negative, glass plate - Weathercote Cave, Chapel-le-Dale

Name/Title

negative, glass plate - Weathercote Cave, Chapel-le-Dale

Entry/Object ID

SETCL : 2022.1.7.5

Description

A half-plate gelatin silver glass negative (plate varnished). A view of Weathercote Cave, a natural solutional cave in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire. It has been renowned as a natural curiosity since the eighteenth century, and was accessible to paying visitors until 1971. The entrance is a large shaft about 20 metres (66 ft) deep, dominated by a waterfall entering at one end. (Wikipedia)

Collection

The Horner Photographic Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Horner Photographic Studio

Date made

circa 1925

Time Period

19th Century, Victorian Era