Francis Frith
1822-1898
Fairy's Glen, Betws y Coed, Wales
1860s
sheet/image: 6 1/16 x 7 7/16 inches; mount: 16 3/4 x 12 inches
Albumen print
Purchased as the gift of Jane P. Watkins.
2013.17
Notes
Until recently, print had been loosely attached by one corner to thin album paper. On the verso of the sheet is a vertical series of three small topographic views of other locations. Top and bottom prints are unmarked. Center print bears a Frith's Series drystamp and is inscribed, bottom left corner of verso: "54. Pass of Slamberis."
Inscriptions/Markings
Drystamp, bottom left corner: "FRITH'S SERIES"; verso, inscribed in pencil: "Fairy Glen // Bettus [sic] // 2345" (or 2375).
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