COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17092387
Reference Number:
VPH.7.5
Image Title:
View of Kirkstall Abbey
Parent Work Title:
English architecture and landscapes.
Creator:
Fenton, Roger, 1819 - 1869
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
c1850s
Page/Sheet:
5
Image Sequence Number:
5
Description:
View of Kirkstall Abbey, a ruined Cistercian monastery founded c.1152. Foliage is clearly visible climbing over the ruined stonework. The abbey is in Kirkstall, Leeds, on the north bank of the River Aire. It was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII.
Keyword:
Kirkstall; Ruins; Monasteries; Abbey.
Subject:
Photography--History--19th century
Subject:
Landscape photography--19th century
Category of Material:
Photography
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Technique Used:
Albumen prints
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: West Yorkshire: Leeds: Kirkstall
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: West Yorkshire: Leeds: Kirkstall
Item Height:
230 mm
Item Width:
273 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Notes:
Bottom right, underneath the print "Kirkstall abbey" in ink.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-09-18
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
