Finding aid for the Osbert Chadwick album of Ukraine, the British Isles, and the British West Indies, 1873-1889 2022.R.28
Beth Ann Guynn
Special Collections
2022
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Contributing Institution:
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Title: Osbert Chadwick album of Ukraine, the British Isles, and the British West Indies
Creator:
Chadwick, Osbert, 1844-1913
Identifier/Call Number: 2022.R.28
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(22 photographs, 8 photographs forming 1 panorama, and 7 leaves in 1 album)
Date (inclusive): 1873-1889
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Abstract: The album of 21 albumen photographs and an eight-part joined albumen panorama compiled by the British civil engineer, Osbert
Chadwick, contains photographic views related to the places Chadwick practiced as a civil engineer as well as views of sites
and natural landmarks that Chadwick appears to have had a personal interest in. Of particular note are the the first eight
photographs in the album and the panorama of Sevastopol, all of which are views taken in the Crimea where Chadwick worked
as an engineer for the Odessa waterworks after resigning his commission in the Royal Engineers.
Language of Material:
English
.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Osbert Chadwick album of Ukraine, the British Isles, and the British West Indies, 1873-1889, The Getty Research Institute,
Los Angeles, Accession no. 2022.R.28.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2022r8
Biographical Note
Osbert Chadwick, C.M.G. (5 April 1844-27 September 1913), was the son of Sir Edwin Chadwick, the British social reformer who
instituted major reforms in urban sanitation and public health. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, London.
In 1864, Chadwick obtained a commission with the Royal Engineers and worked in India and Aden Settlement. In 1873, he resigned
his commission to become a civil engineer, working first for the Odesa Water Works. He was subsequently engaged by the British
Colonial Office as a Consulting Engineer for water and sanitation projects and designed water-supply and sewerage and drainage
systems for Grenada, Malta, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Trinidad, Kingston, Jamaica, and other Crown colonies. He was made a Companion
of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1886 for his construction of the Malta Water Works (1883-1888). His
work on Malta resulted in the formation of the eponymously named Chadwick Lakes formed by a complex system of small dams that
eventually drain into the Mediterranean Sea. Chadwick authored a number of site reports related to his engineering projects
as well as
A Treatise on Surveying with Reginald Empson Middleton (1899). From 1898 to 1911, Chadwick was the first Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering,
University College London, a chair established by his father for the improvement of health conditions in the British Empire.
Sources Consulted:
"Osbert Chadwick,"
Graces's Guide to British Industrial History. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Osbert_Chadwick.
Scope and Content of Collection
The album of 21 albumen photographs and an eight-part joined albumen panorama compiled by Osbert Chadwick contains photographic
views related to the places Chadwick practiced as a civil engineer as well as views of sites and natural landmarks that Chadwick
appears to have had a personal interest in.
The first eight photographs in the album and the panorama are all views taken in the Crimea where Chadwick took up his first
position after resigning his commission in the Royal Engineers, working as an engineer for the Odesa waterworks, Odesa being
at that time the fourth largest city in the Russian Empire. While the photographers responsible for these images, as well
as for most of the images in the album have not been identified, their subject matter suggests that it is not unreasonable
to attribute them to Chadwick or a close associate at the waterworks. Inserted in the front of the album is an albumen panorama
of the coastline of Yalta mounted on a stereograph card. The annotation on its verso "Yalta, instantaneous from the steamer,"
that is, an instantaneous photograph made with a mechanical shutter and faster emulsion, provides another clue that the Crimea
photographs were taken by Chadwick or a close associate.
The first five photographs of the Crimea depict views taken along the road from Sevastopol to Yalta and in and around both
cities. These photographs are accompanied by descriptive manuscript notes written by Chadwick on stationery headed: Park Cottage
/ East Sheen / Mortlake / SW, the home of Edwin Chadwick, in what was then a suburb of London. Notes 4 and 5 relate to St.
