Reference
HY969
Title
Album "Views of Ickwell Bury", containing photographs of the house, neighbourhood, and family.
Date free text
c. 1879
Production date
From: 1877 To: 1880
Scope and Content
Page 1. Blank space for 'Mr Harvey' [John Harvey died in 1879]. 'Mrs Harvey' - albumen print of Mrs Harvey [c.1831-c1898] sitting leaning her elbow on a keyboard instrument and reading a sheet of paper.
Page 2. 'Miss Beatrice Harvey' - albumen print of Miss Harvey [c.1855-1895] in possibly a walking outfit with stripes around the base of the skirt and military style decoration on the sleeves. Miss Harvey wears a straw[?] boater and is holding an folded umbrella by her side.
Page 3. 'Mrs Audley Harvey' - albumen print of Mrs Harvey [1854-1880] holding a small child probably her third child Marjorie Rosa Bayly born 1877]. 'Mr Audley Harvey' - albumen print of Mr Harvey in Highland dress [John Edmund Audley Harvey [1850-1927] presumably the uniform of the 42 Highlanders of which he was an ensign 1869-71 and a Lieutenant from 1871 and finally Captain].
Page 4. 'Ickwell Bury - from the hill near the sandpits'
Page 5. 'Ickwell Bury from the cross roads'
Page 6. 'Ickwell Bury from the water' - albumen print of a lady and a bearded man in a sailing boat by the side of the lake, beyond them is the lake and in the distance the house.
Page 7. Stable Gate.
Page 8. The Forge
Page 9. Cottage on the Green. Albumen print. A woman can be seen leaning over the half door of the cottage and two other women stand at the gate; on the grass sit two small children.
Page 10. 'The Green - The Maypole'
Page 11. 'Warden Lane' - Albumen print - a young boy and girl [possibly John Harvey [b.1875] and one of his sisters - Andalusia born c1874 or Marjorie born 1877] are in the centre of the image with the lane leading away behind them. In the middle ground are two women.
PU152/1986
Level of description
item