Ware's The Isle of Wight (London: Provost, 1871, Internet Archive ID Internet Archive ID isleofwight00warerich) is worth a glance if you're a follower of Isle of Wight literature. The text doesn't contain anything wildly original: it's a competent enough "me too" IOW travelogue with a lot of the recycled historical and geographical anecdote typical of such books, and a deal of purple prose. It's inexplicably in a typeface using the long s, which makeſ all the referenceſ to Freſhwater and The Needleſ and landſlipſ fairly tireſome to read. But on the plus side it has some very nice photos - ones I've not seen before, in this very well-trodden genre - by two acclaimed photographers, Russell Sedgefield and Frank Mason Good. Check out:
Brading, from the Down
The Needles from Scratchell's Bay
Godshill
Ryde, from the Pier
Osborne
Shanklin Chine
Shanklin Church
Bonchurch
Ventnor
Blackgang Chine
Carisbrooke Castle
Lane at Shorwell
Freshwater Bay
Scratchell's Bay
Here are my favourites:
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| Lane at Shorwell - Russell Sedgefield This is looking down Shorwell Shute: see Google Maps. |
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| Shanklin Chine - Russell Sedgefield |
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| Blackgang Chine - Frank M Good |
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| Bonchurch - Russell Sedgefield |
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| Freshwater Bay - Russell Sedgefield |
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| The Needles - Frank M Good |
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| Ryde from the Pier - Russell Sedgefield |
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| Scratchell's Bay - Frank M Good Considering the general coastal erosion on the southern Isle of Wight, it's quite remarkable how little the cliff profile at Scratchell's Bay has changed over 140 years: see Flickr. |
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| Ventnor - Russell Sedgefield |
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