Francis bedford biography
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Bedford, Francis, 1816 -1894 (photographer)
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Francis Bedford was originally an artist and lithographer, particularly of architectural subjects. He took up photography in the 1850s. In 1853 he co-founded the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (Browne and Partnow 1983, p. 44). From 1853 until 1870 he exhibited extensively at the Photographic Society and at various exhibitions (Turner 1996, p.486). He made extensive photographic tours of England and Wales and was chosen to accompany the Prince of Wales on his tour of the Middle East in 1862. The photographic results of this tour were published as 'Photographic pictures of the Egypt, the Holy Land and Syria, Constantinople, the Mediterranean, Athens etc.'. (Browne and Partnow 1983, p. 44). From 1876 to 1883 Bedford had a studio at 326 Camden Road, London (Pritchard 1994, p.36).
Sources:
Browne, Turner and Partnow, Elaine (1983), 'Macmillian biographical encyclopedia of photograph
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Francis Octavius Bedford
English ecclesiastical architect
Francis Octavius Bedford | |
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| Born | 1784 |
| Died | 1858 (aged 73–74) Greenhithe, Kent, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Architect |
Francis Octavius Bedford (1784–1858) was an English ecclesiastical architect, who designed four Greek Revival churches in south London during the 1820s. He later worked in the Gothic style.
Life and career
[edit]Little is known about Bedford's early years.[1] In 1812–13 he was one of two draughtsmen (along with John Peter Gandy) who accompanied William Gell on an expedition sent to Greece and Asia Minor to record Classical antiquities on behalf of the Society of Dilettanti.[1][2] He is also known to have corresponded with Charles Robert Cockerell on the subject of Greek architecture.[1]
In 1818 Bedford was placed second to William and Henry Inwood in the competition to design St Pancras New Church.[3]
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Francis Bedford (photographer)
English photographer (1815–1894)
Francis Bedford (1815 in London – 15 May 1894) was one of England's most prominent landscape photographers and the first to accompany a royal tour.[1]
Early life
[edit]Bedford was the eldest son of the successful church architect Francis Octavius Bedford. He was christened at St Giles in Camberwell on 11 September 1815. He began his career as an architectural draughtsman and lithographer, before taking up photography in the early 1850s.[2]
Career
[edit]He helped to found the Royal Photographic Society in 1853. In 1854, at Marlborough HouseQueen Victoria commissioned him to photograph objects in the royal collection[3] and in 1857 she commissioned him to photograph her husband Prince Albert's hometown of Coburg, Germany.[4] There followed several more royal commissions, and his series of stereographs of England and Wales have come to be regarded as some of the finest