Volume: George Fowler Jones Album of Photographs

Description

An album of topographical photographs compiled by George Fowler Jones (1819-1905) or his son Gascoigne Hastings Fowler Jones in 1885.

The photographs show buildings in England, Scotland and the rest of Europe. Many of them show cathedrals including Rouen, Beauvais, Senlis and Chartres in France; Beverley, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Worcester and Peterborough in England, and Trondheim in Norway. The remaining views are of buildings in Ajaccio, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Verona, Adel, Old Malton, York, Felixkirk, Achareidh, Skelton, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Worcester, Gloucester and Bramham cum Oglethorpe as well as images of Kirkham Priory, Guisborough Priory, Fountains Abbey and Rievaulx Abbey. George Fowler Jones lived Malton, Yorkshire, and much of the coverage s of the local area.

Most of the images are exterior views but there are some interiors, particularly of the cathedrals. There are several unidentified views mainly showing Norman porches which may be possible to locate in or near Yorkshire.

Content

This is part of the Collection: GFJ01 George Fowler Jones photograph album

This Volume contains the following materials:

Photograph (Print): 82

Photograph Album: 1

Measured Drawing: 3

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive