The Peckover family album of travel
This album of photographs covers a visit to Egypt in 1865 a grand tour in 1872, an 1886 trip taking in Belgium, the Eiffel following the Rhine river, and many destinations here in the UK.
Alexander Peckover collected atlases and wanted to learn about the world through travel. His first tour was of Egypt in 1865 and following this he wanted to share travel with his young family.
The family tour in 1872 lasted 53 days and covered over 3000 miles through Europe.
The subsequent family tour along the Rhine in 1886 was documented in diary entries alongside watercolour sketches by Alexandrina Peckover.
The Peckovers also enjoyed staycations locally and scenes of Ely, Wisbech, Sutton Bridge and the seaside resort of Hunstanton in West Norfolk feature in the album.
Click on the images in the gallery below to enlarge
Pyramid and Sphinx
Mosque at Cairo
Tree in Cairo
Tomb of Mehemet Ali, Calico
Mount Hermon, Lebanon and Syria near Damascus
Lydda, Israel
AmpezzoThal and Antelao, Italy
Croda Rossa from Schluderbach, Tyrol, Italy
A Tour in Belgium The Eifel and on the Rhine 1886
The Park, Brussels, Belgium
Hotel de Ville, Brussels, Belgium
Brussels Cathedral, Belgium
Antwerp from the River, Belgium
Jesuit Church, Antwerp, Belgium
The Park, Antwerp, Belgium
Courtyard of the Plantin Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
Pyramid and Sphinx
Mosque at Cairo
Tree in Cairo
Tomb of Mehemet Ali, Calico
Mount Hermon, Lebanon and Syria near Damascus
Lydda, Israel
AmpezzoThal and Antelao, Italy
Croda Rossa from Schluderbach, Tyrol, Italy
A Tour in Belgium The Eifel and on the Rhine 1886
The first page of the Peckover family's diary charting their holiday adventures across Belgium, the Eifel mountain range in Germany and the Rhine river in 1886.
The Park, Brussels, Belgium
Hotel de Ville, Brussels, Belgium
Brussels Cathedral, Belgium
Antwerp from the River, Belgium
Jesuit Church, Antwerp, Belgium
The Park, Antwerp, Belgium
