axel Lindhal."
Bound in bevelled, red bubble-grain cloth covers; gold-stamped cover title "Norge"; ornamental gilt corner-pieces; textured white endpapers; all edges gilt. Bookseller's label affixed to front pastedown: "F. Bennett. Dealer in Norwegian Curiosities, Photographs &c. Bergen."
Spec. Coll. copy: in modern beige cloth clamshell box; spine label "Norway."
Abstract: Album of photographs, taken by William Dobson Valentine, probably between 1890 and 1900, of views of the mountains, fjords,
glaciers, waterfalls, and coastal villages of Norway.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Album of photographs of Norwegian fjords (Collection 94/61). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Scottish photographer of landscape photographs of Norway. William Dobson Valentine, was the son of Scottish photographer and
publisher, James Valentine. He studied chemistry at the University of London, trained in landscape photography with Francis
Frith at his studio in Reigate, Surrey, and in 1860, entered his father's business, joined later by his brother, George D.
Valentine, who at that time specialized in portrait photography. The brothers took over the family business after their father's
death in 1879, and soon after, in 1884, George emigrated to New Zealand, where he became a landscape photographer. William
went to Norway in 1890, and there he created more than 1000 images of the country, which he signed "J.V., and published in
separate albums or sold through bookshops in different cities on the tourist route.
Valentine's photographs of the rugged Norwegian landscape include views of the village of Odda and the Buerbrae glacier in
the Hardangerfjord; the winding pass through the Naero (Narrow), Fjord, near Gudvangen; a coastal steamer making its way through
the Geirangerfjord, past the village of Merok; and several views of the coastal village of Molde. The album also includes
two photographs of waterfalls: the Seven Sisters falls in Geiranger, and the Leerfos falls near Trondheim. There are several
views of mountain peaks--the Romsdalhorn, and the Trolltinderne, in Troldtinderne, Romsdal. The view of Bergen, dated 1892,
is signed "Axel Lindahl."
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Glaciers --Norway --Photographs.
Fjords --Norway --Photographs.
Waterfalls --Norway --Geiranger --Photographs.
Waterfalls --Norway --Trondheim --Photographs.
Mountains --Norway --Photographs.
Ferries --Norway --Photographs.
Norway --Photographs.
Bergen (Norway) --Photographs.
Odda (Norway) --Photographs.
Geiranger (Norway) --Photographs.
Møre og Romsdal fylke (Norway) --Photographs.
Troldtinderne (Norway) --Photographs.
Molde (Norway) --Photographs.
Hardangerfjord (Odda, Norway) --Photographs.
Geirangerfjord (Norway) --Photographs.
Naero Fjord (Norway) --Photographs.
Buerbrae Glacier (Odda, Norway) --Photographs.
Photographic prints.
Photograph albums.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Norge
Lindahl, Axel, 1841-1906.
Part of the
Photograph Album Collection (Collection 94)
in UCLA Library Special Collections.