A Splendid Photograph Album Depicting Life in North Wales.

N.p.: N.p., [ca. 1880]. Twenty original mounted albumen views of North Wales (all mounted on stubs), including Llandudno, Fairy Glen (Betws-y-Coed), Mt. Snowdon, The Last Half Mile, Menai, Suspension Bridge, etc. All photographs with captions in the plate. Each photograph measures approximately 5 1/4 x 8 inches. Original full red morocco album with cover bearing gilt lettering and gilt corner devices, gilt turn-ins, a.e.g.. Scattered foxing throughout though mainly to mounts. A very well preserved and handsome album of quotidian life in Wales.In all the captions we find the initials of the photographer; J. V. This is no doubt James Valentine. He was a a Scottish topographical and landscape photographer based in Dundee. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he often included people in his photographs. The most charming photograph herein is of an old lady dressed in traditional Welsh garb and having tea on the patio.