Francis Frith’s Canals and Waterways
£9.95
This book is out of print. The copies available are second hand, in near-as-new or very good condition.
This evocative collection of archive photographs from the world famous Francis Frith collection depicts the rich life of Britain’s canals and waterways from mid-Victorian times up to the 1960s, when many fell into disrepair and dereliction. Travel back in time and revisit a world that was remote from the rush and bustle of modern life, with its unique architecture and varied commercial and pleasure craft. Read, too, about the daily lives of the families who earn their living on the water. This special collection will provide hours of enjoyable reading.
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Frith’s historic photographs are renowned the world over for their clarity and fine detail. Unlike many local history books that reproduce old postcards, this book is packed with high quality photographs carefully chosen from the Frith archive, and in which you will find much fascinating detail. Most had not been published in book form before.
Francis Frith was a pioneer Victorian photographer and businessman. In the 1850s he explored the exciting possibilities of the new photographs, travelling to the desert regions of the Nile with his camera. The remarkable photographs of the antiquities and the magic peoples he brought back firmly established his reputation. He went on to devote the remainder of his life to photographing the towns and villages of Great Britain. His aim was to make his pictures easily available to ordinary Victorian working people, who were beginning to enjoy day trips and holidays. His company dominated the development of the photo souvenir and later the postcard. By the time of his death in 1898, he had created the largest specialist photographic publishing company in the world. The Frith archive is the remarkable legacy of its energetic and visionary founder. Frith’s sons carried on the business after his death adding to the company’s catalogue of photographs. Today the Frith archive is the only nationally important archive of its kind still in private ownership. It is renowned for its geographical breadth and for the high quality of its images.
Author: Dennis Needham
Binding: Hardback
Published: April 2000
Pages: 118
Size: 252 x 190 mm
ISBN: 1859371299
Publisher’s Price (in 2000): £17.99
