Bedford F. The Treasury of ornamental art illustrations of objects of art and vertù

Photographed from the originals and drawn on stone by F. Bedford. — 1853.This treasury of ornamental art includes lithographs by Francis Bedford (1824-1913), copied from his own photographs taken at the museum at Marlborough House in 1853. The items featured include a silver chalice in the style of the fifteenth century designed by Pugin and an Indian embroidered satin apron. Bedford began working as a lithographer in the 1840s, before he took up photography. From about 1850, he was employed by Day & Son, 'lithographers to the Queen', and worked on some of the most important illustrated art books of the nineteenth century.
Includes complete PDF of the book and also separate JPGs (approximate size of each image is 2000x3000) of each image.