Llanbedr, Gwynedd and Derwentwater, Lake District: Fabian Summer Schools and Sedburgh: album
Prints: GB Shaw
Category
Photographs
Date
1907 - 1915
Materials
Textile
Collection
Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1715283
Summary
The album contains platinum prints in a leather and fabric album with satin end papers and each page holding four prints [not all filled]. Images are inserted by slots in the page. All pages are green, end papers cream, cover greens. All images captured by GB Shaw. Mainly of the first Fabian School at Llanbedr, 1907: images of activities, portraits and surrounding landscapes. Also included are landscapes and several portraits from the Lake District School, 1915. In addition to the Fabian prints are images of a trip to Sedburgh with Rebecca West, 1914. Please note: the album images do not have measurements in order to avoid unnecessary handling/removal of prints, all untrimmed and approximately 10.2 by 17.6 cm. For the same reason not all have been removed to check the verso's.
Provenance
The Shaw Collection. The house and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) together with George Bernard Shaw's photographic archive.
Makers and roles
Prints: GB Shaw