A woman reading a book on a bench in Leazes Park, in front of the stone balustrade and steps of the terrace
- Date:
- 18 Jun 1894
- Location:
- Leazes Park, Leaze Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Reference:
- BL12761
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
The Bedford Lemere daybook states that the image was taken for W B Wilkinson and Co. Leazes Park was opened in December 1873, and was the first public park in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was laid out to designs by John Laing.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series of photographic negatives and prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Client: W B Wilkinson And Company
Landscape Gardener: Laing, John
Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company
Victorian Public Park
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