The album is the continuation from the first Chapman album and is in very good condition. It has a removable beige cloth (linen) cover with dark blue edges; an embroidered roman numerical II is found in the bottom right corner of the top cover and on the spine portion; the top cover has 'GC' (George Chapman) embroidered in dark blue; the album pages are edge-gilded; the album has a hard grain Morocco red leather binding; silk-finished paper is used on the inside of the album covers; the album has cloth joints.
The album contains photographs (also postcards) documenting the activities and personnel of the 2nd (occasionally also 1st) Battalion, the Buffs, East Kent Regiment, in Britain (Dover), as well as views of the former and its vicinity. In addition, the album contains an extensive visual travel imagery consisting of photographs of various places in Britain, France, Switzerland, and Italy; the majority of the travel images date after the marriage of George Chapman and Ethel Fleming on 24 May 1905. Chapman himself is depicted throughout the album as Self, Ethel is captured as EJC (Ethel Jean Chapman); all (except a few) photographs have captions.
The photographs are of various sizes and processing techniques; some are numbered (likely those taken by Chapman himself); they are in chronological order with the earliest date caption of April 1904 covering the time period up to November 1905; not all photographs are dated.
The following places, events, objects, and people are depicted in photographs found in the album:
Places
Britain
- Lillesden, Hawkhurst
- Hythe: Church; School of Musketry & Gates of Canal; Imperial Hotel;
- Lydd Church
- Dungeness Light House, Lydd
- Winchelsea Abbey
- Brookland Church
- Monegham: Col. Backhouses' House; Old Mulberry Trees; Old Garden; Manor House
- Portsmouth Town Hall
- Fareham
- Porchester Castle: Keep and Walls; Interior; Doorway to dining hall
- Tichfield Castle
- Lyndhurst
- The Moat Garden, Downton (caption: Moat-old Saxon Parliament place)
- Winchester Cathedral, exterior and interior
- Carisbrook Castle
- Edinburgh Castle
-- Salisbury: City Cross; Cathedral (exterior and interior); Close Gate
- St. Margaret's Church (interior), Westminster
Belgium
- Bruxelles: Looking towards Palais de Justice; La Place Charles Rogiers; Opera House with Offices; La Bourse; L'Hotel de Ville; ;Cathedral Sainte-Gudule, exterior and interior;
La Maison du Roi;
France
- Arcachon: Villa Odessa; The Beach looking N.E.; Chateau Deganne; Concours Hippique; Place des Anglais
- Bordeaux: Burgundy Gate; Bordeaux Bridge; Street with St. Andrews Cathedral; St. Andrews Cathedral; Corner of La Place de la Comedie; La Place de la Comedie & Monument des Girondins; Railway Station
- Paris: La Place Vendome; Arc de Triumph, Tuilleries; Pont d'Alexandre III; Place de la Concorde; L'Arc de Triomphe; Les Champs Elysees; Eiffel Tower; View of Paris from top of l`Arc de Triomphe; Tour St. Jacques; Palace of Versailles & Gardens; Little Trianon; Interior of the Versailles Palace Chapel; L'Avenue des Champs-Elysees from top of l'Arc de Triomphe; Place de la Republique; Cathedral of Notre Dame; Place de la Bastille;
Britain
- Bisley
- Wellington: College & Cricket Pavillion; Chapel; South side of the College; Front of College; Main Gate from Gt. School; The lakes & White Bridge;
- Dover: Town Hall; No16 Marine Parade; Drawing Room of No 16 Marine Parade; Harbour & Lord Warden Hotel; Dover Castle, Armoury; Harbour & torpedo flotilla from 16 Marine Parade; Burlington Hotel;
-London: Windsor Hotel, Victoria St.
