| Description: |
Sepia photographic print approximately 10 cm x 7.5 cm showing an angled view of Neath Free Library building with a lantern-shaped sign reading "Free Library" suspended over the arched entrance, a street and pavement in the right foreground and parts of buildings further down the street in the background. Annotations on the back in pencil in A. R. Wallace's and possibly another hand include " 13 | 1502 | (b?) of intials | firescreen 17(1/4?) | enlarge 1 1/2 times | keep in envelope | very outside measurement for page is 3 3/4 x 6 3/8". In envelope WP2/9 when listed. An enlargement of this photograph faces p. 246, vol. 1 of A. R. Wallace's "My Life" (London 1905) captioned "The Free Library, Neath, designed by A. R. Wallace. 1847." Photo (c. 1904?) possibly by Miss Florence Neale of Penarth, who supplied A. R. Wallace with the photo. (See "My Life" vol. 1, p. 246). Place: Neath Glamorganshire Wales Notes: In original box 2 in an envelope annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Kelly's Photos of Corfe View" when listed. |
