Photograph Collection, 1870 - 1943

Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This series comprises Strong's personal collections of photographic and related visual materials, spanning 13 sub-series. It covers a vast range of subjects, artistic schools and styles, artistic / architectural / archaeological paradigms, and geographical locations. The material contained herein includes: images for publications, including Paul Arndt and Walther Amelung's 'Photographische Einzelaufnahmen Antiker Sculpturen' (1893); Roman and Greek sculpture and statuary; artworks; manuscripts and rare books; heritage sites, settlements, architecture, artworks, religious sites, and landscapes in Italy, the UK, Germany, France, Turkey (notably Constantinople [Istanbul]), Croatia, Libya (notably Tripoli), India, Greece, Malta, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and other places; minor arts; private and museum collections of art and Roman & Greek sculpture; a remarkable collection of images of Italian art masterpieces; photographs by early Italian photographers; cartes de visite; and a set of photographs [possibly a complete run] from Romualdo Moscioni's Apulia Monumentale photographic survey.

Reference number

ES-PH

Dates

1870 - 1943

Creator

Strong, Eugénie, 1860-1943 (British archaeologist and art historian) (Collector, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Extent

ca. 12,350 Photographic Prints

104 Boxes

17 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This series is arranged into 13 sub-series.

Existence and Location of Copies

Many of the materials in this collection are reproductions.

Processing Information

Some of this material retains the original order imposed by Eugénie Strong, and in some instances, it has been possible to reconstruct theoriginal order for particular sub-series using her finding aids.

The existence of Strong's finding aids suggests that many of the constituent sub-series may have been part of Strong's own image reference library. It remains unclear whether these images would have been used for reference purposes within the BSR Library during Strong's time there.