untitled (Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick)

John Stanton

1799–1888

untitled (Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick), circa 1860

Where object was made: Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Material/technique: calotype negative

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 7/8 x 8 3/16 in
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 30 x 21.3 cm
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Gift of Kansas State Historical Society

Accession number: 1974.0092

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"Constructions of Place: Architecture in Photography," Jan-1991, Erin Barnett
Stanton, probably an amateur photographer, worked exclusively in his native Warwick during the mid-nineteenth century. Due to the high fees placed on the calotype process by its inventor William Henry Fox Talbot, few professionals used this easy method. Stanton used the half-timbered Elizabethan architecture to create a textured pattern. Stanton, like many other amateurs, was most likely interested in using photography to record his local landmarks.