W. Spreat, Exeter 'Dartmouth
Castle'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11202.
Price $18.
Handwritten 'Dartmouth Castle
and River Dart'.
Condition 4/5 (grubby).
Order #11203.
Price $6.
'Dartmouth, Butter Walk'.
Condition. White spot on right
image is loss.
Order #11204.
Price $3.
Cranford, Publisher, Dartmouth.
'St Saviour's Church, Dartmouth. Carved oak rood screen, pure "perpendicular"
with original emblazonry in good condition'.
Condition 8.
Order #11205.
Price $8.
An earlier use of the same
neg. Same label as previous view.
Condition 8 for early view.
Order #11206.
Price $6.
A less sucessful attempt at
the same subject by Spreat of Exeter. Having said that, much more detail
of the Rood Screen on this one.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11207.
Price $8.
Next a selection of views of Sharpham on the River Dart. Much photographed by many photographers.
'Sharpham on the Dart'. A very
nice view.
Condition 8 (white spot on
r/h image I have managed to remove after scan).
Order #11209.
Price $10.
'Sharpham on the Dart'
Condition 7.
Order #11210.
Price $3.
Another nice view from Spreat
of Exeter. 'Sharpham on the Dart'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11211.
Price $15.
A variant from Spreat of Exeter.
'Sharpham Boathouse'.
Condition 7.
Order #11212.
Price $12.
This one has a crossed-out
Spreat printing for an entirely different neg. An elegant view.
Condition. Good but slight
holes in the bottom right corner of the right image.
Order #11213.
Price $15.
This is what the other photographers
missed! Framed by trees and some foreground. Very like Wilson but no photographer's
identity. Just a white label 'Sharpham on the Dart'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11214.
Price $18.
This one from Way and Sons
with their very decorative label on the back. 'Sharpham on the Dart'.
Condition. Very clear but
stains in sky especially on right image.
Order #11215.
Price $12.
'Sidmouth. The Alma'.
Condition 9.
Order #11216.
Price $4.
'Sidmouth Caves, Landrum'.
Condition 8. View of owls
pasted on the back.
Order #11218.
Price $5.
'6266. Exmouth'.
Condition 7.
Order #11219.
Price $6.
The next few views are by the delightfully named Owen Angel. Angel was a printer and lithographer as well as, as he describes himself on the back of his views, a photographist. Please click HERE for a website describing his life and work. He had one annoying trait - as far as I can see he never put a location on his views, neither handwritten nor printed. I have burned the midnight oil to identify some of these. Some of his views of Exeter Cathedral can be seen by clicking on our page of minor cathedrals.
Owen Angel. When enlarged,
the title on the plinth of the statue is Thomas Dyke Acland, who turns
out to be the 10th or 11th Baronet - both of whom were politicians and
educational reformers. The statue is in Northernhay Park in Exeter - which
led us to the next view . . .
Condition 7.
Order #11221.
Price $15.
Owen Angel. While researching
the previous view, we find that John Angel - surely a relative - was a famous
sculptor who was commissioned early in his career to create the war memorial
in Northernhay Park. In 1928 John emigrated to the USA. By the time of
his death on 16 Oct 1960 in Connecticut, John Angel had established himself
as one of the foremost sculptors in America. His numerous commissions included
figures for the cathedral of St John the Divine in New York and a striking
figure of Francis Vigo for the George Rogers Clark Memorial Park in Vincennes.
But, I digress; this view
turns out to be the entrance to Northernhay Park in Exeter (see modern
pic above) where John's statue now stands. Which leads us on to the next
view . . .
Condition 7.
Order #11222.
Price $15.
Owen Angel. Obviously the same
entrance from the other direction - which led us (tentatively) to
the next view . . .
Condition 7.
Order #11223.
Price $15.
Owen Angel. OK - so now I'm
struggling. This and the next I would like to think are in Northernhay
Park, and this one at least, seems to match modern pics. I'll have to conceed
that this is an unid.
Condition 7.
Order #11224.
Price $12.
Owen Angel. One tree looks
much like another!
Condition 7.
Order #11225.
Price $6.
Owen Angel. This and the next
two were as anonymous as they come. However, a study of the nearest gravestone
produces a Jerimiah and Mary Esworthy. Entering 'Esworthy' in Google produces
a geneology site recording this marriage:
'27 Apr 1775 Mary SERCOMBE
(of this parish, spinster, signed) = Jeremiah ESWORTHY (of this parish,
yeoman, signed) by banns begun 22 Jan 1775 - witnesses James ESWORTHY (signed)
and Andrew CAZELEY (signed)this entry'.
This would make our happy
couple both 16 when they married. The marriage is recorded as being at
Dunsford church in Devon. A long shot that they would have lived in the
same place and been buried in the same church pays off when a modern pic
identifies this as Dunsford churchyard. Simple if you haven't got a life!
Condition 7.
Order #11227.
Price $15.
Owen Angel. Dunsford again.
Condition 8.
Order #11228.
Price $15.
Berry Pomeroy Castle. Abandoned some time between 1688 and 1701 this is reputed to be one of the most haunted castles in England. Now stripped of its ivy, it looks far less fascinating to me than it did in the mid-nineteenth century. There are numerous websites on Google for those interested.
