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A Visit to England in 1847

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Northwest view of York Minster, in which Anna Whistler attended a service

York Minster: twin towers with square towered church behind — York Minster from the N.W. (Stranger’s Guide 1850) [full resolution image]

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A view of the ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey in York, which Anna Whistler, James, and Willie visited in the summer of 1847

Ruins of Saint Mary’s Abbey, York: half the front and back walls and one side wall still standing, showing arched windows; two people walking in foreground — Ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey (Stranger’s Guide 1850) [full resolution image]

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Scarborough viewed from the Sands, which Anna Whistler, James, and Willie visited in June–July

Sepia toned etching of people in Victorian dress playing on a beach with cliffs in the background — John Bell. View from the Sands, Scarborough. Engraved by Theakston, 31 St. Nicholas Street, Scarborough. From a sheet of writing paper used by James Whistler in 1847 to write to his father. (James Whistler to Major George Washington Whistler, Preston, entry for July 3 in a letter of Monday, June 21, [18]47, GUL: Whistler Collection, W654).
[The digital version of this image is from a Glasgow University Special Collections Department online article, posted on their old (pre-2010) website. It may become obsolete.]

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Cooper Hill, Walton-le-dale, Lancashire, home of Charles Swainson, where James celebrated his thirteenth birthday in July 1847

Cooper Hill, Walton-le-dale, Lancashire, behind trees in the back, with a field of sheep and lake, with two people at the shore and three people in the foreground walking — Cooper Hill, Walton-le-dale, Lancashire. Seat of Charles Swainson Esqr. 1855. Lithograph. (Hardwick, History of Preston, facing p. 568) [full resolution image]

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Anna Whistler, James, and Willie walked through the grounds of Hornby Castle en route to Preston in the summer of 1847.

Hornby Castle and the sounds in front, with a groundsman and trees on either side — Hornby Castle (James Hogg, ed. Fortunes Made in Business: A Series of Original Sketches Biographical and Anecdotal from the Recent History of Industry and Commerce by Various Writers, 3 vols. [London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1884–1887], vol. 2, p. 58) [full resolution image]

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Anna Whistler, James, and Willie saw Hornby Church while en route to Preston in the summer of 1847.

Hornby Church with the fences churchyard and street in front — Hornby Church (Hogg, Fortunes, vol. 2, p. 98) [full resolution image]

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Chaddock Hall, home of Robert Smith, cotton mill owner, which Anna Whistler, James, and Willie visited in 1847 and Deborah had visited in 1846, when in England for her health’s sake

Chaddock Hall with front wall and gate — Chaddock Hall, 1860. 1912. Sketch from a lithograph. Courtesy of J.H.R. Cunliffe.
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Anna Whistler revisited Worsley in July 1847, a year after St. Mark’s Church and the new mansion of Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, were completed and he was raised to the Peerage.

Francis Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere — Edwin Longsden Long (1829–1891). Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere. c. 1850. Oil on canvas. 50 x 40 1/8 in. (127 x 102 cm). National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 5524).

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Agnes (Walton) Ryley was a friend of Eliza Winstanley’s in Preston

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One of the mills owned by “Cotton Lords” of Preston, some of whom, Anna Whistler mentions, came to consult John Winstanley

Swainson, Birley and Company Mill, Preston, across the water, with figures in the foreground on foot and with a horsecart — Messrs Swainson Birley & Co Mill Preston. 1856. Lithograph. (Hardwick, History of Preston, facing p. 425) [full resolution image]

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The Philosophical Institution and residence of W. Ainsworth, a friend of the Winstanleys, in Preston

Philosophical Institution, Preston, with a man, woman, and child strolling in the grounds in front — Philosophical Institution and Residence of W. Ainsworth, Esqr Preston. 1854. Lithograph. (Hardwick, History of Preston, facing p. 451) [full resolution image]

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Deborah Delano Whistler and Francis Seymour Haden were married in the Parish Church in Preston on 16 October 1847.

Preston Church, showing the fenced churchyard and street in front, with pedestrians walking and a covered horse cart — William Physick. Preston Church, about 1845. (Hunt, History of Preston, p. 31).
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Members of Dr. William Winstanley’s household came to the home of his brother John Winstanley to congratulate Deborah (Whistler) Haden and Francis Seymour Haden on their wedding day, 16 October 1847.

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Anna Whistler mentioned the Strand in October 1847, when she and her family were about to depart London for St. Petersburg after Deborah Delano Whistler’s marriage to Francis Seymour Haden.

The Strand, London, showing the statue of King Charles the First and Saint Mary-le-Strand church — Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874). Entry to the Strand from Charing Cross. 1842. Lithograph. (Thomas Shotter Boys, Original Views of London as it is, 1842: A Re-issue of the Complete Set of These Scarce and Valuable Delineations of London, with Descriptive Notes to Each Plate, and a Short Introduction by E. Beresford Chancellor [London: Architectural Press, 1926], p. 85, plate 19) [full resolution image]

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Anna Whistler mentioned her visit in October 1847 to Westminster Abbey, when James could not draw because a service was about to start.

Westminster Abbey, London — Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874). Westminster Abbey. 1842. Lithograph. (Boys, Original Views of London, p. 43, plate 8) [full resolution image]

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Anna Whistler mentioned walking through St. James’s Park and seeing Buckingham Palace before embarking for St. Petersburg in October 1847.

Buckingham Palace, with people on the shores of the lake in Saint James’s Park in foreground and a boat on the water — Thomas Shotter Boys. Buckingham Palace from St. James’s Park. 1842. Hand-colored lithograph. Private collection. (Boys, Original Views of London, p 51, plate 10)
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Anna Whistler records in 1847 having attended a service at Holy Trinity Church on Sloane Street, the parish church of Francis Seymour and Deborah (Whistler) Haden

Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London, with striped brickwork on its two towers — Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, Chelsea, London. c. 1890. Contemporary picture postcard. [full resolution image]