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PHO/5/96 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Shows buildings in Goodramgate with figures outside. Label on slide identifies artist as 'H. Cave', thought to be Henry Cave, the artist and engraver. Label at top of slide: 'Yorkshire Museum'. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Danish Coppergate, York
PHO/5/95 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Shows four copper objects. Labelled 'Danish Coppergate York'. Also another label: 'YPS' with reference difficult to decipher. YPS is thought to refer to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Street in Pickering
PHO/5/91 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

A sign for 'Thompsons Refreshment Rooms' and 'Thompsons Beds' is visible. There are also figures in the street and horse and carriages. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/9 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Map of London in the Fifteenth Century'. At bottom of map, the text appears to say 'Perthes Geographischer Anstalt', which could refer to Johann Georg Justus Perthes (1785-1816), who founded a cartographic publishing firm (Justus Perthes) in 1785. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/66 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Thomas Magnus was buried at the parish church of Sessay in the North Riding of Yorkshire. His epitaph reads, 'Here lyeth Mr Thomas Magnus, arch-deacon of the East Riding in the metropolitan church of York, and parson of this church, which died the 18th day of August, anno domino 1550, whose soul God pardon.' Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Filey to Haiburn Wyke
PHO/5/63 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Photographed page from John Phillips's book, 'Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire'. Title of sketch: 'No.4. from Filey to Haiburn Wyke' (Hayburn). John Phillips was a geologist who also served as the Yorkshire Philosophical Society's museum keeper and draughtsman. He was famously chased by a bear around the YPS Gardens in 1831. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/59 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Pickering - Martyrdom of St. Edmund'. Shows medieval wall painting of the martyrdom of St Edmund in the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Pickering. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Pickering, St George
PHO/5/58 · Item · c.1900
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Labelled 'Pickering - St George'. Shows medieval wall painting of St George in the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Pickering. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Roche Abbey
PHO/5/55 · Item · c.1900
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Labelled 'Roche Abbey'. Shows the ruins of the church from the south side. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/54 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

From drawing. Labelled 'Bell Founders Window York Minster from Drawing.' Bell Founders Window (NXXIV 2b). Depicts Richard Tunnoc gifting his window to St William. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/53 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

