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

The Home and Grave of Bryon: A Souvenir of Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire. Illustrated.

published 1874

Albumen silver prints

book: 27.7 x 22.4 x 3.1 cm comps.: 9.9 x 13.6 cm secondary supports: 20.9 x 26.8 cm

PH1981:0454:001-030

• exterior views
• interior views

- Contemporary binding consists of green cloth-covered boards and spine. There are gold gilt inscriptions on the cover and spine. Endpapers are of brown 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.

stamped - embossed in typescript and gold gilt, on the cover, c.: "The / home / AND GRAVE / OF / BYRON / A SOUVENIR / OF / NEWSTEAD / ABBEY"; on the spine, u.c.: "THE / HOME / AND / GRAVE / OF / BYRON" imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the title page, u.c. to c.: "THE / HOME AND GRAVE / OF / BYRON: / A / SOUVENIR OF NEWSTEAD ABBEY, / NOTTINGHAM. / ILLUSTRATED." labelled - in typescript and red ink, on a paper label attached to the back pastedown, l.r.: "BOUND BY / W. BONE & SON / 76 FLEET St LONDON E.C."

Newstead; Nottinghamshire; England; United Kingd

• architecture
• topographique

• abbey