COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17092409
Reference Number:
VPH.7.27
Series Title:
English architecture and landscapes
Parent Work Title:
View of Dorothy Vernon's Steps, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
Creator:
Unknown
Date Created:
c1850s
Description:
View of Dorothy Vernon's Steps, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. External stone steps leading from an exit to the stone country house. The origins of the hall date to the 11th century with numerous additions through the years. The steps are connected to the legend that Dorothy Vernon, second daughter of Sir George Vernon and heiress to Haddon Hall fled down the same steps and away from the Hall to elope with John Manners in 1563.
Keyword:
Country House; Derbyshire; Duke of Rutland; Gardens.
Subject:
Architecture
Subject:
Landscape gardening
Subject:
Landscape photography--19th century
Subject:
Photography--History--19th century
Category of Material:
Visual
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Technique Used:
Photomechanical processes
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Derbyshire: Bakewell
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Derbyshire: Bakewell
Item Height:
120 mm
Item Width:
170 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 centre of the print "1639 Haddon Hall: Dorothy Vernon's Steps"
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-09-18
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Photography
