• Charles Thurston Thompson (photographer)

Monastery of Batalha, Aljubarrota, Portugal

1866

Albumen silver prints

album: 47.9 x 37.2 x 1.9 cm

PH1980:0257:001-020

- Contemporary binding consists of blue-grey paper covers, brown leather spine, cream colored endpapers, and black printed text on cover.

inscribed - in black typeface, on the cover and on the title page: "EXAMPLES OF ART WORKMANSHIP OF VARIOUS AGES / AND COUNTRIES. / THE SCULPTURED ORNAMENT / OF THE / MONASTERY OF BATALHA / IN PORTUGAL. / TWENTY PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE LATE THURSTON THOMPSON, / WITH A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF / THE BUILDING. / Under the Sanction of the Science and Art Department, for the Use of / Schools of Art and Amateurs. / (ornamental design) / LONDON: / PUBLISHED BY THE ARUNDEL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING / THE KNOWLEDGE OF ART, 24 OLD BOND STREET: AND / sold by / BELLAND DALDY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. / 1868." stamped and numbered - in black ink, on the cover, on right front end paper and on the title page, u.r.: "MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ART / No. 4 / 236 / EDINBURGH / AUG 26 / 1868"

Aljubarrota; Portugal;