18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 2072
 

2072

Teesdale Photographs
A collection of approx. 240 photographs, almost all by Elijah Yeoman of the Teesdale Studio, Barnard Castle, 19th and early 20th century, sepia and black and white, together with 71 later negatives of his work. The collection was compiled by Doreen and J. Kendall Thomas of Middlesbrough and recorded in Northern Arts' Directory of Photographic Collections.
Subjects are predominantly Teesdale scenes, and include Cauldron Snout, High Force, Baldersdale, Stainmore, Bowes, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Barningham, Greta Bridge, Deepdale, Barnard Castle, Rokeby, Staindrop and Raby Castle, Whorlton, Wycliffe, Winston, Gainford, Romaldkirk and Cotherstone. There are also a several images of Swaledale and Wensleydale, a picture of 'Locomotion' at Darlington Bank Top Station (c.1898) and an early photograph of Stonehenge. Several images of Durham City are believed to be by James Valentine. A small number of later photographs depict the industrial River Tees at Stockton and Middlesbrough.
Various sizes including 150mm x 100mm, 120mm x 164mm, 200mm x 150mm, 290mm x 200mm, 360mm x 290mm, the Yeoman photographs are stamped on the reverse. Some images have a description below, possibly having been exhibited.
Elijah Yeoman was recorded as a photographer at 13 Galgate, Barnard Castle in 1890 and 1894 directories, from 1897 to 1910 he also had a studio in Kirkby Stephen.

Sold for £500
Estimated at £500 - £800


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022

Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.

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