Fotografia albúmina photographer Silvester Parry Chester .Vintage albumen photo St Deiniol’s, the Parish church of Hawarden,county of Flintshire
La foto lleva como autor, en el negativo, en la parte inferior derecha de la misma a
- Silvester Parry Photo
Son pocos los datos que he conseguido sobre la actividad de este fotógrafo si bien hay referencias sobre su trabajo en diferentes archivos y museos.
En una primera búsqueda localicé que tuvo estudios en
11 St Martins in the Fields, Chester
7 St Werburghs Mount, Chester
Visto que no conseguía datos por la búsqueda en internet me puse en contacto con
Biblioteca de Chester
Su servicio de :
Information Librarian
Cheshire Libraries Shared Services
me ha proporcionado los datos que adjunto al final del post.
También esta Biblioteca tuvo la amabilidad de dirigirme hacia la Sociedad Fotográfica de Chester, facilitándome el link correspondiente, por si ellos pudieran darme la identificación de la Iglesia de esta foto.
Pues bien, el Secretario de esta Sociedad ha respondido magníficamente enviando la foto a varios de sus asociados, siendo que uno de ellos ha identificado la Iglesia.
Estos son los datos conseguidos gracias a:
Chester Society for Landscape History
Dr S.M. Varey
Chairman, Chester Society for Landscape History
Thank you for your e-mail. You are right that the church is close to
Chester. It is St Deiniol’s, the parish
church of Hawarden in the county of Flintshire in north Wales; it is only 12 km
west of Chester.
Although the parish is old, the church was
substantially rebuilt in the 19th and early 20th
centuries. I attach a description of the
church and its surroundings from Edward Hubbard, The buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Denbighshire and Flintshire) (Penguin
Books/University of Wales Press, 1986, 0-14-071052-3) [pp. 366-369].
The church and village are closely
associated with the great nineteenth-century British Liberal prime minister
William Ewart Gladstone (prime minister a number of times between 1868 and
1894), whose home was at Hawarden Castle, opposite the church. He bequeathed his own library to the public,
and the collection, mainly history and religion, is housed in a beautiful
building close to the church which is a residential library open to the
public. Do visit it if you are in the
area – it is a wonderful place!
Also close to the church is the old
rectory, which houses the public record office for the county of
Flintshire. I am sure that the staff
there will be pleased to help you with any more detailed enquiries about the
church and its surroundings. Their address
is: The Archivist, Flintshire County
Record Office, The Old Rectory, Rectory Lane, Hawarden, GB-CH5 3NR, telephone
+44-1244-532364, e-mail archives@flintshire.gov.uk ,
You might also be interested in this report
on historic settlements in Flintshire:
published by the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological
Trust, web: http://www.cpat.org.uk/ ,
who are the public archaeology service for
north-east Wales.
And, of course, we would be pleased to help
you ourselves if we can – we have a number of members in north-east Wales.
- Quisiera señalar que esta amabilidad y profesionalidad en la contestación, o cuando menos, intento de ayudar es habitual en el Estados Unidos, muy buena en Inglaterra, algo menos en Francia ( la excepción en Francia es la BNF- Gallica que es, como he dicho repetidas veces, extraordinaria) y escasa, muy escasa en España donde nos ayudamos más los coleccionistas entre nosotros que las propias instituciones ( pero va mejorando:::::.)
Datos sobre la vida del fotógrafo facilitados por
Information Librarian
Cheshire Libraries Shared Services
Silvester Parry was born c.1837, Malpas Chester
Father: Benjamin Parry b. 1809, Chester
Mother: Mary Parry b. 1811, Malpas Chester
Brother: John Parry b. 1839
Grandfather: Thomas Silvester b. 1781
Wife: Eliza Parry nee Burford b. 1847, Wednesbury, Staffordshire
1841 census
Silvester Parry, age 4, living Brunswick Buildings, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, with parents, brother & grandfather
1851 census
Silvester is living with his parents, 15 Carlton Street, Liverpool. His father Benjamin is working as a Town Missionary
1861 census
Silvester is working as a carpenter, living with his mother. Living Grimshaw Street, Preston.
1871 census
Silvester is working as a photographer, living with his wife Eliza Parry, and son Frederick Herbet Parry, Garden Lane, Chester
1881 census
Silvester is listed as a visitor, Rhuddlan, Wales, he is working as a photographer with 5 hands and 1 boy
1891 census
Silvester is living with his family at 23 Raymond Street, Chester, working as a photographer
I have found a copy of his probate record. Silvester passed away 10th June 1901, Hahnemann Hospital, Liverpool. Leaving £143 18s to his wife Eliza
Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society 1870-1915
Records for Silvester Parry
| Exhibition Year | RPS membership | Honours and affiliations | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | none | Chester | |
| 1881 | member | St. Werburghs, Mount Chester | |
| 1882 | member | The Cathedral Studios, Chester |
- Getty Museum
Silvester Parry
| Primary Title: | [Views of the Isle of Man, England, Canada, South Africa plus some works of art] |
| Maker Name: | B. Brooks (photographer) Arthur Lucas (photographer) [British, active 1870s] Sylvester Parry (photographer) [British, active 1880s] George Washington Wilson (photographer) [British, 1823 - 1893] Unknown (photographer) |
| Type: | Photographs |
| Medium: | Albumen silver / Carbon / Platinum / Gelatin silver |
| Place: | Place Created: |
| Date: | 1873 - 1896 |
| Source: | J. Paul Getty Museum |
| Object Number: | 84.XA.1540 |
| Object Name: | Album Photographs / Albums |
| Department: | Photographs |
| Dimensions: | 8vo |
| Culture: | British |
| Inscription: Some mounts with ms. captions.
Silvester Parry
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