The album is the continuation from the fifth Chapman album and is in very good condition. As with all five previous albums, this has a removable beige cloth (linen) cover with dark blue edges; an embroidered roman numerical VI is found on the top spine portion of the album; 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 that document selected activities and personnel of the East Kent Regiment, the Buffs, in Britain (located around Dover); it also presents various and multiple landscape and architectural views of the region. In addition, the album contains an extensive visual travel imagery consisting of photographs depicting: Ethel & George Chapman's second trip to Egypt; images of Italy; their extended travels in Canada (Apr-Nov 1910); and their trip to France (May 1911). The majority of the photographs of Italy, France, and Egypt are meticulously described. Chapman himself is depicted throughout the album as Self; Ethel Chapman is captured as EJC (Ethel Jean Chapman) or Ethel.
The photographs are of various sizes and processing techniques; they are in chronological order covering the time period from February 1910 to June 1912; the majority of the photographs are dated; all (except a few) images have captions; depictions of Britain, Italy, and Egypt in particular, are (or can be) of particular interest, for their captions are very descriptive and include extensive (occasionally anecdotal) architectural, historical, and social narrative.
The following places, events, objects, and people are depicted in photographs found in the album:
Egypt
- Luxor: Temple of Luxor (multiple exterior & interior views)
- Thebes: Great Hypostyle Hall (various views); Tomb of Nakht (interior); Temple of Deir el-Medineh; Tombs of Queens; Temple of Medinet Habu (multiple views); Palace of Rameses III; Panoramic view of the Theban Plain
- Karnak (various views): Temple of Ammon (multiple views); Temple of Khons (various views); Temple of Osiris (interior detail)
- Cairo: various views of the city
- Alexandria
Italy
- Naples: views of the city
- Crater of Salfatara
- Pozzuoli: Roman Amphitheatre (multiple views); Lake Avernus
- Cumae: Roman Viaduct Arca Felice
- Baia: View of the Town; Spanish Castle
- Capri: Views of the Island; Cliffs of Capri; Landing Place
Britain
- Aldershot: Crescent House (interior views)
- Bakewell: Bridge, Lawn & Terrace at Haddon Hall
- Matlock: High Tor
- Buxton: Crescent Hotel
- Chester: Cathedral (interior views); City Walls; Oldest House; Scotch House
- Kenilworth Castle
Canada
- Ottawa: various architectural and landscape views of the city: Daly Avenue, Chaudiere Falls, etc.
- Lake Saint Germain
- Niagara: Clifton House Hotel; Various views of the Falls
- St. Lawrence River: Long Sault Rapids; Alexandria Bay; Summer Residences (1000 Islands)
- Halifax: The "Lodge" (Sandford Fleming's House); Saraquay Country Club; Depictions of various leisurely activities: bathing, lunching, fishing, canoeing, etc.; Prospect
- Chester: Chester Bay; Hackmatack Inn
- Quoddy River
- Herring Cove
- MacAdam Junction
- Winnipeg: C.P.R. Station; Portage Avenue
- Banff: Views of Banff and vicinity; Cascade Mountain; Banff Springs Hotel; Bow River Falls; Sulphur Hot Springs; Devils Gorge; Mount Inglismaldie; Mt. Rundle Range; Banff Station
- Rockies: Kicking Horse Valley; Mount Stephen; Castle Mountain; Stoney Creek Bridge, Beaver River; Illecillewaet Valley; Ross Peak; Glacier Station & Mt. Sir Donald; Mount Sir Donald 'the Peak of which is named Cheops from its similarity to the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt'; Great & Asulkan Glaciers; Hector Siding; "Three Sisters"
- Selkirks: Albert Canyon; Fraser Canyon ; North bend; Fraser River
- Victoria: Entrance to the Harbour; C.P.R. Empress Hotel; Parliament Buildings; The Gorge
- Vancouver: Siwash Rock; Stanley Park (trees)
- Mount Baker, from Beacon Hill, Victoria
Britain
- Kerrow: Views of the region; Glen Affric; Gorge at Kilmorack
- Strathpether: Rogie Falls
- Goodnestone: West House (interior & exterior views); Church; Post Office; Panoramic view
- Herne Bay: Reculvers
- Fordwich: Old Town House
- Abberville: Church of St. Vulfran
France
- Chateaux Rambures
- Rouen: Church of St. Ouen (interior & exterior); Old half-timbered houses; Old Church of St. Maclou
- Evreux: Cathedral; Courtyard & Hotel du Grand Cerf;
- Louviers: Church of "Notre Dame"
- Dreux: Church
- Chartres: Cathedral (various views); Church of St. Pierre; Porte Guillaume
- Orleans: Cathedral; Joan of Arc's House
- Beaugency: Market Place & Town Hall; Ancient Gates; Caesars Tower; Chateaux of Beaugency
- Chateaux of Chambord (exterior)
- Blois: Bridge; Gateway in Aile Lous XII; Chateaux Blois (exterior & interior views)
- Chateaux Chaumont (various views)
- Montrichard: Town & Castle
