The next few views are by the delightfully named Owen Angel. Angel was a printer and lithographer as well as a photographist - as he describes himself on the back of his views. 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 #11201.
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 #11202.
Price $15.
Owen Angel. Obviously the same
entrance from the other direction - which led us (tentatively) to
the next view . . .
Condition 7.
Order #11203.
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 #11204.
Price $12.
Owen Angel. One tree looks
much like another!
Condition 7.
Order #11205.
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 #11206.
Price $15.
Owen Angel. Dunsford again.
Condition 8.
Order #11207.
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 #11208.
Price $15.
White label 'Berry-Pomeroy
Castle'.
Condition. Images 8/9, slight
marks on mount.
Order #11209.
Price $18.
Superb untitled view of Berry-Pomeroy
Castle. Looks like Francis Bedford to me.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11210.
Price $22.
White label 'Berry-Pomeroy
Castle. Gateway'.
Condition. Very slight marks
in sky.
Order #11211.
Price $18.
White label 'Berry-Pomeroy
Castle'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11212.
Price $18.
'Berry-Pomeroy Castle'.
Condition 8.
Order #11213.
Price $18.
W. Spreat, Exeter. 'Berry Pomeroy
Castle from the Wishing Tree'.
Condition 8 (slight marks
at the top of right image).
Order #11214.
Price $18.
W. Spreat, Exeter. 'Berry Pomeroy
Castle, entrance to the Chapel'.
Condition 7.
Order #11215.
Price $12.
Handwritten 'The Norman Gateway,
Berry Pomeroy'.
Condition 8.
Order #11216.
Price $12.
White label 'Berry-Pomeroy
Castle. The Guard Room'.
Condition 8.
Order #11217.
Price $12.
'Sidmouth. The Alma'.
Condition 9.
Order #11218.
Price $4.
'Sidmouth Caves, Landrum'.
Condition 8. View of owls
pasted on the back.
Order #11219.
Price $5.
'Rock Walk, Torquay'.
Condition. Slight loss on
left image, some staining.
Order #11220.
Price $10.
'Torquay, from Waldon Hill'.
Condition. Light stains.
Order #11221.
Price $15.
'Ainstey's Cove, Torquay'.
Condition. Slight stain on
right image.
Order #11222.
Price $8.
Way & Sons. 'Heather Crescent,
Torquay'. Salt print.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11223.
Price $18.
'Babbicombe, near Torquay'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11224.
Price $22.
'Babbicombe Bay. Carey Arms
Hotel'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11225.
Price $15.
'Babbicombe Bay. Torquay'.
Condition. Loss at bottom
left of left image.
Order #11226.
Price $8.
The next view is by Duprez
of Plymouth - Darrah also recorded one view.
Professor Jean Louis Philippe
Duprez, (or as he was more often known, 'Louis Duprez' or 'Professor Duprez')
was brother-in-law to the first Plymouth Borough Librarian, William Henry
Kearley Wright.
Professor Duprez was a popular
and well-known magician and illusionist. He performed his acts of trickery
(and séances) all over the country in the 19th century.
Duprez was born at Barnstaple
on 5 April 1844, and lived for most of his life in Plymouth.
He died whilst 'on tour' with
his 'hypnotised dogs' at Hastings on 18 March 1899. He left a widow, Adela,
who was his second wife, and three daughters who lived in Plymouth - the
last surviving daughter died as recently as 1951. Professor Duprez, senior
(Jean Joseph Duprez) was bankrupted at least twice and moved all over the
country - from London to Cheltenham to Barnstaple and then to Plymouth.
Professor Duprez, junior (who
is depicted in the image above) 'carried on the business of a photographer
at West Hoe'. He later found his talent for trickery, something that he
'inherited from his father'. His occupation on the 1881 census is recorded
as 'Professor of Legerdemain' - indicating perhaps that his work in conjuring
acts was now his main occupation.
Duprez. The Hoe, Plymouth.
No location.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11231.
Price $12.
William May, Devonport, blindstamp.
'The Eddystone Lighthouse'. Plus printed description.
Condition 8.
Order #11232.
Price $25.
William May, Devonport, blindstamp.
'Royal William victualling ????, from Mount Wise, Devonport'.
Condition 7.
Order #11233.
Price $22.
'Plymouth breakwater'.
Condition 8.
Order #11234.
Price $18.
'The Hoe and Baths'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11235.
Price $22.
'Butterwalk, Dartmouth'.
Condition 9.
Order #11236.
Price $22.
W Harding Warner, Photographer.
'No 96. Dartmouth - The Butter Row - Date 1625'. Published by W. Heath,
Plymouth.
Condition about 6 (views well).
Order #11237.
Price $8.
'Kingswear Castle, Dartmouth'.
Condition. Stain on right
image.
Order #11238.
Price $5.
A rather interesting 1860s
view of Bideford - rare!!!
Condition. Darkness in sky
is from processing.
Order #11239.
Price $18.
'Totnes Church'. Once again,
rare. Note boy sitting behind tombstone.
Condition
Order #11240.
Price $18.
Britton & Sons, Photographers,
40 High Street, Barnstaple. Untitled coastal view.
Condition 8/9 (slight marks
in sky).
Order #11241.
Price $15.
Britton & Sons, Photographers,
40 High Street, Barnstaple. Untitled coastal view.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11242.
Price $10.
'278. Barnstaple Church'.
Condition 8 (light horizontal
line across top).
Order #11243.
Price $8.
'276. Barnstaple from Park'.
Condition 8.
Order #11244.
Price $6.
