View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:8024559
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Elizabeth Jane Crompton was the fourth of ten children of Joshua Crompton of York (1754-1832) and Anna Maria Rookes of Esholt (1763-1819). In 1814, her sister Maria Anne Crompton married Henry Preston of Moreby, after which Elizabeth joined the newlyweds on a tour of Scotland. A detailed account of the family is available in Letters & papers of Henrietta Matilda Crompton & her family, a list with extracts, & The art of Henrietta Matilda Crompton. By Stephen Allen, edited by M.Y. Ashcroft. 1994.
Contents:
[1] Scotch scenery (title vignette) -- [2] Greta Bridge, Yorksh. -- [3] Greta Bridge in Rokeby -- [4] Northam Tower, in Rokeby -- [5] Brougham Castle & Lowther Bridge, nr. Penrith, Cumberland -- [6] Lannark cotton mills & town, from Lady Ross' grounds, Lanarksh. -- [7] Bonnington Linn, one of the falls of the Clyde, Lanarksh. -- [8] Corra Linn, one of the falls of the Clyde, Lanarksh. -- [9] Stonebyres, one of the falls of the Clyde, 80 feet high -- [10] Bothwell Castle, Earl Douglas [illegible] Hamilton, Lanarksh. -- [11] Glasgow Bridge from a steam boat -- [12] Dumbarton Rock and Dunbuck Hill taken upon the Clyde -- [13] Paisley Craighs [?], Professor Mylnes, Ayrshire -- [14 & 15] Sea view from Paisley, Ayrshire, of the islands of great & little Cumbra, Bute, & Arran, the sea bathing town of Largs & Paisley Castle [across 2 pages] -- [16] South Ennan, Earl Eglenton's, Largs. Arysh. -- [17] Loch Lomond -- [18] Inn at the foot of Ben Lomond -- [19] Arroquar Inn upon Loch Long -- [20] Inverary Castle & Town upon Loch Fine -- [21] Inverary Castle, Duke of Argyl -- [22] Glenorchy Castle upon Loch Awe -- [23] Isle of Mull -- [24] Balliutis [?] Inn & Ferry -- [25] Bridge over the Upper Fall of Fyres -- [26] Avimore Inn & the Grampian Hills -- [27] Fall of the Bruir -- [28] Blair Athol, Duke of Athols -- [29] Loch Tay, Kenmore church -- [30] Taymouth, Lord Breadalbanes -- [31] Loch Catherine -- [32] Stirling Castle -- [33] Melrose Abbey -- [34] Carlisle Castle -- [35] Fleurs on the Tweed.
Subject Terms:
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869. | Preston, Henry, d. 1857. | Preston, Maria Anne Crompton, 1787–1845. | Castles -- Scotland -- Pictorial works. | Scotland -- Description and travel. | Scotland -- Pictorial works. | Highlands (Scotland) -- Pictorial works.
