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Old Orchard, A. R. Wallace's house at Broadstone, Dorset: sepia photographic print c. 1904? approximately 11 cm x 8.5 cm showing the front and side view of the 2 -3 storey brick house with gables and balconies and a sloping unpaved drive and grounds planted with shrubs, trees and grasses in the foreground. Annotated on the back in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Old Orchard | Broadstone". A piece of torn, folded blue paper annotated in pencil "3/3/4 x 5 1/4", is attached to the back of the print by glued paper flaps. Place: Broadstone Dorset England Notes: An enlargement of this photograph with the caption "'Old Orchard' Broadstone. | (Built in 1902.)" forms the frontispiece to vol 2 of A. R. Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London 1905). In envelope labelled "Kelly's Photos of Corfe View" (See WP4/3/1-3) when listed. Possibly photographed by (Mr?) Kelly. |