Nicholas Memorial Church in Sevastopol which was built between 1857 and 1870 and dedicated to the Russian defenders of Sevastopol
during the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) in the Crimean War. These notes relate how the bodies of the fallen Russian soldiers
were collected and buried in the church's graveyard, noting that black marble tablets inscribed with their names insctibed
were placed in the church chapel.
These photographs are followed by an eight-part panorama of Sevastopol. It too is acccompanied by a note, the first page of
which is erroneously numbered 5 (numbered 5 [bis] in the finding aid for disambiguation). Chadwick states that the panorama
was taken from the new church of St. Vladimir which was built as a memorial to the heroes of the Siege of Sevastopol. The
sections of the note are lettered A-H, corresponding to the sections of the panorama, with many sections including references
to important sites and troop positions during the siege.
The final three photographs from Crimea are the images which relate most directly to Chadwick's work, and depict the tower
and the exterior and interior of the engine house of the Odesa waterworks.
The images that follow the Crimea photographs are general views of other locations that Chadwick worked in including Trinidad
(two images by Félix Morin), Martinique, and Grenada, and beyond this do not represent any specific relationship to his engineering
work. They are interspersed with images of locations in Scotland and Ireland and depict towns, a ruined abbey, and local natural
wonders such as Clamshell Cave, the Causeway and the Bending Pillars on the coast of Staffa, Scotland and the Giant's Causeway
and the Stacks in Port Moon on the Causeway Coast in County Atrim, Northern Ireland. Both the views of Staffa by James Valentine
and the Irish views by an unidentifed photography studio were widely disseminated tourist shots readily available for purchase.
The album is bound in full black morocco with a gilt-stamped border. The titles of the individual photographs are derived
from various sources as indicated in the notes.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Osbert Chadwick album of Ukraine, the British Isles, and the British West Indies, 1873-1889.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Processing Information
Beth Ann Guynn processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in 2022.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2022.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized in 2023 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2022r28
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Waterworks -- Ukraine -- Odesa
Antrim (Northern Ireland : County) -- Description and travel
Crimea (Ukraine) -- Description and travel
I︠A︡lta (Ukraine) -- Description and travel
Trinidad and Tobago -- Description and travel
Grenada -- Description and travel
Martinique -- Description and travel
Odesa -- Ukraine -- Description and travel
Sevastopoľ -- Ukraine -- Description and travel
Staffa -- Scotland -- Description and travel
Albumen prints -- 19th century
Photograph albums -- 19th century
Photographs, Original.
Panoramas -- Ukraine -- 19th century
Valentine, James, 1815-1879
Morin, Félix
Osbert Chadwick album of Ukraine, the British Isles, and the British West Indies, Series I.
1873-1889
[Osbert Chadwick album of Ukraine, the British Isles, and the British West Indies]
Arrangement
In original order.
Box 1, Item Front cover
Front cover, 2022.R.28-fc
ca. 1875
Box 1, Page Front endpapers
Front endpapers, 2022.R.28-fe
ca. 1875
Box 1, page Free front endpaper verso
Verso of front free endpaper, 2022.R.28-fpe
ca. 1875
Box 1, Page Blank page 1 recto
Blank page recto, 2022.R.28-bl1r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page Blank page 1 verso
Blank page verso, 2022.R.28-bl1v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 1 recto
Photographer unidentified, Gate of Baidar, 2022.R.28-1r
between 1873 and 1879
Scope and Contents
Title from note (#1) accompanying the image. Depicts Baydar Gate, a mountain pass on the road from Sevastopol to Yalta.
Box 1, page 1 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-1v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 2 recto
Photographer unidentified, Village of Yalta, 2022.R.28-2r
between 1873 and 1879
Scope and Contents
Title from note (#2) accompanying the image.
Box 1, Page 2 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-2v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 3 recto
Photographer unidentified, The Chatitdagh, 2022.R.28-3r
between 1873 and 1879
Scope and Contents
Title from note (#3) accompanying the image. Depicts Chatyr-Dag mountain in the Crimean Mountains.
