Description: Folkestone Lees & Pier Kent 1895 Antique Print A black & white print, rescued from a disbound book from 1895 called Round The Coast, with another picture on the reverse side. Suitable for framing, the average page size including text is approx 12" x 9.25" or 30.4cm x 23.5cm. Actual picture size is approx 10" x 7" or 25.5cm x 17.5cm. This is an antique print not a modern copy and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view any scans as they form part of the description. All prints will be sent bagged and in a tube, large letter size box or board backed envelope for protection in transit. 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) FOLKESTONE.—Seventy miles from London, and an important town with about 23,700 inhabitants. The older portions of the town have steep and narrow streets, but the modern houses on the cliffs are most attractively situated, fronting the well-known promenade called the Lees, from which one may easily reach the beach. The cliff pathway, between this part of Folkestone and Sandgate, is one of the most beautiful walks in the kingdom for lovers of coast scenery. One part of the town lies in a gap between the chalk and the greensand hills; consequently, the traveller has to climb to the other portion built on the bills the best way he can. The views from this elevated ground, however, will repay him for his trouble. The harbour house at Folkestone was built in 1843. It was much improved in the following year, and a movable railway bridge of iron was constructed, which connects the inner and outer basins. It is said that the castle was built by Eadbald, King of Kent, in the year 630. The harbour is now fourteen acres in extent, and has an entrance 120ft. wide. The season here is short and late, and the policy of the townspeople is such as to discourage excursionists and seek the patronage of the higher class of visitors; consequently, the humours of the sands, so conspicuous at Margate or at Yarmouth, are hardly to be looked for at Folkestone, where the most exciting pastime is the going and coming of the Channel boats and the landing of their woebegone passengers. There is a lift railway from the Undercliff Gardens to the Lees Promenade on the top of the cliffs.
Price: 5.99 GBP
Location: DEREHAM
End Time: 2025-02-02T08:14:17.000Z
Shipping Cost: 16.24 GBP
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Item Specifics
Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 60 days
Size: Small
Artist: Photo by Frith & Co
Colour: Black
Style: Realism
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Material: Paper
Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
Listed by Self-Representing Artist?: No
Year of Production: 1895
Features: Original Bookplate
Width (Inches): 10
Subject: Landscape
Originality: Original
Height (Inches): 7
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
Item Length: Image Size Approx 25.5cm x 17.5cm
Region of Origin: n/a
Source: Disbound Antique Book Published 1895
Item Height: Image Height Approx 7 Inches
Culture: n/a
Item Width: Image Height Approx 10 Inches
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Production Technique: Lithography
