1877 · Ipswich
by [Loch, Catharine Grace]
Ipswich: J. H. Colwell & Co., Anastatic Press, 1877. Folio. 305 x 240 mm., [12 x 9 ½ inches]. [1], 49 pp., printed on recto only. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Catharine Loch printed by the anastatic process, a transfer process using zinc plates. Bound in original printed boards, expertly rebacked with blue cloth; hinge of front board reinforced with Japanese paper; the margins of the printed boards are soiled and with some minor loss of paper at corners and edges; discoloration of the inner margin of title-page. Text is sound and clean.
Only edition of this rare travel book, illustrated with original drawings printed by the anastatic process from zinc plates. Catharine Grace Loch (1854-1904) traveled with Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower and Miss Bragge their governess and mother-hen-in-chief. Miss Loch prepared this souvenir of her travels to Paris and Bordeaux and to the southeast of France where she and her companions stopped for some days at the town of Biarritz near the Spanish border. They continued south and crossed the border to Fontarabia, now known as Hondarribia, and further southeast to San Sebastian. After numerous adventures, they began moving west returning to France via Lourdes, Argelès, Gavarnie, and through a number of small French town before heading home to England.
At each stop, Miss Loch made humorous drawing of their adventures, many times using her companions as foils for a joke or to record an amusing situation. She also made very sophisticated renderings of the towns she visited, making drawings of town halls, churches, pastoral views, and landscapes. The three women traveled by train and carriage, but much of their trip required the use of horses, which at times created very funny scenes for her to illustrate. Miss Loch made sure to include drawings of the people they encountered, especially those who helped the trio as they made their way through the rural territories of southern France and Spain.
A biography of Catharine Grace Loch in the files of the National Portrait Gallery, London reads in part, that Miss Loch was a
“Pioneer nurse who trained at the Royal Hants County Hospital and was appointed a Sister at St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1882, following the inauguration of the Indian Army Nursing Service, she was appointed Lady Superintendent, based at Station Hospital, Rawalpindi, Punjab, India (now Pakistan). She received the Royal Red Cross and Indian Medal with "Hazara" clasp for active service on the frontier in 1891. She wrote a paper entitled "The Indian Army Nursing Service" which she presented at the Nursing Conference, London in June 1896. She was the subject of The Memoir of Miss C.G. Loch R.R.C (late Senior Lady Superintendent of the Indian Army Nursing Service). by Surgeon Major General A.F. Bradshaw C.B.”
With faults, this is a rare travel book. OCLC cites only one copy in the collections of the National Library of Scotland. Not listed in NUC. She is not cited in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or in any article in Wikipedia. . (Inventory #: 1304)
Only edition of this rare travel book, illustrated with original drawings printed by the anastatic process from zinc plates. Catharine Grace Loch (1854-1904) traveled with Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower and Miss Bragge their governess and mother-hen-in-chief. Miss Loch prepared this souvenir of her travels to Paris and Bordeaux and to the southeast of France where she and her companions stopped for some days at the town of Biarritz near the Spanish border. They continued south and crossed the border to Fontarabia, now known as Hondarribia, and further southeast to San Sebastian. After numerous adventures, they began moving west returning to France via Lourdes, Argelès, Gavarnie, and through a number of small French town before heading home to England.
At each stop, Miss Loch made humorous drawing of their adventures, many times using her companions as foils for a joke or to record an amusing situation. She also made very sophisticated renderings of the towns she visited, making drawings of town halls, churches, pastoral views, and landscapes. The three women traveled by train and carriage, but much of their trip required the use of horses, which at times created very funny scenes for her to illustrate. Miss Loch made sure to include drawings of the people they encountered, especially those who helped the trio as they made their way through the rural territories of southern France and Spain.
A biography of Catharine Grace Loch in the files of the National Portrait Gallery, London reads in part, that Miss Loch was a
“Pioneer nurse who trained at the Royal Hants County Hospital and was appointed a Sister at St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1882, following the inauguration of the Indian Army Nursing Service, she was appointed Lady Superintendent, based at Station Hospital, Rawalpindi, Punjab, India (now Pakistan). She received the Royal Red Cross and Indian Medal with "Hazara" clasp for active service on the frontier in 1891. She wrote a paper entitled "The Indian Army Nursing Service" which she presented at the Nursing Conference, London in June 1896. She was the subject of The Memoir of Miss C.G. Loch R.R.C (late Senior Lady Superintendent of the Indian Army Nursing Service). by Surgeon Major General A.F. Bradshaw C.B.”
With faults, this is a rare travel book. OCLC cites only one copy in the collections of the National Library of Scotland. Not listed in NUC. She is not cited in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or in any article in Wikipedia. . (Inventory #: 1304)
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