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Call Number:

PH-02136

Collection Name:

The Wye: Its Ruined Abbeys and Castles

Creator:

Bedford, Francis (1816 - 1894)

Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham), 1799-1888

Howitt, William, 1792-1879

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

No. of Items:

6 items

Span Dates:

1863

Description:

Published volume by William Howitt (British, 1792-1879) and Mary (Mary Botham) Howitt (British, 1799-1888), titled The Wye: Its Ruined Abbeys and Castles. Extracted from "The Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain" (London: Alfred W. Bennett, 1863), containing six mounted photographs (albumen prints) by Francis Bedford (British, 1816-1894) and William Russell Sedgfield (British, 1826-1902). The photographer and the published caption for each plate follows.

964:3551:0001 -- Bedford, Francis. The Wye from Chapel Hill. Albumen print, 6.1 cm (round, mounted on front cover);
964:3551:0002 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Chepstow Castle. Albumen print, 7.8 x 8.3 cm;
964:3551:0003 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Tintern Abbey. Albumen print, 7.4 x 6.8 cm (arched top);
964:3551:0004 -- Bedford, Francis. Raglan Castle. Albumen print, 7.7 x 8.5 cm;
964:3551:0005 -- Bedford, Francis. Goodrich Castle. Albumen print, 8.4 x 8.5 cm (arched top);
964:3551:0006 -- Bedford, Francis. Lanthony Abbey. Albumen print, 7.3 x 8.2 cm.

Accession No(s):

964:3551:0001-0006; Purchase, 1963

Location(s):

DA 670 W97 H68 1863 HRC-P (964:3551:0001-0006)
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