[St. Peter's Port, Isle of Guernsey]
Photograph
[St. Peter's Port, Isle of Guernsey]
ca. 1845
Daguerreotype
Image: 3 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (9.5 × 14.6 cm) (whole plate)
Overall: 7 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (17.9 × 24.1 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0051
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink on recto, BC: St Peters Port, Guernsey;
Inscribed in ink on verso, TLC: #548
Inscribdd in pencil on verso, C: Isle of Guernsey \ The most westerly and the \ second largest of the Channel \ Islands. It is seated [?] 45 miles \ southwest of Cherbourg, France, \ and 69 miles souteast of Start \ Point, England. The length is nine \ miles, the breadth about five mi \ and the circumference is 30 miles. \ The surface is elevated in the southern \ part, when the coast is picturesque \ and the northern port is level. \ It is the nativity of the Guernsey [illegible] \ of cattle which are noted for their \ rich milk. Other products include \ flowers, fruits, & granite. Saint \ Peter Port is the seat of government. \ The inhabitants speak a [crossed out] a Norman \ French dialect. Population, 1922, \ 41,037. \ Daguerreotype probably made by T.B. Hutton
Entry 548 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Fine large dag., nearly full plate size, of St. Peter Port, chief city and gov’t seat of Guernsey, second largest of channel islands. Shows old buildings on rising shores of Port. Sail-maker’s shops, etc. Several large sailing vessels. Nice panorama. Belongs to great Britain. Probably taken [illegible] Shop. Button daguerreotypes of [illegible] Belarde, Isle of Jersey, who was well-known in Islands, and wrote many [illegible] to Snelling, editor of Photographic and Fine Art Journal. N.Y. Rec’d from Kennebunk, Maine. $7.00
Inscribed in ink on verso, TLC: #548
Inscribdd in pencil on verso, C: Isle of Guernsey \ The most westerly and the \ second largest of the Channel \ Islands. It is seated [?] 45 miles \ southwest of Cherbourg, France, \ and 69 miles souteast of Start \ Point, England. The length is nine \ miles, the breadth about five mi \ and the circumference is 30 miles. \ The surface is elevated in the southern \ part, when the coast is picturesque \ and the northern port is level. \ It is the nativity of the Guernsey [illegible] \ of cattle which are noted for their \ rich milk. Other products include \ flowers, fruits, & granite. Saint \ Peter Port is the seat of government. \ The inhabitants speak a [crossed out] a Norman \ French dialect. Population, 1922, \ 41,037. \ Daguerreotype probably made by T.B. Hutton
Entry 548 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Fine large dag., nearly full plate size, of St. Peter Port, chief city and gov’t seat of Guernsey, second largest of channel islands. Shows old buildings on rising shores of Port. Sail-maker’s shops, etc. Several large sailing vessels. Nice panorama. Belongs to great Britain. Probably taken [illegible] Shop. Button daguerreotypes of [illegible] Belarde, Isle of Jersey, who was well-known in Islands, and wrote many [illegible] to Snelling, editor of Photographic and Fine Art Journal. N.Y. Rec’d from Kennebunk, Maine. $7.00
