Scope and Content
The majority of the photographs are identified in the same handwriting below each image. The handwriting is not always easy to read and when unclear this has been indicated as [?] in the descriptions below. Where a photographic studio is indicated on a carte-de-visite this has been given in brackets. Additional information relating to what is depicted is given in ( ) additional information not contained in the album but provided for dating or clarification purposes is given in square brackets [ ].
Page 1 - The fountain at Panshanger - Thomas Macdonald, Lord Kilburn[?], Lady Ailesbury[?] [very faded but shows formal beds near the fountain].
Page 2. Top: Amabel, Adine, Bill, Florence 1853. Bottom Lady Cowper, Henry Cowper, Dandy. [both very faded]. Loose carte-de-visite identified on the back in pencil as 'Hon Henry Cowper Uncle Henry' probably by Nan Ino Herbert.
Page 3. Top left Adine, Mlle Darcourt. Top right Holsfier[? it's a horse] and Florence. Bottom Lord Cowper, Henry Cowper, Lord Ashley [all very faded; the bottom image has the three men sitting, in quite a relaxed manner, around a small table].
Page 4. Top: Lady Jocelyn, Lady Shaftesbury. Bottom: Lady Jocelyn.
Page 5: Top left: Lord John Russell, Top right: Bt Huler S Denman[?] Bot left: Sidney Herbert, Bot Right Lord Canning. [all carte-de-visite style photos].
Page 6. Mr Charles Leigh [seated in an armchair holding a top hat].
Page 7. [all (carte-de-visite] top left: Mme de Perrigay[?]; top right: Jn Henry Cotterell [?]; Bot left: Count Walewski; Bot right: Madame Prestori [?].
Page 8. Photograph of 12 men posing with guns, some appear to be in uniforms, caption appears to read 'Lord Elcho, 2 x Radstech, Mr Frieder, Lord Cowper, Henry Cowper.
Page 9. Top left: Count Pahlew [?] carte-de-visite. Top right: Lord Clanwilliam carte-de-visite; carte-de-visite style photograph of a small dog (possibly Dandy) dressed in a cleric's gown and glasses at a desk with his front paws on an open book (caption has been erased; small photo of head of Edwin Lascelles.
Page 10: Photograph of a painting of 'old Ly de Grey'. coloured carte-de-visite of a Bible open at the beginning of the Song of Solomon.
Page 11. all cartes-de-visite: William Cowper; Mrs W Cowper; Lord Palmeston (one of him sitting down one of him standing and wearing a top hat).
Page 12. Lord Cowper in the Bois de Boulogne (view of Lord Cowper sitting on a horse).
Page 13. John Warren [sitting at a desk with a book in his hand]. Small reproduction of the picture of Lord Cowper, Henry Cowper and Lord Ashley from page 3.
Page 14. Lord Charles Bruce; Lord Dafferin.
Page 15. John Henry Ryder [?]; Mr A Cockirle[?]
Page 16 all carte-de-visite: Lady Granville [back view]; Lord Sydney; Mrs John Leslie; Mr Barthurst.
Page 17 all carte-de-visite: Lady Granville - standing from the back, from the left and from the right, and sitting,
Page 18 all carte-de-visite: Lord Granville from the back and front and Lady Granville.
Page 19 all carte-de-visite:: Lord Ashley, Lady Harriet Ashley, Henry Cowper.
Page 20 all carte-de-visite: Spencer Cowper with dog.
Page 21. all carte-de-visite: Lady Shaftesbury (x2) Lady Jocelyn, Lady Victoria Ashley.
Page 22. Top: Group of people on the steps of Broadlands[?] identified as: Count Blucken, William Cowper, Lady Ht Cowper, Lady Palmerston, Count Leatico, Lord Palmerston, Cts Benesdorf[?], Lady Jocelyn, Mrs Cowper, Margen d'Angleo.
Bottom left: Lady Shaftesbury and Lady Jocelyn in front of the house at Broadlands.
Bottom right: Bobby Jocelyn.