Box 1, page 3 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-3v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 4 recto
Photographer unidentified, Memorial Church, 2022.R.28-4r
between 1873 and 1879
Scope and Contents
Title from note (#4) accompanying the image. Depicts St. Nicholas Memorial Church in Sevastopol built between 1857 to 1870
and dedicated to the Russian defenders of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.
Box 1, page 4 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-4v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 5 recto
Photographer unidentified, Interior of Memorial Chapel, 2022.R.28-5r
between 1873 and 1879
Scope and Contents
Title from note (#5) accompanying the image. Depicts the interior of St. Nicholas Memorial Church.
Box 1, page 5 verso
Blank page, 2022.r.28-4v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 6 recto
Photographer unidentified, Panorama of Sevastopol, 2022.R.28-6r
1870s
Scope and Contents
Title from note (#5 [bis]) accompanying the image. Eight-part joined panorama taken from the new church of St. Vladimir.
Box 1, page 6 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-6v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 7 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-7r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 7 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-7v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 8 recto
Photographer unidentified, Odessa Water Works - Interior of Engine House at Reserve Station, 2022.R.28-8r
between 1873 and 1879
Scope and Contents
Title from caption written below image.
Box 1, page 8 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-8v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 9 recto
Photographer unidentified, Odessa Water Works - Engine House and Water Tower, 2022.R.28-9r
between 1873 and 1879
Scope and Contents
Title from caption written below image, which continues: This tower, which is also the chimney 140 feet high, owing to the
foundation giving way leaned nearly 6 feet out of plumb and was restored to the perpendicular by cutting at the base. A lengthy
annotation on the verso of the photograph is visible in the sky area.
Box 1, Page 9 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-9v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 10 recto
Photographer unidentified, Odessa Water Works, 2022.R.28-10r
between 1873 and 1879
Scope and Contents
Title from caption written below image which continues: Base of tower showing part cut out to restore it to the perpendicular.
The block ← → [arrows are also marked on the photograph] shows the corners of the old plinth originally level.
Box 1, Page 10 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-10v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 11 recto
Morin, Félix, attributed, Botanical Garden, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 2022.R.28-11r
between 1875 and 1889
Scope and Contents
Title from caption written below image which continues: Group of Bamboo. Caption in negative: The Cottage / The [___].
Box 1, page 11 verso
Valentine, James, Clamshell Cave, Staffa 2022.R.28-11v
1882
Scope and Contents
Title from the copy in the J. Paul Getty Museum (84.XA.1467.13) which is also numbered and signed: 3145. J. V. The caption
in the negative is cut off in the copy of the photograph in the present album.
Box 1, page 12 recto
Photographer unidentified, Saint Pierre, Martinique, 2022.R.28-12r
between 1875 and 1889
Scope and Contents
Title from caption written below image.
Box 1, page 12 verso
Valentine, James, Causeway and Bending Pillars, Staffa, 2022.R.28-12v
1882
Scope and Contents
Title from caption in negative which is numbered and initialed: 352. J.V.
Box 1, page 13 recto
Photographer unidentified, St. George, Grenada Showing Old Fort George, 2022.R.28-13r
between 1875 and 1889
Scope and Contents
Title from caption written below image.
Box 1, page 13 verso-1
Photographer unidentified, [View of a Coastal Town, Scotland], 2022.R.28-13v.1
1880s
Scope and Contents
Title devised.
Box 1, page 13 verso-2
Photographer unidentified, [View of Terraced House near Shoreline, Scotland], 2022.R.28-13v.2
1880s
Scope and Contents
Title devised.
Box 1, page 14 recto
Photographer unidentified, St. George, Grenada, 2022.R.28-14r
1870s-1880s
Scope and Contents
Title from caption written below image which continues: View looking inland over head of Calenage (?) towards Government House
and Richmond Hill.
