Dating to the late 1850s or early 1860s, these albumen prints,
showing some fading but generally clear, are the work of Philip
Henry Delamotte, who is known to have produced and sold such
collections of varying sizes. None are dated, but one image is
titled in a contents list as Views of Fountains from Terrace. Visit
of 45,000 Foresters, which almost certainly refers to a huge
convention of foresters held there in 1862.
Illustrated bottom right is one of the Twenty-Five Views on the
Thames, at Richmond, Eton, Windsor & Oxford of 1822, coloured
lithos by Hullmandel after William Westall - stitched as issued in
their original wrappers and showing some spotting and staining,
mostly to the margins - that sold for £2400 (Shapero) at the sale
on July 21 in Swindon. (Two further parts were issued in the
following year).
Palace views secured by English Heritage
ENGLISH Heritage successfully bid £11,500 for a portfolio of 47 photographs of the exterior and interior of the Crystal Palace in a Dominic Winter sale of August 25.