One of the items in the album is a botanical print by Tower. Publication on however limited a scale suggests a degree of professional association. Sophia Tower may have made illustrations for botanical publications or periodicals just beginning to proliferate at this date.

The building of the modern Abbey was begun by the Lord Proprietor, Augustus Smith in 1831, but the main part of the construction took place from 1841 and the tower was added in 1891. Tresco Abbey is surrounded by magnificent sub-tropical gardens