Changing the Landscape: the Art of Roger Fenton
We are pleased to announce that another wonderful album of Victorian photography is now fully catalogued and available through LibraryContinue Reading
Tag: Photography
Discovering Intérieurs Anglais: The Art of Bedford Lemere & Co.
This week the Special Collections division held a Roadshow in the University of Manchester Library. For me, it was anContinue Reading
The Paul Mellon Centre Project ‘Out of the Ether’: Creating an Online Catalogue of the John Rylands Collection of British Victorian Photography, 1839-1901
In addition to our manuscripts, archives and printed books, the John Rylands Library holds a number of important visual collections,Continue Reading
Archives and Records Association NW Photographic Day
Until recently our collection of photography here at The John Rylands Library was un-curated and in large parts unknown. ThisContinue Reading
Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition: The Art of Visual Communication
Digitisation activity around our Special Collections exhibitions has become more and more critical over the past few years. Whether thatContinue Reading
Photo a Day #01
This Freedom of the City of Manchester scroll presented to Mrs Enriqueta Rylands in October 1899. Mrs Rylands built theContinue Reading
Multispectral Imaging at CHICC
CLICK for an animated gif showing the sequence of the light panels across the spectrum, from UV through visible toContinue Reading