CDV by Francis Bedford "Clovelly - Chapman's Rocks and the Coast"

Description: A rare, original Carte De Visite landscape photograph by F. Bedford titled "2723 Clovelly - Chapman's Rocks and the Coast". Francis Bedford was one of the pre-eminent English architecture and landscape photographers of the 19th century and one of the original members of the Photographic Society. Indeed by 1861 he was elected Vice-President of the Photographic Society. In 1862 Bedford became the first official photographer to accompany a member of the British Royal Family when he was invited to travel as part of the entourage of HRH The Prince of Wales on a ‘Tour In The East’. This dates this partcular CDV to being post 1862 as the photographer's stamp on the reverse bears the legend "Photographer to HRH The Prince of Wales".

Date: C. 1863-1870

Provenance: Found Photo. Bedford has work in many prestigious museums around the world including The V&A, The Royal Museum, The British Museum, The Getty Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Size (cm): 9 x 7

SKU: 514