Rare Books and ManuscriptsTR145 .D5 1853+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/4467280
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
The album is inscribed at front: "Sarah Annette Jones from her Papa, June 1854." Sarah Annette Jones (born 1836) was the the niece of John Henry Vivian, of Bryn Newydd, on Sketty Green in Swansea. John Henry Vivian was the father of Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Lord Swansea, to whom several of John Dillwyn Llewellyn's photograph albums were once wrongly attributed.The album includes photographs of people and places, primarily in Wales. Most of the people depicted are members of the Eden, Vivian, Lindsay, Denman, and Lennox families. Locations depicted include Singleton Abbey, Sketty Hall, and Oystermouth Castle. Also included are Mary Dillwyn's photographs of flowers and birds.Most photographs are captioned and dated in black ink. Names of sitters and photographers are frequently abbreviated or given with initials only. Photographers include: Mary Dillwyn (M.D.); Caroline Eden (C.E.E.); Augustus Lennox (Capt. Lennox); John Dillwyn Llewelyn (Mr. Llewelyn); Vivian Arthur Webber (V.A.W.); Robert Webber Lindsay (R.W.L.); William Graham Vivian (W.G.V.); and C.H. (unidentified).There are 78 photographs present in the album. There are captions for an additional 14 photographs no longer present. Photograph nos. 7, 20, and 73 are no longer affixed to the page (removed to separate folder). Also removed to the folder are three commercially produced travel photographs: The Chancel, Roslin Chapel, 61, G.W.W. [George Washington Wilson, photographer] -- Queen's View, Killiecrankie, 10,700. G.W.W. -- Edinburgh Castle and National Gallery, 12067, J.V. [James Valentine, photographer]
Contents:
1. A.J. [Arthur Jones] / V.A.W., April 1854 -- 2. Mrs. A. [Caroline] Webber / E. & D. [Etta & Dulcie] Vivian, 1854 -- 3. [Bryn Newydd?] -- 4. Mrs. Eden / Capt. Lennox, 1853 -- 5. The Bryn / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 6. Shady Walk at the Bryn / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 7. Dulcie Eden & Emily Eden / M. Dillwyn, 1854 -- 8. Etta Vivian, Dulcie & Emily Eden / M. Dillwyn, 1854 -- 9. The Bryn / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 10. Aunt Sarah & Mr. Vivian / H.H., 1854 [photograph lacking; in its place is laid in a photograph captioned "Edinburgh Castle and National Gallery, 12067 J.V.] -- 11. Mrs. H.H. Vivian / M. Dillwyn, 1854 -- 12. D. [Dulcie] Vivian / V.A.W., 1854 -- 13. The Farm Singleton / C.H., 1854 -- 14. Glan Afon / R.W.L., 1854 -- 15. Sketty Church / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 16. Ringers (Sketty Church) / R.W.L., 1854 -- 17. Mr. Welby & Singers (Sketty Church) / A.W., 1854 -- 18. Schools (Sketty) / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 19. The Orangery at Singleton / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 20. Fountains (Singleton) / C.E.V, 1854 -- 21. Swiss Cottage / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 22. Gertrude & Mr. Lloyd / M.D., 1853 -- 23. F. [Frances] Denman / Mr. Llewellyn, 1853 -- 24. [Flowers in a vase] / M.D., 1853 -- 25. H.N. [Henry Noel] Eden Esqr. / Mr. Llewellyn, 1853 -- 26. Passion Flowers / M.D., 1853 -- 27. Lord George Lennox & Glynn Vivian / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 28. [Flowers in a vase] / M.D., 1853 -- 29. Black Pyl / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 30. M. & C. Lindsay / R.W.L., 1854 -- 31. Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge) -- 32. Part of Oystermouth Castle / M.D., 1854 -- 33. Oystermouth Castle / M.D., 1854 -- 34. Oystermouth Castle / M.D., 1854 -- 35. Cottage on Pear Tree Green (nr. Southampton) / Capt. Lennox, 1854 -- 36.-40. [Five photographs of birds, including "Manx" and "Normandy"] / M.D., 1854.
Subject Terms:
Eden, Dulcie. | Jones, Sarah Annette, 1836– | Jones, Arthur, ca. 1806–1864. | Denham family | Eden family. | Jones family. | Lennox family. | Lindsay family. | Vivian family | Singleton Abbey (Swansea, Wales) | Sketty Hall (Swansea, Wales) | Oystermouth Castle (Swansea, Wales) | Flowers -- Pictorial works. | Photography of plants. | Sketty (Swansea, Wales) | Wales -- Pictorial works. | Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:
Photographs. | Photograph albums. | Albumen prints. | Salted paper prints.
Contributors:
Dillwyn, Mary, 1816–1906, photographer. | Eden, Caroline, 1824–1872, photographer. | Lennox, Augustus, 1824–1883, photographer. | Lindsay, Robert Webber, 1835–1917, photographer. | Llewellyn, John Dillwyn, 1810–1882, photographer. | Valentine, James, 1815–1879, photographer. | Vivian, A. Pendarves (Arthur Pendarves), 1834–1926, photographer. | Vivian, William Graham, 1827–1912, photographer. | Webber, Vivian Arthur, photographer. | Wilson, G. W. (George Washington), 1823–1893
