The Garden Front of Castle Howard

William Richardson
Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894)

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Lithographer and photographer Francis Bedford was born in London; the son of an architect. From his late teens he exhibited drawings of architectural subjects at the Royal Academy (1833-49) and, through his early career, illustrated publications on ecclesiastical architecture. He was later employed by Day and Sons to transfer drawings onto lithographic stones for printing. With a team of assistants, he completed the 100 plates for Owen Jones’s ‘Grammar of Ornament’ (1856). From c.1853 Bedford took up photography. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert later bought and commissioned examples of his photography work. Bedford served as the vice-president of the Photographic Society in 1861 and in 1878. He died at home in Islington, at the age of 78.
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    Artist
    William Richardson
    Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894)
    Title
    The Garden Front of Castle Howard
    Date
    Medium
    Lithograph
    Dimensions
    height: 22.50 cm, width: 33.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Holleyman and Treacher, December 1959
    GAC number
    5053