Scotland, the West Country, and Surrey photograph album, 1889-1903

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Summary

Title:
Photograph album of Scotland, the West Country, and Surrey
Dates:
1889-1903
Abstract:
Album containing scenic views of Scotland, and Surrey and the West Country in England, probably compiled ca. 1889-1903.
Extent:
1 album (107 photographic prints) : albumen, 27 x 23 cm (album)
Language:
Finding aid is written in English. and Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photograph album of Scotland, the West Country, and Surrey (Collection 94/107). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The album opens with photographs by the studio of James Valentine and Sons of Dundee, Scotland ("J.V."; Valentine's son William Dobson Valentine was also a photographer with the firm at that time), and G.W. Wilson & Co. ("G.W.W.") of the towns, harbors, castles, and countryside of Scotland, west of Aberdeen. Photos of The Trossachs, with captions referencing Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake, suggest that the album belonged to someone with literary tastes. Included are views of Loch Katrine, Loch Achray, and Ben Venue, and the nearby town of Ballater, and the scene of the Massacre of Glencoe. In the Scottish Highlands, there are photos of Corpach, and the locks of the Caledonian Canal; in the Shetland Islands, there are views of a Shetland pony standing with his owner in Commercial Street in Lerwick, and a panorama of the town and harbor from the 17th-century Fort Charlotte; in the Outer Hebrides, we see the druidical stones at Callanish. An interesting view of Abergeldie Castle on the River Dee displays a rope strung across the river, possibly for operation of a ferry boat. Castles are a theme throughout the album, which contains photos of Balmoral, Abergeldie, Edinburgh, Hastings, Glengarry (on Loch Ness), Stirling, Dunster, and Windsor Castles. The lakes, rivers, waterfalls, and rocky mountains of Scotland are another subject of many of the photographs, with particular emphasis on landscapes and country homes of Surrey at Leith Hill, Box Hill, Hindhead, Dorking, Wotton (home of John Evelyn), Deepdene, and Milton Court--and Devon--Lynton, Bideford, Ilfracombe, the River Tamar in Morwellham, Dartmoor. There is a fine architectural photo of Lord Tennyson's home, Aldworth, on Black Down in Sussex. The album also contains 18 reproductions or photographs of artworks, several by J.M.W. Turner from his Liber studiorum. Others are portraits, after artists such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Federico Zuccaro; there is also a portrait of Mary Magdalen by Guido Reni, and one of Lord Nelson after John Hoppner, from the painting at Greenwich Hospital.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Physical facet:

Possible range of dates from dates in added ms. captions.

Photographs are mounted to rectos and versos of 30 leaves of stiff cardboard, in arrangements of one to five photographs per page, depending on size; in most cases, captions are supplied in negative, identifying subject of photo, stock number, and initials of photographer. In some cases, an additional ms. caption is added in brown ink below photograph.

Spec. Coll. copy: album is in poor condition, with upper and lower covers removed, and most of brown leather spine missing. In modern beige cloth clamshell box, with spine title "Scotland, West Country and Surrey."

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Jane Carpenter with assistance from Simon Elliott; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Date of source: 2013 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photograph album of Scotland, the West Country, and Surrey (Collection 94/107). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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