A Souvenir of Newstead Abbey, formerly the home of Lord Byron

People:

Richard Allen and Son (photographic studio)
Richard Allen and Son (printers)
Richard Allen (author)

Title:

A Souvenir of Newstead Abbey, formerly the home of Lord Byron

Date:

published 1874

Form:
books
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 book(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

book: 27.8 x 22.0 x 3.1 cm comps.: 9.9 x 13.6 cm secondary supports: 20.9 x 26.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1985:1083:001-030

Point of View:

exterior views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of brown cloth-covered boards and spine. There are gold gilt inscriptions on the cover and spine. Endpapers are of greenish black paper. Pages are of brownish white paper with gold gilt edging. Secondary supports are of brownish white cardboard with gold gilt edging. The book comprises a title page, table of contents, 44 pages of text, 30 photographs and 2 advertisements for books published by Richard Allen and Son. The pages and secondary supports of the book are unbound from the book, but are still housed in the cover.

Inscription:

stamped - embossed in typescript and gold gilt, on the cover, c.: "A / SOUVENIR / OF / NEWSTEAD ABBEY / the home of / LORD BYRON"; on the spine, u.c.: "SOUVENIR / OF / NEWSTEAD / ABBEY." imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the title page, u.c. to c.: "A / SOUVENIR / OF / NEWSTEAD ABBEY, / FORMERLY THE / HOME OF LORD BYRON. / ILLUSTRATED."

Location:

Newstead; Nottinghamshire; England; United Kingd

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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