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Unidentified photographer
Excavations at Brading Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight
n.d.
Albumen print
Private collection of Fawn Weir
LL/66732
In a contemporary book on the excavations - Cornelius Nicholson, 1880, A descriptive account of the Roman villa near Brading, Isle of Wight, (London: Elliot Stock) included the following message:
Photographs of the Roman Villa at Brading.
Messrs. Briddon & Co., of Ventnor, have, with the sanction of the Provisional Committee, taken a series of photographic views of the different parts of the Roman Villa which have been uncovered to the present time. Particulars of the subjects of the views and their prices can be obtained by applying to Messrs. Briddon and Co.
A short note in 1886, The Art Journal, New Series, (London: J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd), p. 351 stated:
The famous Roman villa at Brading, Isle of Wight, is said to be in danger of destruction by the elements unless something is done to protect it from wind and weather. There are various proposals afloat. It is proposed by some to roof the buildings in, by others to photograph them and then recover them with earth—the most effective measure. Would it not be as well, however, if, before anything is done—and something should be done—for a committee of experts, of members of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings for example, to inspect the Villa and propose the best remedy? The Villa is private property it is true, but the owners are hardly likely to thwart any attempt at protecting their own property.
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