Francis Bedford
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Francis Bedford (1816 in London – 15 May 1894) was an English photographer.
[edit] Life
Francis Bedford was the son of the successful church architect Francis Octavius Bedford. He began his career as an architectural draughtsman and lithographer, before taking up photography in the early 1850s. [1]
In 1854, at the Marlborough House Queen Victoria commissioned him to photograph objects in the royal collection.[2]
[edit] Photography Records
On February 19, 2009, Swann Galleries set an auction record for Bedford's work Photographic Pictures Made by Mr. Francis Bedford During the Tour in the East, a suite of three albums from 1862. They albums sold for $132,000.
[edit] References
- ^ Phillip N. Allen. "The Francis Bedford Topographical Photographs from Birmingham Central Library". Adam Matthew Publication. http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/photos-1/editorial-introduction.aspx. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ Francis Bedford, Answers.com.
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