Caption

View of the ruins of Melrose Abbey, photograph, page, number: '(No. 1.)', title: 'The Abbey from the south-west', photographer: WJ Pringle, Melrose Abbey, c. 1860 - in or before 1870, Melrose (Scotland), paper, albumen print, height 134 mm x width 173 mm, ruin of church, monastery, A sepia-toned photograph of a large stone Gothic-style building with arched windows and ornate tracery, sections of the façade showing pointed arches and tall narrow windows, buttresses and decorative pinnacles, and a partially ruined archway on one side; in front of the building there is a grassy area with fenced enclosures, stone tombstones and monuments including an obelisk, and wrought iron railings surrounding some graves.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B00_070

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.6Mb (7.7Mb) / 13.8in x 11.2in / 4132 x 3348 (300dpi)

Keywords

View ruins Melrose Abbey photograph page number No 1 title Abbey south-west photographer WJ Pringle c 1860 - 1870 Melrose Scotland paper albumen print height 134 mm x width 173 mm ruin church monastery sepia-toned photograph large stone Gothic-style building arched windows ornate tracery sections façade showing pointed arches tall narrow windows buttresses decorative pinnacles partially ruined archway side front building grassy area fenced enclosures stone tombstones monuments obelisk wrought iron railings surrounding graves