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When were the first photos taken? Can I see them?
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After 1938, using a 'salt and silver' process. The photos, from London, England, are on loan to the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut, USA.
Yale university has several museums. How did it get this one? Paul Mellon, (1907-1999) who studied at Yale (class of 1929), and obviosuly credited them with contributing to his success, although he inherited a fortune from his family's banking business. He was an old boy who gave them his collection .
Whilst you are in the area, you might visit:
The Yale University Art Gallery;
The Peabody Museum of Natural History (spellchecker prefers peak body, yes my body is in peak condition) (Adults $13 entry' for senior citizens over 65 $9; children age 3 through 18, and college students with ID only $6.
the Collection of Musical Instruements;
the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library containing the Gutenberg Bible.
Open Tuesday-Sunday. Closed Monday.
Yale Centre For British Art
1080 Chapel Street
New Haven
Connecticut
065102302
USA
More details from these handy websites:
britishart.yale.edu/collections/search (Find out about the shop, reductions, restaurants in the same building complex and nearby, parking, transport and other useful details for your visit.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Center_for_British_Art
(Pictures of the modern buildings, paintings and other art as well as the current exhibition of photos)
bbc (Focuses on the photos)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/45024098/see-some-of-the-world-s-earliest-photographs
https://www.yale.edu/research-collections/museums-galleries
http://peabody.yale.edu/visit/admission-hours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mellon
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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker
When were the first photos taken? Can I see them?
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After 1938, using a 'salt and silver' process. The photos, from London, England, are on loan to the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut, USA.
Yale university has several museums. How did it get this one? Paul Mellon, (1907-1999) who studied at Yale (class of 1929), and obviosuly credited them with contributing to his success, although he inherited a fortune from his family's banking business. He was an old boy who gave them his collection .
Whilst you are in the area, you might visit:
The Yale University Art Gallery;
The Peabody Museum of Natural History (spellchecker prefers peak body, yes my body is in peak condition) (Adults $13 entry' for senior citizens over 65 $9; children age 3 through 18, and college students with ID only $6.
the Collection of Musical Instruements;
the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library containing the Gutenberg Bible.
Open Tuesday-Sunday. Closed Monday.
Yale Centre For British Art
1080 Chapel Street
New Haven
Connecticut
065102302
USA
More details from these handy websites:
britishart.yale.edu/collections/search (Find out about the shop, reductions, restaurants in the same building complex and nearby, parking, transport and other useful details for your visit.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Center_for_British_Art
(Pictures of the modern buildings, paintings and other art as well as the current exhibition of photos)
bbc (Focuses on the photos)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/45024098/see-some-of-the-world-s-earliest-photographs
https://www.yale.edu/research-collections/museums-galleries
http://peabody.yale.edu/visit/admission-hours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mellon
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker
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