Box 1, page 14 verso
Photographer unidentified, [Ivy-covered Ruined Abbey], 2022.R.28-14v
between 1875 and 1889
Scope and Contents
Title devised.
Box 1, page 15 recto
Morin, Félix, attributed, [Avenue of Palm Trees, Trinidad], 2022.R.28-15r
between 1875 and 1889
Scope and Contents
Title devised.
Box 1, page 15 verso-1
Photographer unidentified, Church and Convent of The Holy Cross, Kenmare, 2022.R.28-15v.1
1880s
Scope and Contents
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 858. Kenmare is in Ireland.
Box 1, page 15 verso-2
Photographer unidentified, The Stacks, Port Moon, 2022.R.28-15v.2
1880s
Scope and Contents
Title from caption in negative.
Box 1, page 16 recto-1
Photographer unidentified, Giant's Causeway, Co. Atrim, 2022.R.28-16r.1
1880s
Scope and Contents
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 60.
Box 1, page 16 recto-2
Photographer unidentified, The Honeycomb, Giant's Causeway, 2022.R.28-16r.2
1880s
Scope and Contents
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 319.
Box 1, page 16 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-16v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 17 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-17r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 17 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-17v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 18 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-18r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 18 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-18v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 19 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-19r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 19 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-19v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 20 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-20r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 20 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-20v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 21 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-21r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 21 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-21v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 22 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-22r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 23 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-23r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 23 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-23v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 24 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-24r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 24 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-24v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 25 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-25r
ca. 1875
Box 1, Page 25 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-25v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 26 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-26r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 26 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-26v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 27 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-27r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 27 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-27v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 28 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-28r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 28 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-28v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 29 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-29r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 29 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-29v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 30 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-30r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 30 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-30v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 31 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-31r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 31 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-31v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 32 recto
Blank page, 2022.R.28-32r
ca. 1875
Box 1, page 32 verso
Blank page, 2022.R.28-32v
ca. 1875
Box 1, page Back endpapers
Back endpapers, 2022.R.28-
ca. 1875
Box 1, Item Back cover
Back cover, 2022.R.28-bc
ca. 1875
Notes on photographs,
ca. 1875
Scope and Contents
Numbered notes corresponding to the first five photographs and the panorama in the album written on stationery headed: Park
Cottage / East Sheen / Mortlake / SW.
Box 1, Folder 1
Note 1, Gate of Baidar, 2022.R.28-s1
ca. 1875
Scope and Contents
Written on a half sheet of headed stationary paper.
Box 1, Folder 1
Note 2, Village of Yalta, 2022.R.28-s2
ca. 1875
Scope and Contents
Written on a half sheet of unheaded stationary paper.
Box 1, Folder 1
Note 3, The Chatitdagh, 2022.R.28-s3
ca. 1875
Scope and Contents
Written on a half sheet of unheaded stationary paper.
Box 1, Folder 1
Note 4, Memorial Church, 2022.R.28-s4
ca. 1875
Scope and Contents
Written on a half sheet of unheaded stationary paper.
Box 1, Folder 1
Note 5, Interior of Memorial Chapel, 2022.R.28-s5
ca. 1875
Scope and Contents
Written on a half sheet of unheaded stationary paper.
Box 1, Folder 1
Note 5 [bis], Panorama of Sevastopol, 2022.R.28-s6; 2022R.28-s7
ca. 1875
Scope and Contents
Two sheets; the first page is written on a half sheet of headed stationary paper; the second sheet is written on the verso
of a half sheet of headed stationary paper.
Box 1, Folder 1
Yalta, Instantaneous from the Steamer, 2022.R.28-st1
ca. 1873
Scope and Contents
Albumen panorama of the coastline of Yalta mounted on a stereograph card and inserted at the front of the album. The annotation
on its verso reads: 64. / Yalta, / instantaneous from the steamer.
