A pair of mid-19th century albumen photographs by Francis Bedford (1815–1894), depicting Anstey’s Cove and Beach and Babbacombe Bay, from the Inn, on the Devon coast.
Taken from negatives dating to around 1864–65, the photographs are presented in matching Victorian ebonised and giltwood frames, retaining their original printed labels to the reverse, numbered 124 and 125.
Francis Bedford was one of the leading British landscape and architectural photographers of the Victorian period, notably appointed official photographer to the Prince of Wales during his tour of the Middle East in 1862.
A particularly attractive pair of early photographs, capturing the Devon coastline before its extensive development as a seaside resort.
English, circa 1865–1880.
