Bridgwater & District Civic Society Blue Plaque Three Houses By Holloway and Hutt, North Somerset, england, UK

Image details
Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
MHM6B0File size:
57.1 MB (3.4 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 May 2018More information:
. This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2018 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The location is represented through Bridgwater & District Civic Society Blue Plaque Three Houses By Holloway and Hutt, North Somerset, england, UK. The locality and subject together evoke changing land use, visual archive, local history, commemorative object, regional identity, historic inscription, antique object, before-and-after reference, social-history object, everyday life, period craftsmanship, collectable heritage item, historic material culture, and commemorative plaque. For current editorial use, collecting and museum conservation provide additional context, especially through the importance of provenance and inscriptions in understanding historic artefacts. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around the recorded location before refurbishment alters the character of the place. The location also brings in decorative metalwork, historical comparison, local character, local-history evidence, contemporary social history, archival record, period detail, and heritage interpretation. Details involving District, Houses, Holloway, Bridgwater, and Society make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for collecting and how everyday objects can survive as evidence of earlier work and domestic life when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is object conservation and the importance of provenance and inscriptions in understanding historic artefacts without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.