Page 23. Top: photograph of a marble bust of Freddy Jocelyn [1852-1871] by Westmacott; Bottom: Lord Valletante [?].
Page 24. View of the South front of Panshanger with Florence, Adine, Lena, Amabel (with Dick the dog) and Lady Cowper with Dandy the dog.
Page 25. View of the South garden at Panshanger.
Page 26. View of the East front of Panshanger.
Page 27. Box garden from the roof of the gallery with Amabel, Adine, Lady Cowper and Florence.
Page 28. View of the box garden with Adine, Amabel with Dick, Mr Russell, Florence with Dandy, Una (the dog), Slater Smith, Mrs Cowper and Lady Cowper.
Page 29. Fountain in the box garden with Lady Cowper, Florence, Adine, Amabel and dogs Dandy, Una and Dick.
Page 30. Servants at Panshanger [group photograph of 8 men and 9 women).
Page 31. 'Balls' view of a Balls Park house from the formal garden, a man, possibly a gardener, stands on the path to the left of the central path.
Page 32. Broadlands (view from across the lake).
Page 33. Garden in front of the house at Broadlands.
Page 34 Top left small picture of a mountain. Top right: Capt Bailey, Amy with Dick, Lady Cowper with Dandi, Adine. Bottom left: Capt Bailey sitting in a cane chair. Bottom right - not identified but likely to be two of the daughters of Lady Cowper (badly scratched).
Page 35. Fold out photograph of the frontage of Panshanger.
Page 36. Lady Cowper in her pony carriage.
Page 37. Amy, Adine and Florence on horseback.
Page 38. all cartes-de-visite: Reginald Vyne [r?} (x 3); Lady Northampton [Theodosia Douglas-Compton? formerly Vyner].
Page 39. Top: Volunteer shooting match at Panshanger (view of crowd); bottom left: Ladies' Cup, Bottom right, small view of Panshanger.
Page 40. Cartes-de-visite: Garibaldi 1860, Carne [?], Outer ?, photograph of a sketch from Thomas's 'Garibaldi during the siege of Rome'[?]
Page 41. Head of a stage shot at Cheanin[?]
Page 42. Cartes-de-visite: Jn Byng, Lord Elcho, Lord Spencer, Lord Cowper all in uniform.
Page 43. Cartes-de-visite: Top left: The Queen & Prince Consort, top right: unidentified, Bottom right and left Slater Smith.
Page 44. Top left: Lady Tankerville and child, Lady Ely. Top right: Lady Tankerville's boys (3 of them with model sailing boats); bottom left Lady Sydney, Bottom right Lady Mary Vyner.
Page 45. All cartes-de-visite: Mr Lennow[?], Mr Leinow[?]'s child, Lady Northampton (from the back looking in a mirror), Lady Augusta Street[?].
Page 46. All cartes-de-visite: William Cowper[?], Mrs W Cowper (Heath & Beau Photo 283 Regent Street), Lord Palmeston, Lady Palmeston.
Page 47. All cartes-de-visite: Monr de Falk [?] (Disderi & Cte); Lord Gilford (Disderi & Cte) ; Mr Freude; Lady Charles Bruce.
Page 48: Lord Ranelagh (cartoon 'The Volunteer defying the horse guards'; Mrs Gilonton[?] Tom Sayers (before the fight) and (after the fight).
Page 49. Top: Capt FitzClarence, Ashley, Edith, Sharpe[?], Adine, Jocelyn, Col Farquarson, Mr D Seymore. Bottom: Lord Stanley of Alderley, Monr Thierry, Lord Granville, Mr Hemming.
Page 50. Top 'Madlle Caroline Piaffer of the Royal International Circus, Giove[?] Easter 62'; Bottom Carte-de-visit of Mary Boyle as Winifred, bottom right Mary Boyle.
Page 51. Top: Louis Wingfield, Edith Jocelyn and Lady Jocelyn - Lady Jocelyn (who in the 1861 census gave her occupation as photographer) is operating a camera on a tripod taking a picture of the other two. Bottom: Lord Ashley, Capt FitzClarence (taken in the same location as the picture above and as two of the pictures on page 53-55).
