gravesend kent (7 Ergebnisse)

Steel engraving after W. Tombleson, View of the town with a windmill on a hill.

Handbill, 230 x 125 mm. printed in green. Built in a disused chalk pit in 1837, Rosherville Pleasure Gardens was one of the largest of the Victorian pleasure gardens and attracted many visitors from London who would travel by steamboat along the Thames to a special pier built to serve the gardens. They went bankrupt and closed in 1901, then were briefly revived in 1903, lasting until just before the outbreak of World War One. Some traces of the original gardens remain: the bear pit, the specially designed entrance and the staircase that wound down into the quarry. It was a packed steamer from Rosherville Gardens, the 'Princess Alice' which, in 1878, collided with a collier off Woolwich leading to the death of 640 people, many of them children. The advent of railways led to its eventual demise as it became easier to reach coastal resorts such as Southend and Margate.

Handbill, 285 x 140 mm. printed in red, large chip to top right corner with slight loss of text. Built in a disused chalk pit in 1837, Rosherville Pleasure Gardens was one of the largest of the Victorian pleasure gardens and attracted many visitors from London who would travel by steamboat along the Thames to a special pier built to serve the gardens. They went bankrupt and closed in 1901, then were briefly revived in 1903, lasting until just before the outbreak of World War One. Some traces of the original gardens remain: the bear pit, the specially designed entrance and the staircase that wound down into the quarry. It was a packed steamer from Rosherville Gardens, the 'Princess Alice' which, in 1878, collided with a collier off Woolwich leading to the death of 640 people, many of them children. The advent of railways led to its eventual demise as it became easier to reach coastal resorts such as Southend and Margate.

Engraving, on laid paper, good margins,

Poster, 330 x 125 mm. printed in red, old stiff mount strip to reverse of top edge. Perhaps notable for an early cinematic experience in the form of a bioscope feature of animated pictures.

Poster, 465 x 180 mm.

All 4to, with the letters totalling 22 pp (twenty-two), and the list of 'Funghi, East Kent' of 15 pp. All items clear and complete. Three leaves with light staining (one with short closed tear), otherwise all in good condition, on aged paper. All three in envelopes (lacking stamps), addressed by Clifton and with his seal in red wax. ONE. 4 October 1889. 4to, 12 pp. Begins: 'It seems a long time since we had a ramble on the Cuxton and Ralling hills from Cobham, and when I killed a viper; and I have been much amused at the apparent incredulity of a brother B.O.U. at the Dumpton Park rarities! There would seem to be some little confusion between you and my mother on two points, viz. how much occurred in my garden, and how much in the outer park, which is 55 acres, or nearly'. In the rest of the letter Clfiton discusses Kentish flora and birds. 'I have been tenant since June 1884 - one or two of my rarities have come to nothing, e.g. Bonaparte's fall (immature) last year.' Reference to 'a very handsome bird till the birdstuffer (a wretch named Davis of Dartford) spoilt it by wrenching off the bristles'. TWO. 22 August 1891. 4to, 2 pp. His sisters have told him that Shepherd is 'very fond of funghi', so he is enclosing 'a list of 80 funghi or fungus-like cryptogams'. The LIST (4to, 15 pp) is headed 'Fungi, East Kent', in six sections: A, 'Low forms of fungus, or lichen?'; B, 'Tree Fungi'; C, 'Cluster fungi'; D, 'ordinary agarics', Boleti, Lycoperdon. THREE: 14 September 1891. 4to, 8 pp. Mainly responding to Shepherd's comments on his list, and beginning 'The chantarelles duly arrived this morning and were very good both in smell and taste.' Ends with description of 'a biggish bat' which was 'caught in the house' the previous night, 'of the colour of a fox-cub with sharp ears and tragus and a very black, short muzzle; this may have been Natterer's Bat'. Note: He was brother of Ivo Bligh, cricketer founder of the "Ashes", and also played with him for Kent.