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Barry, Charles (Sir)Send us additional info
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
London [GB], 1795 - London - Clapham [GB], 1860
Activity
1847 Gand
° 23.5.1795; + 12.5.1860. Calotypist. Architect, best known for the Palace of Westminster (British houses of parliament). When travelling through Belgium as a tourist, he encountered fellow calotypist John Muir Wood (see that name) in Ghent on 30.7.1847. Muir Wood confided in his diary that Barry’s negatives were "sharp but bad in colour & would not print out well". Founder member of the Architectural Photographic Association in 1857. Buried in Westminster Abbey.
° 23.5.1795; + 12.5.1860. Calotypist. Architect, best known for the Palace of Westminster (British houses of parliament). When travelling through Belgium as a tourist, he encountered fellow calotypist John Muir Wood (see that name) in Ghent on 30.7.1847. Muir Wood confided in his diary that Barry’s negatives were "sharp but bad in colour & would not print out well". Founder member of the Architectural Photographic Association in 1857. Buried in Westminster Abbey.
Locations
1847 Gand
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#5057
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 3.2.2023 based on information supplied by Jos Demarée