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H. Clarence Whaite Collection
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[Album 1 - Art reproductions]

Album containing photographs of paintings. A signature is visible on a number of the paintings and as they are all in the same style are presumed to be by Clarence Whaite. Included, but not titled is 'Arthur in the Gruesome Glen' and titled 'The awakening of Christian' and 'The Shepherds Dream.' Included is a loose photo of a framed coastal scene.

[Album 10 - Clarence Whaite Paintings Vol 2]

Album containing photographs of artworks by Clarence Whaite mounted one to a page. No titles or annotations accompany the illustrations. Included is 'The awakening of Christian'. Many are pastoral scenes featuring sheep, others are coastal scenes and mountain scenery. Also two loose photographs showing the title page and binding of an album presented by the Royal Cambrian Academy to Queen Victoria in 1884.

[Album 2]

Album containing photographs relating to fishing boats, Scottish scenery and some photographs of Whaite's paintings. Some of the locations can be identified. A large proportion of the prints have been poorly printed and have faded substantially. Those places identified or identifiable are mainly on the Isle of Arran.

[Album 3]

Blue bound album containing a mixture of portraits, landscapes and artists studies assembled by Clarence Whaite. Most locations unidentified. Include are a small quantity of views in India, one titled "Bannion Trees near Cannanore, India." The other views of India appear to be by the same (unidentified photographer) . There are also views of the Brandenburg Gate, Statue of Friedrich II & Altes Museum exterior, Berlin. Other statues on the same pages may also be of Berlin.

[Album 5 - Cartes de visite & Cabinet Cards]

Leather bound photograph album with brass clasp containing 46 cartes de visite and eight cabinet cards. Although the sitters are not identified many are duplicates of artists in Llyfr ffoto 4963 eg Myles Birket Foster, John Leech etc.

[Album 6 - Old Masters]

Album containing 197 sepia photographs of old master paintings, mounted one to a page. Most reproductions are no more than 85 x 60mm. A small number are annotated in pencil. Religious and hunting themes dominate.

[Album 8 - Clarence Whaite Paintings]

Black album containing 74 photographs, mainly reproductions of artworks by Clarence Whaite. Those mounted have been placed one to a page, the largest being 295 x161 mm. Many others were loose inside the front cover of the album. None are annotated. The photos appear to be broadly contemporaneous with the paintings.

[Album 9 - Old Masters Vol 2]

Green leather bound album containing, in the main, small photographic reproductions of old master and Victorian paintings mounted one to a page. None are annotated and are the work of numerous artists. 14 are loose.

H. Clarence Whaite Collection

  • [H. Clarence Whaite Collection]
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  • [ca.1870-ca.1890]

Photograph albums containing photographs of completed and uncompleted works of art by Clarence Whaite and source material for his work.

Whaite, Clarence, 1828-1912