Page 52. All cartes-de-visite: Lady Spencer (x2 by Levitsky, 22 Rue de Choiseul); Lord Hartington (Mayall 224 Regent Street); Lord Hamilton (Borsos es Doctor).
Page 53. Top: Edith Jocelyn, Lady Jocelyn (who is examining a portfolio of images on her knee) and Louis Wingfield. Bottom left: Lady Jocelyn and Edith [Edith married in 1865 and died in 1871]. Bottom right: carte-de-visite by Victor A Prout of Alice Jocelyn - rear view but showing her face in a mirror [Alice died in 1867].
Page 54. Top: informally arranged group photograph of Alice Jocelyn, Lady Cowper (sitting crocheting), Adine Cowper, Florence Cowper, Edith Jocelyn, William Cowper, Louis Wingfield. Bottom: informally arranged group photograph of Florence Cowper, Ct Shezelski[?], Alice Jocelyn, Mr Clifford, Lord Cowper[?], Edith Jocelyn, Fr Jn Milnes[?], Adine Cowper, Lady Cowper, William Cowper.
Page55. Top: Lord Cowper, Adine and Florence. Bottom left and bottom right: Lady Cowper, Adine and Florence.
Page 56. All cartes-de-visite: Top left: Robert Vyner (on a horse); Top right: Robert/Bertie/Balfour; bottom left: Lord Edward Cavendish (Southwell); bottom right: Lord Ellesmere (head and shoulders portrait of a young man same style as Robert Balfour above) [Francis Egerton was 15 when he became 3rd Earl of Ellesmere in 1862].
Page 57. View of the Drawing Room at Castle Ashby (shows a woman standing in the room and mount of photograph is inscribed in pencil 'Dosia in her Drawing Room'.)
Page 58: All carte-de-visite. Top left: Eastbourne Convalescent Institution Meads. Top Right: unidentified (appears to be a Scottish country house or garrison under construction?); Bottom left: Eastbourne The Grand Parade. Bottom right: Eastbourne Grand Parade and Wish Tower.
Page 59. Top left: Cardinal Antonelli; Top right: Cardinel Wiseman; Centre Pius IX; Bottom left: Dr Manning, Bottom right: D Newman.
Page 60. All carte-de-visite. Top left: Mr Maurice[?]; Top right: Dean Stanley, Bottom left: Dean Alford; Bottom right: Mr Kingsley.
Page 61. All carte-de-visite. Top left: Tennyson published April 15th 1861 by Cundall & Co 168 New Bond Street; Top right: Mr Carlyle; Bottom left: Mr R Doyle (John & Cha Watkins); Bottom right: Mr Dickens.
Page 62. All carte-de-visite. Top left: Lord Salisbury (Ellsden Photo Hertford), Top right: Lord Rokeby (John & Cha Watkins 34 Parliament Street, London), Bottom left: Lord Stratford de Redcliffe (H Hering photo), Bottom right: Lord Shrewsbury (John & Cha Watkins).
Page 63. All carte-de-visite. Left: Dr Pusey, Right: Bishop Colensa.
Page 64. All carte-de-visite. Top left: Lord Wharncliffe, Top right: Lord Tankerville (Disden & Cie Phot Depose), Bottom left: Lord [?] (John & Chas Watkins, Photo 34 Parliament Street London), Bottom right: Lord Sinfield (Maull & Polyblank, London).
Page 65. Donrobin (view of the castle from the gardens below).
Page 66. All carte-de-visite. Henry Grenvile[?] standing, seated and head and shoulders (see also page 77). Bottom left: Lady Sydney (Southwell Bros).
Page 67. All carte-de-visite. 'Ld Boyles Children' Top left: Richard, Top right: Henry, Bottom left Frederick Bennet, Bottom right: Leslie.
Page 68. North view of Wrest Park.