From drawing. Labelled 'Bell Founders window York Minster. From drawing.' Lower right panel of the Bell Founders Window (NXXIV 2a), depicting the casting of a bell. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
The Parthenon, Athens
PHO/5/49 · Item · c.1900
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Labelled 'Athens. The Parthenon'. This photograph was taken before the early twentieth-century restorations that reerected most of the missing colonnades to join up the east and west ends. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/48 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Westminster Abbey Lecture'. Shows exterior of Westminster Abbey from the west front, focusing on the western towers. Also depicts the street. Top left corner label: 'Trademark' with a logo of a snake wrapped around the letter 'Y'. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Whitby
PHO/5/47 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Whitby's east cliff. View from the bay shows moored boats, a group of people rowing, houses, and St Mary's church above on the cliff. At the bottom of the slide there is a label which is difficult to read: 'Whitby [?] [Batley?]'. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Exeter Cathedral
PHO/5/42 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled: 'Exeter Cath. Choir looking E. 29%'. Below slide: 'G.W.W.' Exeter Cathedral Choir. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Ribbed vault ceiling
PHO/5/41 · Item · c.1900
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Presumably in cathedral or church. Decorated bosses. Figures carved into the shallow panels between ribs. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/40 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Shows illustrations of a healthy leaf, an unhealthy leaf, a good potato and a disease potato. Provides brief history of the potato, including the first recorded potato disease in Europe ('July 1845'). Also offers theories about causes, including electricity, bad cultivation, and foreign manures. The article names fungus as the real cause and provides hints for potato growers to avoid spreading potato disease. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Stamford Bridge
PHO/5/4 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Stamford Bridge.' The weir at Stamford Bridge. Photograph taken from shore looking towards the weir with rooftops visible beyond it. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/39 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Caption on illustration: 'Fig.6.- Hessian fly (Cecidomyia destructor) […]'. (For full caption see slide) Label at the top of the slide reads: 'U.S.D.A Far. Bull. 132, 1901.' Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Wheat Bulb Fly
PHO/5/38 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Wheat Bulb Fly'. Illustration's title: 'Wheat Bulb Fly Hylemyia Coarctata. Fallen'. Copyrighted to 'Georgiana & Ormerod'. Label in the top left corner of the slide: 'Laurie, London'. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/37 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Illustration's title: 'Figs. 11-15.' Caption on illustration: 'Fig.11. - Cabbage Fly (Phorbia brassicae) […]' (For full caption see slide). The label attached to top of the slide is difficult to read. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
OX Warble Fly
PHO/5/36 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'OX Warble Fly'. Illustration's title: 'OX Warble Fly Hypoderma Bovis, De Greer.' Copyrighted to 'Georgiana & Ormerod'. Label in the top left corner of slide: 'Newton & Co. 3, Fleet Street. London.' Written on the bottom left of slide: 'A.U./3.' Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/35 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Caption on illustration: 'Fig. 6 - Psilla rosae: male fly […]'. (For full caption see slide). There is a label attached to top of slide but it is difficult to read. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/34 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Caption on illustration 'Figs. 1-10. Fig.1.- Sheep-fly (Lucilia sericata, Meig); female; X […]' (For full caption see slide.) The label at the top of the slide reads, 'Ec Proc R Dub Soc.' This is thought to refer to the Economic Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/33 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Illustration's Title: 'The Pear Midge. Diplosis pyrivora, Riley.' Caption on illustration: '1. Pear stunted and malformed by the larvae within it. 2. Section of pear with larvae. 3. Larva, much magnified. 4. Female fly, much magnified. Lines show natural length of fly and larva.' Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Carrot fly
PHO/5/32 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Carrot Fly'. Illustration's title: 'Carrot Fly. Psila Rosoe Fab.' Copyrighted to 'Georgiana & Ormerod' Top left corner of slide has label: 'Laurie, London.' '9.U.9.' is written in bottom left corner. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
All Saints Church, York
PHO/5/311 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'All Saints Church, York'. Shows the St Thomas stained glass window and altar viewed from the central aisle. The pulpit and pews are also visible. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/310 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

The slide is labelled: 'Badge of Sword Bearer' and 'Mr Layley's Chain, York'. The silver shield bears the arms of the city (St George's cross with five leopards distributed across it). The chain is also composed of linked leopards and there is a smaller silver shield attached to the main shield, also bearing the arms of the city, with a single pendant leopard hanging below it. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
St William's Chapel Door
PHO/5/309 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'St William's Chapel Door from the Builder'. The illustration shows the door and surrounding archways. The Builder was a journal of architecture published in the UK in the 19th and 20th centuries. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/308 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Caption below image: 'A Lady's Bedroom Middle Eighteenth Century'. There are labels on the corners of the slide and one appears to say 'Kew', but the other is not decipherable. The image depicts a woman in a four poster bed being attended to by multiple figures, whilst another woman breastfeeds beside the fireplace. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/307 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Original use of battlements from Viollet-le-Duc'. This is thought to be from a book titled 'In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc' by Sabine Baring-Gould. The illustration shows a figure standing on the wall of a battlement. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/306 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Printed sketch titled 'The Wreck of the Royal George'. The caption below the title reads 'Published by the Hudson's Bay Company, 5, Haymarket'. The sketch shows figures fleeing from a shipwreck. At the bottom of the drawing, a man with a judge's wig and a snake's body has the word 'Chancery' inscribed on his tail. This sketch was adverised in The Morning Post on 4 August 1849 as follows: 'The Wreck of the Royal George drawn by Scrib. A moral showing how a royal vessel was sunk by a meek wind, during the butterfly season, to the delight of the great sea serpent and other amphibious monsters. - Published by the Hudson's Bay Company, 5, Haymarket. To be had of all Book and Print Sellets, price Eighteenpence'. See KNO/24/3339. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Raglan Castle
PHO/5/305 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Raglan Castle'. The artist of this pencil sketch is not identified, but it is very similar to a sketch attributed to John Newman. It shows the castle from the other side of the moat. Glass plate negative

