| Description | N.B. 'The Mater' frequently mentioned in the captions is Elizabeth Cumming, Rev. Cumming's wife. The captions are made out by one of Rev. Cumming's children.
Frontispiece: Pen-and-ink portrait of Rev. Cumming as a young man
p. 1: Two photographs of Rev. Cumming, dated 1850 and 1860
p. 2: 'My Mother' (Elizabeth Cumming)
p. 3: 'Rev'd John Cumming's Cottage, 1850, Mrs. Cumming, Dr. Cumming's wife' (Photograph indistinct)
p. 4: Two photographs: 'James Nicholson Esq're brother of Mrs. Cumming Dr. Cumming's wife'; 'Grandma Walsh died [18]'69 aged 92, [and] the Mater. Photographed by J. Cumming about 1852'
p. 5: Two photographs of 'The Cottage with first alteration, small addition at back about 1862'. Included in shots are Ellen Hennell 'Cousin of Grandma Nicholson' and 'Bella, servant at cottage, afterwards wife of Stephen Jones, now (c1883) Station Master at London Bridge Station'
pp. 6 and 7 missing
p. 8: Two photographs: 'Auntie - Mother - Aunt Lettice - Turner the Nurse - Louisa - McNeil and Frank'; 'Auntie - Granny - Aunt Lettice - The Mater - Louisa - James - McNeil - Francis'
p. 9: 'The Villa 1850'
p. 10: 'The Mater 1860. Died 1879 aged 73'
p. 11: 'The Cottage 2nd. Alteration 1854'. Included in shot are 'James Cumming, the Mater, Martin Cumming'
p. 12: Two photographs: 'The cottage 1856. Dr. Cumming in gateway'; 'Back of cottage 1856. Dr. Cumming attending to his bees'
p. 13: 'The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells'
p. 14: 2 photographs: 'Grandma Nicholson 1858, died 1869'; 'The Mater daughter of the above 1858. Died 1879 aged 73'
p. 15: 'The Mater 1856, Montague Place London'
p. 16: Two photographs: 'James - McNeil - Francis 1856-57, Montague Place London. Ages in 1883 38 [James], 39 [McNeil], 37 [Francis]'; 'James 1856. California 1883'
p. 17: Two photographs: 'Lettice, Montague Place London'; 'Nicholson Montague Place London. Died at Kimberly South Africa aged ??'
p. 18: Two photographs of 'Eridge Castle, Seat of Marques Abergavenny'
p. 19: Three photographs: 'The Mater - Montague Place London' ; 'The Mater at french window of cottage - Capt'n Fk. Walsh, 78th Highlanders, who in after years was wounded at Lucknow and married widow of Earl Ferrers'; 'Mrs Cumming - Miss Saltmarsh - Mr. Saltmarsh - Dr. Cumming - Mrs. S. now Mrs. Gamble, the only survivor of the group. Photographed at Hooton Pagnell near Doncastle'
p. 20: 'King's College, Old Aberdeen, where Rev. Dr. Cumming was educated'
p. 21: 'The Common, Tunbridge Wells, 1852'
p. 22: Two photographs: 'The Vila 1850, Tunbridge Wells, now (1883) part of Hungershall Park'. The second photograph, of two women and a man seated, has no caption
p. 23: 'Louisa Finch Cumming 1859. Cloak and Bonnet bought from Peter Robinson James & Cubison'
p. 24: Two photographs: 'Francis Cumming aged 37 in 1883, West Maitland, Sydney Australia'; 'Part of British Museum from back of 7 Montague Place W.C. London'
pp. 25-30 are blank, p. 31 is missing
p. 32: Three photographs: 'St. Paul's Rusthall & Nevill Park' (included in shot is Ellen Hennel); 'Old Cousin Ann'; 'Dining room window of the Old Cottage with profile of Ellen Hennell'
p.33 missing
p. 34: Two photographs of 'Bazaar in aid of the restoration of The Chapel of East Tunbridge Wells, 15. 16. & 17th. June 1881. Mrs. Cumming held the Spanish Stall.' (The Mrs. Cumming referred to here is not Rev. Cumming's wife, who died in 1879, but probably the wife of one of his sons)
p. 35: The caption of this photo of the Cumming family's Tunbridge Wells cottage merely reads '1880'
pp. 36-37 are missing
p. 38: Two photographs: 'Penshurst' (A village in the Kentish countryside)
Remaining pages are blank
Enclosures:
1 formal photograph of a young woman in a white dress, signed 'J. Thomson, 70a Grosvenor Street W.'
7 photographs of British stately homes and surroundings. One bears the inscription 'Chu?den on the Thames near Cookham' and an illegible signature.
2 photographs of mid-19th Century coutryside cottages and surroundings. One shows an unnamed man with a camera.
1 photograph of a large, slate-roofed cottage, with the backing inscription ' Churchill's Farm'.
1 photograph of an unnamed elderly woman. On the reverse is a photographed landscape of thatched cottages, trees, and crops.
3 photographs of village landscapes, presumably Tunbridge Wells. One bears the inscription 'about 1850'.
1 photograph of an English Norman Church..
1 photograph of a Norman church standing on sandstone bluffs.
1 photograph of a landscape of trees, cliffs, and stately homes.
1 photograph similar to that on p. 13 of above photo album, of 'The Pantiles, Tunbridge-Wells', dated 1852.
1 indistinct photograph of Rev. Cumming's cottage in Tunbridge Wells.
1 photograph of large oak trees in front of a village landscape. |