Switzerland
- Arth-Goldau Station (Central Switzerland); Wasen: village & church; Goschenen (Switzerland);
Italy
- Como: Grand Hotel Volta; Piazza Cavour; Lake of Como; Duomo (exterior and interior); -Broletto (now a Record Office); Broletto and Como Cathedral; Brunati (1690 ft above lake); Como with Castello Baradello to S.; Street joining Piazza Cavour & Piazza del Duomo; Porte Vittoria;
- Village of Brienno
- Argegno
- Sala & Comacina Island
- Bellagio: view of Bellagio from Tremezzo & Lake Lecco beyond
- Milan: Milan Cathedral in Piazza Duomo; Galleria Vittorio Emanuele; Arco di Ponte Nuovo; Central Station from Nuovo Parco;
- Venice: Church of St. Mark (A.D. 830); Hotel Royal Danieli; 'View of the Molo showing Royal Palace, St Marks Sq., Doges Palace, Bridge of Sighs'; Grand Canal; Rialto Bridge 'on which there are 24 shops'; Church of Santa Maria della Salute; Palazzo Rezzonico & Private Houses on Grand Canal; House of Contarini Fasan; Bridge of Sighs; Ponte Machello & poor quarter of Town; Statue of Vittorio Emanuele; Clock Tower 'with bronze giants which strike the hours twice on bell in Piazza San Marco'; Isola di S. Giorgio Maggiore; Piazetta di San Marco with Lion Of St. Mark & statue of St. Theodore
- Rome: 'View of Rome taken from the Dome of St. Peters'; Piazza della Colonna from Hotel Marini; Vatican & Piazza di S. Pietro; Church of St. Peter (exterior and interior); Hadrians Tomb & Bridge; Fountain of Trevuis; Piazza del Populo; Flaminian Gate; Porticus of Octavia; Temple of Servius Tullus; Temple of Hercules; Colosseum 'completed by Titus in A.D. 80 & Meta Sudans' (exterior and interior); Pantheon 'rebuilt by Emp. Hadrian, dedicated by Pope Boniface IV in 609 as Sancta Maria ad Myrtyres, now simply La Rotunda'; View of Tiber looking N.W. from Palatine Bridge; Tomb of Caius Cestius; Ostian Gate; Aurelian Walls; Interior of Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura; Triumphal Arch of Constantine; Statue of Garibaldi on Janiculum Hill; Roman Forum (various detailed views); Capucine burial Chapel under Santa Maria della Conerzione (sp?); Via Nationale & Piazza delle Termae; Trajans Column; Appian Gate; Caracalla's Baths 'AD 212 capable of holding 1600 bathers'; Basilica of Constantine; Tarpeian Rock; Arch of Drusus;Tomb of Caecilia Metella; The Lateran (exterior and interior); Roman Gate on Palatine Hill; Walls of Romulus; View of Palatine Hill looking West;
- Naples: Panoramic view taken from Castel S. Elmo (5-part); Castello dell Ovo; Villa Nazionale & Aquarium; View of Naples & Vesuvius; Piazza di Vittorio Emanuele; Bertolini's Palace Hotel; Marble Column to Patriots (and details);
- Pompeii: Porta Marina; The Forum; Street of Abundance; Gladiators Barracks; Small & Large Theatre; The Forum & Temple of Apollo;
Events
- Parade of R.M.L.T. at Gosport on Kings Birthday 1904; Public School Competition for 2nd Buffs Cup (Lydd); Band of 2nd Buffs to Church, Dover; R.M.L.I. Church Parade at Gosport; Oyster fisher women, Arcachon; Sorting oysters at La Teste; Competition at Concours Hippique; Photo of our Wedding group at Windsor Hotel (listed), (24 June, 1905); E.J.C. in car on way back to Paris from Versailles; 2nd Batt. Officers on S.S. Dilwara at Southhampton, (2 July 1905); S.S. Dilwara being towed out ; 1st Batt. The Buffs marching past (Kings birthday); Bisley: New Zealanders in the 'Lord Roberts Cup', Competing for the 'King's Prize', Shooting at Long range targets; Landing wine from lakeside villages, Como: 'notice horses have protection against rain'; Our Gondola passing a bridge in Cannovia Canal, Venice; Gendarmes taking up posts preparatory to Review on King of Italy`s birthday (11'11'05): Artillery passing, Troops marching past, Crowd dispersing, General & Staff inspecting
