Photograph (Albumen Print) of the Grave Monument of Francis Shortt and Family, by A. Y. Shortt, c.1870

Albumen print mounted on card. Sepia brown, with yellowy sky. It shows the tomb or monument of Francis Shortt (1754-1839), and members of his family. It is not printed from any of the waxed-paper negatives that accompany it (11853, 11856, 11857, 11927), though their presence and the fact that the photographer A. Y. Shortt (grandson of Francis) was making such negatives at an unusually late date (the negatives are 1870 and c.1875) suggests this albumen print is from such a paper negative rather than the more usual glass negative. The print is actually earlier than the two c.1875 negatives, as it shows the monument with a different lower panel, which in the later negatives has been replaced by one commemorating Shortt's father (d.1866) and his wife Flora Lucy (who died in 1875 aged 32).