Page 69. South view of Wrest Park.
Page 70. View of Wrest House from the Pavillion.
Page 71. [?] garden at Wrest.
Page 72. Bowling Green House at Wrest.
Page 73. Managerie [?] at Wrest.
Page 74. All carte-de-visite. Top left: Sir Roderick Merikican[?]; Top right: Monsignor Chigi (Diseri & Cie Phot Depose), Bottom left: Col Stanley, Bottom right: Mr Ferguson.
Page 75. All carte-de-visite. Top left: Robert Vyner (W T & R Gowland, York), Top right: Mrs Robert Vyner, Bottom left: Spencer Cowper (Marck Photo), bottom right: Harriette Cowper (Marck photog).
Page 76. All carte-de-visite. Top left: Mr Renaud, Top right: Mr Hastings (Mayall Photo London & Brighton), Bottom left: Mrs Renaud, Bottom right: Mrs Hastings (Wothlytype 213 Regent Street). Also loose carte-de-visite of Mme Renaud by Hills & Saunders of Oxford, Cambridge, Eton, Harrow and London.
Page 77. All carte-de-visite. Top left: Blanche Sandwiche, Top right: Mr Sneyd (T R Williams), bottom left and right Henry Grenville.
Page 78. Library at Newby.
Page 79. Garden at Newby Lady Mary Vyner and Lady Ripon (view of formal garden from an upper level).
Page 79a (number missed out) Drawing Room at Newby.
Page 80 carte-de-visite. Unidentified head and shoulders of a young man (J Guggenheim 56 High Street Oxford).
Page 81. All carte-de-visite. Dowran and Dingy (long-haired terriers - pictured together and separately.)
Page 82 All carte-de-visite. Top left: Julian Fane (L Angerer), Top Right: unidentified family group of four women and three men. Bottom left: Amabel Cowper, Bottom right has been removed but was of Florence Cowper.
Page 83. Four carte-de-visite of Amabel Cowper (Sarony).
Page 84. Four carte-de-visite of Amabel Cowper (Sarony).
Page 85. Top: 'Wensleydale and Wensleydale' (elderly man and woman, [Lord and Lady Wensleydale of Ampthill Park]). Bottom 'Laying stone of St Paul's Bedford' [Lady Adine Cowper laid the first stone of the new tower and spire of St Paul's Church on Wednesday 23rd May 1866, see Bedfordshire Mercury of Saturday 26th May 1866 for full report].
Page 86. Proof from the South Kensington Museum loan collection 1867 of James Northcote RA by James Northcote. The property of Earl Cowper.
Page 87 All carte-de-visite Top left: Lord Cowper (Southwell Bros), Top right: Henry Cower (1865) (Elsden Photo Hertford), Bottom left Amabel Cowper (1866) (Savin Photo).
Page 88. Top left: carte-de-visite of Lady Jocelyn, Bob and Eric; Top right: carte-de-visite of Lady Ripon (Sarony), Bottom left Lord Palmerston.
Page 89. All carte-de-visite Top left: Loo Loo Harcourt, Top right: Loo Loo Harcourt (in sailor suit) (Henry Ashdown 22 White Rock Place), Bottom left: Mrs Lionel Ashley.
Page 90 Five carte-de-visite of Whitby Abbey by G Wallis Union Place Whitby.
Page 91. Top left Carte-de-visite of Lord Sudley (R Boning, 10 Verulam Place St Leonards on Sea), top right carte-de-visite of Mabel Gore (R Boning 10 Verulam Place St Leonards on Sea), bottom Arthur, Alice and Mabel Gore. (Arthur (b. 1868) and Alice (b. 1867) are in a carriage being pulled by a goat, Mabel (b. 1866) stands beside the goat. The goat's bridle is being held by a boy.
Page 92. Carte-de-visite of Captain Cowper Coles inventor of the turret system lost in the Captain September 1870 (Stereographic Co).
Page 93. Camp at Panshanger (view of military camp of bell tents viewed from across a river or pond).