- Chateaux of Chenonceaux (various views)
- Chateaux of Amboise (multiple views)
- Tours: View of the city; Palais de Justice; Old Stone Bridge; Cathedral of St. Gatien
- Chateaux of Azay-le-Rideau
- Chinon: views of Chateaux & Town
- Chateaux of Ussé
- Langeais
- Chateaux of Luynes
- Angoulême: Cathedral of St. Pierre
- Poitiers: Church of St. Porchaire; Church of St. Radegonde; Market Place
- Rocamadour: Valley, Town & Convent
Britain
- Rye: Old prison & Battery
- Shorncliffe
- Canterbury: view of & Cathedral
Events
The Nile Steamer Rameses the Great leaving Luxor en route for Cairo (9 Feb 1910); The Docks & Quays of Alexandria 'just as we were leaving for Naples on Prinz Heinrich' (16 Feb 1910); Hotel boats touting for visitors & passengers off Sorrento (20 Feb 1910); My Company Team competing in the Evelyn Wood Competition, Aldershot (21 March 1910); On board the Empress of Britain just reaching Quebec on the River St. Lawrence (29 Apr 1910); Parliament Buildings draped in Royal Mourning, Ottawa (20 May 1910); Ceremony in Respect to the Funeral of King Edward VII, Ottawa (various views, 20 May 1910); The "somebodies" of Ottawa & Canada at the King's Funeral Service, Ottawa (20 May 1910); Fishing at Indian Lake, Prospect; Bathing at the "Dingle", Halifax; Tea on the shore of Squid Island with the Mosquitos, Chester; Our arrival by the S.S. Ghent at Sheet Harbour for a fishing trip; 'Jocelyn with Peggy L-E having her 1st bathe,' Halifax (15 Aug 1910); North West Arm Regatta, Halifax (13 Aug 1910); My guide, Frank Paul, wrapped in a quilt & calling Moose at 7 a.m., Otter Lake; Lunch on Sir Sandford's Private Car on our way to Ottawa (30 Sep 1910); Self feeding with chocolates an 18 month old tame Black Bear, Banff (15 Oct 1910); Graham White in a "Bristol" bi-plane & the wrecked "Bristol" bi-plane after White's fall, Dover (18 Dec 1910); Another of Graham White's Bristol bi-planes burnt on X'mas day, Dover (1910); Wrecked Preussen on the rocks near S. Foreland, Dover (25 Dec 1910); Start for rabbiting in the West Woods, Kerrow; Staff Parade, 3rd Batt. The Buffs, Shorncliffe (2 July 1911); Wintery weather at West House, Goodnestone (5 Feb 1912); Dinner of Members of the Buffs "Past & Present" Association at Victoria Restaurant, London (names listed, 30 Nov 1912); Wilson at work on the car, Goodnestone; With the Loyds at Lillesden, Hawkhurst; An Archery meeting at home, Goodnestone (30 May 1912);
Objects
Shadufs: 'apparati for raising water from the Nile,' Arment; Sailors of Rameses the Great, Luxor; Steamer Princesse Mafaldi, Capri; A typical high prowed boat & cottage with the staircase on outside, Capri; Typical country cart & harness of Capri; Steamship Empress of Britain, Quebec; "Winterholme" (house of S. Fleming on Chapel St & Daly Ave); Sleeping Hut & Club House of the Denholme Fishing Club, Lake St. Germain; Steamboat Maid of the Mist, Niagara; River Steamer Toronto 'in which we crossed Lake Ontario from Charlotte to Kingston during the night & steamed down the St. Lawrence through the 1000 Islands,' Prescott; River Steamer Rapids Queen, Prescott; 50 ton Engine, Medicine Hat; Buffalo, Banff; Specimen Moose in the Rocky Mountains; "The Great Divide" (boundary between Alberta and British Columbia); Steamship Empress of India, Vancouver; Steamship Princess Victoria 'sailing between Vancouver-Victoria & Seattle'; A typical Chinese way of carrying things, Vancouver; One of the many places where the C.P.R. almost overhangs the Fraser R., Selkirks; An Indian Tepee, Calgary; Steamship Empress of Ireland (Quebec-Liverpool); Curious tombstones at Reculver, Herne Bay; A few of the many Washing houses which appear so typical of Chartres; Curious old houses in the Rue Voltaire, Chinon; French Soldiers at the Fair, Tours; Peculiar head dresses worn by ladies at Poitiers; 3rd Bat. The Buffs Camp at Shorncliffe; 3rd Bat. The Buffs Camp near Fort Burgogne, Dover;
People
Ethel Jean Chapman (Fleming): depicted throughout the album; Mrs Cornish; Mrs Tilney; Mr. Fleischhacker; Mr & Mrs Hippisley; Guy Lee; 'A' Company, 1st Bat. The Buffs, Badajos Barracks, Aldershot (names listed, 16 Apr 1910); Sir Sandford Fleming; Jocelyn Chapman; Maj. Paley; Mr Lemoine; Sir Wilfrid & Lady Laurier; Lord Grey; Hugh, Ethel, Paul & Margaret Fleming; Mr & Mrs Lyon-Evans; Eddie Farrell; Joe Kenny; Margery MacKeen; Brenda Morrow; Bob Farrell; Miss Ragsdale; Miss Sanford; H. & F. Higgenson; John Warren; Miss Chitehly; Mrs White; Gordon Farnell, Chief Forest Warden of Halifax Co. & family; Helen Coutlee; Senator H. Bell-Irvin with his son Richard & daughter Isabel; Winifred Gormully; Harry & Gwen Cassils; John Crookenden; The Officers, 3rd Bat. The Buffs at Shorncliffe (names listed, July 1911); George Luxmoore; The Officers, 3rd Bat. The Buffs, Dover (names listed, 1912).