A print from a disbound book of England & Wales published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.25" or 22.5cm x 16cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
BROADSTAIRS.
Not many years ago this was quite an old-fashioned little seaside town, lying between Margate and Ramsgate, and so quite out of the crowd, while enjoying the same fine climate as they. It really is an ancient town, the passage to the sea having been defended in the reign of Henry VIII. by York Gate, which was repaired in iii. Its fine sands and quaint old pier were favourite resorts of those who studied quiet ; and Her Majesty (as Princess Victoria) used to visit the place yearly with her mother. Dickens also often came here, and gave the name of the house he stayed in— Bleak House "—to one of his novels. Since then it has grown rapidly, but a little of the old-world rusticity hangs about it still. The North Foreland Lighthouse is within a mile's walk, and can be inspected by visitors.