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/304 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Printed sketch titled 'The Wreck of the Royal George.' The caption below the title reads 'Published by the Hudson's Bay Company, 5, Haymarket'. The sketch shows figures fleeing from a shipwreck. At the bottom of the drawing, a man with a judge's wig and a snake's body has the word 'Chancery' inscribed on his tail. This sketch was adverised in The Morning Post on 4 August 1849 as follows: 'The Wreck of the Royal George drawn by Scrib. A moral showing how a royal vessel was sunk by a meek wind, during the butterfly season, to the delight of the great sea serpent and other amphibious monsters. - Published by the Hudson's Bay Company, 5, Haymarket. To be had of all Book and Print Sellets, price Eighteenpence'. See KNO/24/3341. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Cawood Palace
PHO/5/303 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Cawood Palace'. The illustration is from a book and is captioned 'The Gateway of the Palace at Cawood'. It appears to be an engraving and the book may be James Peller Malcolm's 'Lives of Topographers and antiquaries [...]'. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Cawood Castle, Cawood York
PHO/5/302 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Cawood Castle, Cawood York'. Illustration of river and the castle, captioned 'A perspective of the views of Cawood Castle'. It appears to be an engraving and the book is thought to be James Peller Malcolm's 'Lives of Topographers and antiquaries [...]'. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Cawood Palace
PHO/5/301 · Item · c.1900
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Labelled 'Cawood Palace'. Photograph shows a page from a book with illustrations of the gatehouse. The illustrations are captioned 'The outside and inside Views of the Gatehouse to the Archiepiscopal Palace at Cawood, built by Cardinal Kempe'. The book is thought to be James Peller Malcolm's 'Lives of Topographers and antiquaries [...]'. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/30 · Item · c.1903
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Illustration's title: 'Fig.29. - Novius cardinalis, Australian ladybird enemy of the fluted scale: a, ladybird larvae feeding on adult female and egg sac; b, pupa; c, adult ladybird; d, orange twig, showing scale and ladybirds- natural size (author's illustration).' The slide is framed by a geometric print. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Stamford Bridge
PHO/5/3 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Stamford Bridge'. The Corn Mill at Stamford Bridge. Shows the mill from the south west. Photograph taken from shore, looking towards the square. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Lastingham Village
PHO/5/299 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Lastingham Village'. Shows road leading into the village and St Mary's church on the left. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Carriage drive at Kildale
PHO/5/295 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Carriage drive at Kildale'. The road is viewed from the left hand side and both sides are lined by trees and other foliage. This may be the route that provided a private carriage drive to Kildale Hall. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Carriage drive at Kildale
PHO/5/294 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'in Carriage drive at Kildale'. Shows trees, ferns, and other foliage on both sides of the road. This may be the route that provided a private carriage drive to Kildale Hall. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Carriage drive at Kildale
PHO/5/293 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Labelled 'Carriage drive at Kildale'. The left hand side is lined with trees and the right is relatively bare with a tree hanging over the road. This may be the route that provided a private carriage drive to Kildale Hall. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/290 · Item · c.1900
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Labelled 'Grave of my wife's father in Kildale Church yard'. The glass has been painted over in black to emphasise the stone cross. The grave reads: 'In memory of the Rev. William Edwardes Lock Died July 14th 1874 Aged 44 Years'. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/29 · Item · c.1900
Part of Photograph and image collection

Illustration's title: 'Clover "Pear Shaped" Weevil Apion Apricans Herbst'. Copyrighted as 'Georgiana & Ormerod Copyright'. Top left corner of the slide has label: 'Maker Newton & [Company] 3, Fleet St. London.' Bottom right corner of slide shows writing in white italics: 'Clover Weevil Apion'. The same pen has written 'A.U.3.' in the bottom left corner. Lantern slide.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)