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 28 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 green binding by Westley's & Co. of London, and it is lacking a print of the North Transept of Furness Abbey by Roger Fenton. Item-level information follows.
958:0138:0001 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Conway Castle and Bridge. Albumen print, 6 cm (round, mounted on cover);
958:0138:0002 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Bolton Priory, West End. Albumen print, 7.2 x 6.2 cm (arched top);
958:0138:0003 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. The Strid. Albumen print, 7.6 x 6.5 (oval);
958:0138:0004 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Glastonbury Abbey, Chantry Chapel. Albumen print, 7.9 x 6.7 cm;
958:0138:0005 -- Wilson, George Washington. Iona. Albumen print, 7 cm (round);
958:0138:0006 -- Bedford, Francis. Lanthony Abbey. Albumen print, 7.2 x 7.3 cm;
958:0138:0007 -- Bedford, Francis. Chepstow Castle. Albumen print, 7.8 x 8.3 cm;
958:0138:0008 -- Bedford, Francis. Chepstow, Marten's Tower. Albumen print, 7.7 x 8.2 cm;
958:0138:0009 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. View from Chapel Hill [Tintern Abbey]. Albumen print, 6 cm (round);
958:0138:0010 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. West Door and Window [Tintern Abbey]. Albumen print, 7.4 x 6.8 cm (arched top);
958:0138:0011 -- Bedford, Francis. Raglan Castle. Albumen print, 7.4 x 8.1 cm;
958:0138:0012 -- Bedford, Francis. Raglan Castle, Grand Staircase. Albumen print, 7.6 x 8.5 cm;
958:0138:0013 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Conway Castle. Albumen print, 6.1 cm (round);
958:0138:0014 -- Bedford, Francis. Goodrich Castle. Albumen print, 7.7 x 8.1 cm (arched top);
958:0138:0015 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Fountains Abbey; from the Abbot's House. Albumen print, 6.9 cm (round);
958:0138:0016 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Fountains: Lady Chapel. Albumen print, 7 x 6 cm (arched top);
958:0138:0017 -- Wilson, George Washington. Roslin Chapel, Interior. Albumen print, 7.6 x 7.2 cm;
958:0138:0018 -- Wilson, George Washington. Roslin: 'Prentice Pillar. Albumen print, 7.6 x 7.7 cm;
958:0138:0019 -- Wilson, George Washington. Elgin Cathedral; South Aisle. Albumen print, 7.2 x 7.2 cm;
958:0138:0020 -- Wilson, George Washington. Elgin Cathedral: Choir. Albumen print, 7.1 x 6.4 cm (arched top);
958:0138:0021 -- Wilson, George Washington. Holyrood Abbey; Interior. Albumen print, 7.5 x 7.2 cm;
958:0138:0022 -- Wilson, George Washington. Melrose: from the South-West. Albumen print, 8.1 x 7.4 cm (arched top);
958:0138:0023 -- Wilson, George Washington. Melrose: the Nave. Albumen print, 7.6 x 7.1 cm;
958:0138:0024 -- McLean & Melhuish. Carisbrooke; Gateway. Albumen print, 7.5 x 7.3 cm;
958:0138:0025 -- McLean & Melhuish. Carisbrooke Castle. Albumen print, 7.3 x 7.5 cm;
958:0138:0026 -- Sedgfield, William Russell. Rievaux [sic, Rievaulx]: Old Gateway. Albumen print, 8.1 x 7.9 cm;
958:0138:0027 -- Fenton, Roger. Furness Abbey. Albumen print, 6.9 x 8.5 cm (oval);
958:0138:0028 -- Unidentified. View of an abbey. Albumen print, 6 cm (round, mounted on back cover). |
