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Call No.: LOT 11744-3 (F)
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81445 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Seven women artists working at tables. Window at upper right.
Roycroft Shop, East Aurora, New York
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81446 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Two men in the Roycroft Blacksmith Shop (1899), one at left working at anvil and other standing at table working on wrought-iron chandelier. Andirons are seen at lower right.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81447 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Bindery of the Roycroft Press. Two young girls seated pasting with a brush at a table (book making), and woman standing working on a book in the shop.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81448 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Roycroft Press. Interior, with two men seated at table with type sorting boxes.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81449 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Roycroft Press. Interior of bindery with woman handling stack of books at table, piled with stacks of other books. Two caricatures and one Asian portrait are on wall.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81450 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Roycroft Press. Interior of bindery with woman worker binding book at table, facing front.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81451 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Woman artist, right profile, seated at desk and drawing on angled paper.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81452 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Roycroft Press bindery interior (?). Woman posed 3/4 length view, operating press by turning it. China and art on shelves behind. Roycroft had a china painting workshop.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81453 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Roycroft Press, bindery scene. Same woman as 81452, posed facing right, working press and pushing down. More of the wall is visible showing china and art.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81454 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Interior of the Furniture Shop and Bindery (?) with woman worker posed three-quarter length, working with hand tool on binding of book placed in grip.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81455 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Roycroft Press. Male worker retrieving type from an open drawer at the press.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81456 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Woman artist seated at desk, facing front, looking down at her work, holding brush.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81457 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Two stone breakers working in front of stone building. Man at left is seated; young man at right posed standing and lifting stone hammer, thought to be Ben Hubbard.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81458 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Construction scene. Two stone breakers among boulders. One lifts a raised hammer. Two girls are seated at far left. Trees.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81459 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Construction scene. Stone breaker seated on boulder, wielding hammer inside site prepared for a building foundation, with the Roycroft Chapel and a house beyond.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81460 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Construction scene. Three men outdoors working to set stone into place in building going up at left. Many trees at right.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81461 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Garden scene with two young men workers with buckets. One at left stands drinking from metal cup. Another man is seen standing behind a stone wall. Tree at right.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81462 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Three stone cutters at work inside building under construction. In center, one is raising a mallet. Buildings seen in background.
Roycroft
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81463 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Two construction workers mixing cement in rectangular pan with wheelbarrow at left. Stones piled behind. Window frames of building under construction partially set in stone wall at right.
Roycroft worker
Call No.: LOT 11744-3, no. 81481 (F)
Extent: 1 cyanotype
Summary: Man wearing glasses, posed in a half-length portrait, in profile looking down and left, sanding or finishing tall curved furniture (?) edge at left. Very dark background.
no. 81467 to no. 81479 Call numbers not assigned
Castle Hill estate near Charlottesville, Virginia, ca. 1903
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11746 (F)
Extent: 51 photoprints : 33 gelatin silver, 18 cyanotype ; 26 x 30 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Includes estate grounds and interiors, with several images of mantel and fireplace. Men and women standing with horse and playing croquet. Women posed alone and with child. Horse and carriage.
Butchart Gardens in British Columbia and estate in Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin, Quebec, Canada, ca. 1923-1925
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11747 (F)
Extent: 33 photoprints : gelatin silver ; 25 x 30 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Includes landscapes, footbridges, brooks, lily pond, interior of gazebo and kitchen furnished with dishware at Butchart Gardens. Windlass for control of flume on Saint-Romuald d'Etchemin estate.
Architecture photos intended for publication, ca. 1935
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
Extent: 344 photoprints : gelatin silver ; 27 x 35 cm. or smaller.
Summary: North Carolina architecture by type and region: "primitive" architecture; early dwellings and plantations in Tidewater and Piedmont regions, showing interiors and architectural elements; churches, government, educational, and other buildings. Booklet on Virginia gardens. "Ole Man River's Album" showing buildings and grounds, possibly in Louisiana bayou country.
Arranged roughly by location. Many photographs are captioned and some even include plate and section numbers that could relate to intended publication title or topic (Part I: Primitive, Part II: Tide Water, Part III: Piedmont, etc.)
St. Thomas' Church (detail of doorway)
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
State: North Carolina County: Beaufort County Town: Bath
Washington Court House, 1799
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
State: North Carolina County: Beaufort County Town: Washington
Clover Hill Col. Edmond Jones House (detail of stairway)
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
State: North Carolina County: Caldwell County Town: Happy Valley (near Lenoir)
Cupola House (paneling, north wall of drawing room)
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
State: North Carolina County: Chowan County Town: Edenton
Sawyer House, 1767
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
State: North Carolina County: Chowan County Town: Edenton
Frederick Jones House (portico), 1811
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
State: North Carolina County: Craven County Town: New Bern
Judge Donnell's House (portico), ca. 1804
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
State: North Carolina County: Craven County Town: New Bern
Masonic Lodge (rostrum), 1808
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
State: North Carolina County: Craven County Town: New Bern
MacPherson Presbyterian Church, 1850
Call No.: LOT 11748 (G)
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