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Call Number:

PH-00292

Collection Name:

Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain and Ireland [copy 1]

Creator:

Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)

Fenton, Roger (1819 - 1869)

Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham), 1799-1888

Howitt, William, 1792-1879

McLean & Melhuish

Sedgfield, William Russell, 1826-1902 (1826 - 1902)

Wilson, George Washington (1823 - 1893)

No. of Items:

27 photographs in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1862

Description:

Published volume by William Howitt (British, 1792-1879) and Mary Botham Howitt (British, 1799-1888), titled Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain and Ireland (London: A.W. Bennett, 1862), containing 27 mounted photographs (albumen prints). The photographers whose work is included are Roger Fenton (British, 1819-1869), Francis Bedford (British, 1816-1894), McLean & Melhuish (British, active 1860s), William Russell Sedgfield (British, 1826-1902), and George Washington Wilson (Scottish, 1823-1893). This copy, one of three held by the Ransom Center, is bound in a violet binding by Westley's & Co. of London, and it is stamped Gernsheim Collection. The photographer and the printed caption for each plate follow.

964:3537:0001 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Bolton Priory, West End;
964:3537:0002 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. The Strid;
964:3537:0003 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Glastonbury Abbey, Chantry Chapel;
964:3537:0004 -- Wilson, George Washington. Iona;
964:3537:0005 -- Bedford, Francis. Lanthony Abbey;
964:3537:0006 -- Bedford, Francis. Chepstow Castle;
964:3537:0007 -- Bedford, Francis. Chepstow, Marten's Tower;
964:3537:0008 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. View from Chapel Hill;
964:3537:0009 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. West Door and Window [Tintern Abbey];
964:3537:0010 -- Bedford, Francis. Raglan Castle;
964:3537:0011 -- Bedford, Francis. Raglan Castle, Grand Staircase;
964:3537:0012 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Conway Castle;
964:3537:0013 -- Bedford, Francis. Goodrich Castle;
964:3537:0014 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Fountains Abbey; from the Abbot's House;
964:3537:0015 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Fountains: Lady Chapel;
964:3537:0016 -- Wilson, George Washington. Roslin Chapel, Interior;
964:3537:0017 -- Wilson, George Washington. Roslin: 'Prentice Pillar;
964:3537:0018 -- Wilson, George Washington. Elgin Cathedral; South Aisle;
964:3537:0019 -- Wilson, George Washington. Elgin Cathedral: Choir;
964:3537:0020 -- Wilson, George Washington. Holyrood Abbey; Interior;
964:3537:0021 -- Wilson, George Washington. Melrose: from the South-West;
964:3537:0022 -- Wilson, George Washington. Melrose: the Nave;
964:3537:0023 -- McLean & Melhuish. Carisbrooke; Gateway;
964:3537:0024 -- McLean & Melhuish. Carisbrooke Castle;
964:3537:0025 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Rievaux [sic, Rievaulx]: Old Gateway;
964:3537:0026 -- Fenton, Roger. Furness Abbey;
964:3537:0027 -- Fenton, Roger. Furness Abbey; North Transept.

Accession No(s):

964:3537:0001-0029

Location(s):

DA 660 H85 HRC-P cop.1 (964:3537:0001-0029)
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