Highgate Cemetery

Victorian valhalla

111 pages

English language

Published Sept. 29, 1984 by Salem House.

ISBN:
978-0-88162-022-1
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OCLC Number:
10726708

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2 stars (1 review)

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Beautifully gloomy, but not great ref

2 stars

Highgate Cemetery: Victorian Valhalla is a collection of black and white photographs by John Gay, accompanied by notes on the cemetery's history and some of its more interesting residents (and Julius Beer, who was apparently only interesting for his mausoleum). Many of the photos are moody, mysterious, and inspiring. Some of them are the usual cemetery photography fare - bland portraits of angel statues - but the decades of overgrowth makes even these look unlike most other representatives of this "genre".

In the back is a map of the cemetery, and many of the photos have their locations marked on it, alongside many un-photographed locations mentioned in the commentary. Unfortunately, the 70+ locations are numbered in the order they were mentioned in the text, which makes actually finding them on the map rather annoying. The photos are undated and show all seasons, and the text implies they could be from …

Subjects

  • Sepulchral monuments, Victorian -- England -- London.
  • London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
  • Highgate Cemetery (London, England)