Objects
- Elizabethan gun at the Castle Dover; The 'Fire Engine', Canterbury Bell, belonging to Soames & Chichester; Window erected in St. Johns Church, Gosport, in memory of my sister Gertruda; R.E. Balloon Section 'Vivid'; Bones and Skulls in Hythe Church; Gate of R.M.L.T., Gosport; Milk cart with dog, Bruxelles; Monument to 1st Crusader, Bruxelles; Belgian Monument to Waterloo, Bruxelles; French Monument, Bruxelles; My Room at the Citadel Dover; Royal Marines 1704 & 1904; Col. Backhouses` House, Monyeham; Black Nancy (horse); Old Mulberry Trees, Monyeham; The Victory, Portsmouth Harbour (ship); Flash & Moosoo (dogs); Fresco by Lord Leighton in Lyndhurst Church; Statue of Alfred the Great at Winchester; H.M.S. Irresistible in Portsmouth Harbour; 4th Green on Arcachon Links; 7th Tee on Arcachon Links; Smoking Room of R.M.L.I. B., Gosport; Main staircase of R.M.L.I. B., Gosport; Bordeaux street decorations for President Loubet; Revolver Ranges, Bisley; My 8-10 turn cylinder Brown, Eastbourne; The Rifles Monument, Dover; Ox cart & typical lake barges, Como; Country cart, Milan; Venice: Pigeons in St. Marks Square; Italian Artillery, 30th & 28th Regiment; Naval Brigade; Custom House Corps; Gondola with 'felze' & two oarsmen; Rome: Bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius & River God under steps of Palazzo del Senatore, Typical Country Wine Cart
People
- Oswald and Joey; Self (Chapman), Lydd, August 1904; Doris & Mrs. Russell; Miss D. & E. Moore Lanes; Colonel Julius Backhouse; Col. E.E. Ravenhill; Major G.V. Daylish (sp?); Maor. R. Bayard; Major M. de la Hill; Major H.S. Sparrow; Capt. R.G.A. Marriott; Colonel G. Bainbridge; Lt. Colonel Hasler; Major Geddes; Capt. W. Trevor; Capt. Greenway; Capt. F.S. Reeves; Capt. G.M. Mairis; Capt. C. Worthington; Capt. J. Mc. B. Ronald; Major Findley; Capt. H.C. Bavid; Capt Groves Raines; Capt. N. Ascher Houblon; Lt. P.S. Harland; Lt. G.B.T. Friend; Lt. P. Flower; Lt. E.C. Norman; Lt. E. Chichester; Lt. L. Fart; Lt. L.H. Soames; Lt. E.C.L. Gould; Lt. J. Crookenden; 2nd Lt. R.P. Wedd;2nd Lt. R.S.I. Friend; 2nd Lt. J.V.R. Jackson; 2nd Lt. A.K. Robertson; Self on 'Black Nancy'; Doris, Mother, Dad and Oswald; Cousins Frank & Bertha & Arthur Chapman; Mrs. H.C. Bavid; Officers 1st & 2nd Batt. The Buffs (listed); Sgt. Major Barton, Bulford; Drum Major Dixon, Dover; Lt. Stainforth; Col. Sg. Linewood (sp?); Officer French Artillery; Ethel Fleming; Col. C.B. Vyvyan; Maj. R. Bayand; Maj. Lynden Bell; Maj. E. de la Hill; Capt. Finch Hatten; Capt. R.M. Donald;Capt. Cole; Capt. Porter; Capt. R. Bright; Capt. L.C. Knight; Capt. Ternan; Capt. S. Baker; Capt. W. Williams; Capt. C.N. Hood; Capt. J. Hickman; Lt. L.W. Lucas; Lt. M. Beevor; Lt. H.W. Green; Lt. Featherstone; Lt. H. Trueman; Lt. G.H. Smith; 2nd Lt. Guy Lee; 2nd Lt. R.C. Slacke; 2nd Lt. H.S. Hardy; 1st Bat. The Buffs Cricket Eleven 1905 (listed), Crabble; Cycle Section 1st bat. The Buffs, Dover