'279. Barnstaple. Jubilee Clock'.
Condition 8.
Order #11245.
Price $6.
'Lantern Hill, Ilfracombe'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11246.
Price $15.
A.L. Coke. 'Ilfracombe. The
Lantern Hill and Hillsborough'.
Condition 8.
Order #11247.
Price $12.
Archibald Coke. 'Ilfracombe,
Lantern Hill and Hillsborough'.
Condition 8.
Order #11248.
Price $12.
Archibald Coke. 'At Ilfracombe'.
Condition 7.
Order #11249.
Price $10.
Archibald Coke. 'Ilfracombe,
The Lantern Hill and Hillsborough'.
Condition 8.
Order #11250.
Price $12.
Handwritten. 'Lantern Hill,
Ilfracombe'.
Condition 8.
Order #11251.
Price $12.
Blue Label 'Lantern Hill, from
Ilfracombe Cove'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11252.
Price $12.
'264. Ilfracombe. Hillsborough'.
Condition 8.
Order #11253.
Price $2.
'267. Ilfracombe. Lantern Hill'.
Condition 9.
Order #11254.
Price $3.
'Ilfracombe, Torrs Walk'.
Condition 7.
Order #11255.
Price $5.
'Ilfracombe, Torrs Walk'.
Condition 7.
Order #11256.
Price $5.
Handwritten '?Briary Cave,
Watersmouth, Ilfracombe. 1865'.
Condition. Slight processing
mark on right image.
Order #11257.
Price $12.
'275. Ilfracombe. Caves at
Watersmeet'.
Condition 9.
Order #11258.
Price $3.
Handwritten 'Ilfracombe'.
Condition 6 (some spots in
sky and not stunningly clear).
Order #11259.
Price $6.
Spreat, Exeter. 'Smallmouth
and Little Hangman, Ilfracombe, 1865'.
Condition 7.
Order #11260.
Price $12.
Untitled view from the same
position as the previous one.
Condition 8.
Order #11261.
Price $12.
'Ilfracombe, from Hillsborough,
1875'.
Condition 8.
Order #11262.
Price $15.
A.L. Coke. 'Ilfracombe, from
Hillsborough'. Ex Helen D. Mosely Collection. NSA.
Condition 7.
Order #11263.
Price $12.
A.L. Coke. 'Ilfracombe, from
Hillsborough'.
Condition 7.
Order #11264.
Price $12.
'Ilfracombe'.
Condition. Light marks in
sky.
Order #11265.
Price $5.
'Ilfracombe, Capstone Parade'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11266.
Price $12.
'270. Ilfracombe. Capstone
Parade'.
Condition 9.
Order #11267.
Price $4.
A.L. Coke. 'The Parade, Ilfracombe'.
Condition 8.
Order #11268.
Price $15.
A.L. Coke. 'The New Hotel,
Ilfracombe'.
Condition 8.
Order #11269.
Price $18.
Handwritten 'Hotel, Ilfracombe'.
From the same A.L. Coke negative as the previous view.
Condition 6 (slight fading).
Order #11270.
Price $4.
Twiss and Sons 'Victoria Promenade
Ilfracombe'.
Condition 7.
Order #11271.
Price $8.
Twiss and Sons. 'Ilfracombe,
Victoria Promenade'.
Condition. Light scratch at
top of left image.
Order #11272.
Price $6.
'Dawlish, Devon'.
Condition. Very clear but
spotting in sky.
Order #11273.
Price $12.
F. Davies, Dawlish. 'Oxen Lane
Bridge, Dawlish'.
Condition 8.
Order #11274.
Price $15.
F. Davies, Dawlish. Untitled
view of St Gregory, Dawlish, before the Victorians mauled it about.
Condition. All the yellow
marks are surface LOSSES.
Order #11275.
Price $10.
'St Mark's Chapel of Ease,
Dawlish'. 1850s view.
Condition. Slight marks in
sky.
Order #11276.
Price $22.
Handwritten in Victorian hand
'Devonshire'. Sold by Cranford, Bookseller, Dartmouth. Salt print.
Condition 9.
Order #11279.
Price $15.
'Bideford, North Devon'. Slight
camera blur on right image.
Condition 9.
Order #11280.
Price $22.
Handwritten 'Tavistock Church,
Nth Devon'.
Condition. Couple of small
spots, otherwise 8.
Order #11281.
Price $10.
Almost identical view of Tavistock
Church but unmarked. Better images.
Condition 9.
Order #11282.
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 #11283.
Price $12.
Harding and Sons, North Devon
Series. No location.
Condition 7.
Order #11286.
Price $5.
Handwritten 'Banks of the ???,
Ivybridge'. Amateur color view.
Condition 7.
Order #11287.
Price $4.
Handwritten 'River scene, Ivybridge'.
Good amateur view.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11288.
Price $6.
Handwritten 'Bridge over the
Plym, Bickleigh Vale, Devon'. Amateur view.
Condition 8 (slightly light).
Order #11289.
Price $4.
Handwritten 'Bickleigh Vale,
Devon'. Amateur view.
Condition 8.
Order #11290.
Price $4.
Handwritten. 'Wolborough Church,
East End'. This is near Newton Abbot.
Condition. Small split at
bottom left corner of right image.
Order #11291.
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 #11292.
Price $15.
Keystone. 'Beautiful village
of Cockington. One of England's remaining memories of the past'. Text description.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11293.
Price $12.
Spreat, Exeter. Thanks to Robert who has identified this as Bowerman's Nose, Manaton.
Condition. Mark on right image.
Order #11295.
Price $12.
