Souvenir of Lude, 1871

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Summary

Title:
Souvenir of Lude
Dates:
1871
Creators:
Valentine, James, 1815-1879, photographer.
Abstract:
Souvenir album of photographs of Lude House, Blair Atholl, the surrounding area in Perthshire, Scotland, and a deerstalking party attended by W.L. Winans, and his son Walter Winans.
Extent:
1 album (32 photographic prints) : albumen, 32 x 39 cm (album)
Language:
Finding aid is written in English. and Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Souvenir of Lude (Collection 94/330). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The photographs document the architecture of Lude House, its formal gardens, with summer house, stables, and workers' cottages. Views of nearby lakes and mountains, including Loch Moraig and Ben y Gloe, the falls on the River Fender, and rapids on the Tilt. The final 10 photos document a deerstalking party, which includes Mr. W.L. Winans, his son Mr. Walter Winans, and Mr. Edward Kennard, beginning with the departure of the entourage of horses, dogs, gamekeepers, and hunters from Forest Lodge, the lunch break in the forest, and the return of the party with the stags they have killed.

Biographical / historical:

Scottish photographer of Dundee, well-known for portraits and landscape view. James Valentine, joined in his studio by his sons, William Dobson Valentine, and George D. Valentine, targeted the middle and upper class tourist market, producing drawing room albums of landscapes of Scotland, and later, England, Jamaica, Norway, Morocco, and New Zealand.

Arrangement:

(from photo captions) Entrance to Lude House -- Lude House -- Croquet group -- The garden at Lude House -- The summer house in the grounds at Lude -- The stables at Lude House -- Mrs. Gordon's cottage -- The carrier -- Loch Moraig and Ben y Gloe -- Lower falls of the Fender -- Cascade on the Fender -- Balnakilly and Ben Vrackie -- Balnakilly House -- View from Balnakilly House [1] -- View from Balnakilly House [2] -- View on the Tilt and Fender Hill -- Witches Rock -- Rapid on the Tilt near Forest Lodge -- Evening on Glen Tilt -- Shepherds Bridge near Forest Lodge -- The Forest Lodge -- The Black Bridge near Forest Lodge -- Deerstalking, Mr. Walter Winans and Party starting [1] -- Deerstalking, Mr. Walter Winans starting [2] -- Deerstalking, Mr. Kennard starting -- Deerstalking, W.L. Winans Esqr. and Party starting [1] -- Deerstalking, W.L. Winans Esqr. starting [2] -- Deerstalking, Mr. Walter Winans returning -- Deerstalking, W.L. Winans Esqr. returning -- Deerstalking, halt for lunch -- Deerstalking, a contribution from 3 guns -- Deerstalking, a day's stalking by W.L. Winans Esqr.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Physical facet:

Photographs (19 x 24 cm) are mounted on rectos of leaves of stiff cardboard, one to a page; captions pencilled on mount below photograph.

Bound in brown leather album; gold-stamped title, "Souvenir of Lude 1871" within triple borders of gilt and black rules; photographer's name below title: "By special appointment. J. Valentine, Photographer, Dundee;" textured white endpapers; all edges gilt.

Spec. Coll. copy: in modern beige cloth clamshell box, with spine title "Valentine. Souvenir of Luve [sic]."

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Jane Carpenter with assistance from Simon Elliott; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Date of source: 2013 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Souvenir of Lude (Collection 94/330). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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