The castle today.
White label 'Berry-Pomeroy
Castle'.
Condition 8.
Order #11230.
Price $15.
White label 'Berry-Pomeroy
Castle'.
Condition. Images 8/9, slight
marks on mount.
Order #11231.
Price $18.
'Berry-Pomeroy Castle'.
Condition 8.
Order #11232.
Price $18.
W. Spreat, Exeter. 'Berry Pomeroy
Castle from the Wishing Tree'.
Condition 8 (slight marks
at the top of right image).
Order #11233.
Price $18.
W. Spreat, Exeter. 'Berry Pomeroy
Castle, entrance to the Chapel'.
Condition 7.
Order #11236.
Price $12.
Handwritten 'The Norman Gateway,
Berry Pomeroy'.
Condition 8.
Order #11237.
Price $12.
White label 'Berry-Pomeroy
Castle. The Guard Room'.
Condition 8.
Order #11238.
Price $12.
Britton & Sons, Photographers,
40 High Street, Barnstaple. Untitled coastal view.
Condition 8/9 (slight marks
in sky).
Order #11240.
Price $15.
Britton & Sons, Photographers,
40 High Street, Barnstaple. Untitled coastal view.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11241.
Price $10.
'278. Barnstaple Church'.
Condition 8 (light horizontal
line across top).
Order #11242.
Price $8.
'276. Barnstaple from Park'.
Condition 8.
Order #11243.
Price $6.
'279. Barnstaple. Jubilee Clock'.
Condition 8.
Order #11244.
Price $6.
Handwritten 'Ilfracombe'.
Condition 6 (some spots in
sky and not stunningly clear).
Order #11245.
Price $6.
A.L. Coke. 'Ilfracombe, from
Hillsborough'.
Condition 7.
Order #11246.
Price $12.
Catford Bros. Photo. 'Ilfracombe
- from Hillsborough'. These photographers not recorded by Treadwell.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11247.
Price $15.
'270. Ilfracombe. Capstone
Parade'.
Condition 9.
Order #11248.
Price $4.
A.L. Coke. 'The Parade, Ilfracombe'.
Condition 8.
Order #11249.
Price $15.
Handwritten 'Hotel, Ilfracombe'.
Condition 6 (slight fading).
Order #11250.
Price $4.
Twiss and Sons 'Victoria Promenade
Ilfracombe'. This seems to be some kind of litho process.
Condition 7.
Order #11251.
Price $8.
Twiss and Sons. 'Ilfracombe,
Victoria Promenade'.
Condition. Light scratch at
top of left image.
Order #11252.
Price $6.
Archibald Coke. 'Ilfracombe,
Lantern Hill and Hillsborough'.
Condition 8.
Order #11253.
Price $12.
Archibald Coke. 'Ilfracombe,
The Lantern Hill and Hillsborough'.
Condition 8.
Order #11254.
Price $12.
Handwritten. 'Lantern Hill,
Ilfracombe'.
Condition 8.
Order #11255.
Price $12.
Archibald Coke. 'At Ilfracombe'.
Condition 7.
Order #11256.
Price $10.
Blue Label 'Lantern Hill, from
Ilfracombe Cove'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11257.
Price $12.
'275. Ilfracombe. Caves at
Watersmeet'.
Condition 9.
Order #11258.
Price $3.
'264. Ilfracombe. Hillsborough'.
Condition 8.
Order #11259.
Price $2.
'267. Ilfracombe. Lantern Hill'.
Condition 9.
Order #11260.
Price $3.
'Ilfracombe, Torrs Walk'.
Condition 7.
Order #11261.
Price $5.
'Ilfracombe, Torrs Walk'.
Condition 7.
Order #11262.
Price $5.
Handwritten 'Tavistock Church,
Nth Devon'.
Condition. Couple of small
spots, otherwise 8.
Order #11264.
Price $10.
Almost identical view of Tavistock
Church but unmarked. Better images.
Condition 9.
Order #11265.
Price $12.
Keystone 'Beautiful village
of Cockington. One of England's remaining memories of the past'. 1920s
silver gelatin view with full text description on the back.
Condition 10.
Order #11266.
Price $12.
Harding and Son, North Devon
Series. No location.
Condition 7.
Order #11267.
Price $5.
Handwritten 'Banks of the ???,
Ivybridge'. Amateur color view.
Condition 7.
Order #11270.
Price $4.
Handwritten 'River scene, Ivybridge'.
Good amateur view.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11271.
Price $6.
Handwritten 'Bridge over the
Plym, Bickleigh Vale, Devon'. Amateur view.
Condition 8 (slightly light).
Order #11272.
Price $4.
Handwritten 'Bickleigh Vale,
Devon'. Amateur view.
Condition 8.
Order #11273.
Price $4.
Handwritten. 'Wolborough Church,
East End'. This is near Newton Abbot.
Condition. Small split at
bottom left corner of right image.
Order #11275.
Price $10.
Handwritten. 'Waterfall near
Hartland'. This is probably Speke’s Mill Mouth where Milford Water enters
the sea.
Condition. Light marks in
sky area.
Order #11276.
Price $15.
