One of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe’s masterpieces! The image from – “Photographic View Album of Whitby” – photographed and printed by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee.
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More popularly known as “The Spa” these days! This image is from – “Photographic View Album of Whitby” – photographed and printed by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee.
This image is definitely by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, he was possibly commissioned to take this and many others in the book – “Photographic View Album of Whitby” – photographed and printed by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee.
A further image from – “Photographic View Album of Whitby” – photographed and printed by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee; the scene is very little changed today. Although the gravestones in many cases are now almost indecipherable!
Although this has a look of a Frank Meadows Sutcliffe image; it is taken from – ”Photographic View Album of Whitby” – photographed and printed by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee. Dating from pre-1911, as the now familiar pier extensions were added in 1912.
A view of Runswick Bay taken from about where the present day boat park is sited.
An artists dream picture; Staithes on the right and Cowbar on the left with the foot bridge in the foreground with a man and his horse crossing. This view of the footbridge across the beck with Cowbar Nab in the back ground, must have been replicated many times. The hand tinting shows to good effect particularly in the roofs of the cottages, this image is from the Phoenix postcard series by Brittain & Wright of Stockton.
Many people have taken this shot – but only one person has mastered it – Frank Meadow Sutcliffe. This image is from “Photographic View Album of Whitby” – photographed and printed by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee and later used in many of their postcards.
This double image is presented just as received by the Archive; the top photograph was taken at Staithes. David Richardson identified this with: “The top photograph was taken at Staithes, taken on the Cowbar side with the main village in the background.” The lower image is of the Staithes ladies in their bonnets, looking to the east and the Old Nab headland. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection and thanks to David Richardson for the update.
A much photographed area of Staithes or ’Steers’ as the locals call it, Cowbar on the left of the picture, Staithes on the right and the fisherman tending his boat in the middle. This image is from an earlier period than any of the Archive’s other views of Cowbar and Staithes; with no footbridge linking the two communities. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection. |
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