Photograph album of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland
MS. Photogr. b. 36
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Photograph album of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland
Shelfmark
MS. Photogr. b. 36
Summary
Includes photographs of
(fols. 2, 158, 167, 179-80, 196-9, 207-20) Acland family members, including
(fol. 2) Sir William Alison Dyke Acland
(fols. 158, 167) Sir Henry Wentworth Acland
(fol. 196) portrait by Prince Pierre Troubetzkoi of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland
(passim) places, including
(fol. 31) Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
(fol. 39) Phillip Island, Australia
(fols. 41, 183) Norfolk Island, Australia
(fol. 42) Levuka, Fiji
(fols. 54, 56) Tutuila, American Samoa
(fols. 55, 139, 141, 143-4) Apia, Samoa
(fols. 60, 92-9) Tanna Island, Vanuatu
(fols. 64, 66-8, 85, 88, 90, 129) Vaté Island, Vanuatu
(fols. 70-1) Ambrym Island, Vanuatu
(fols. 86-7) New Caledonia, Oceania
(fols. 100, 122) Malakula Island, Vanuatu
(fols. 101-11) Banks Islands, Vanuatu
(fols. 115-19) Aoba, Vanuatu
(fols. 136-7) Api, Vanuatu
(fols. 146-52) Fowey, Cornwall
(fol. 166) Eddystone Rocks and lighthouse, English Channel
(fols. 168, 171) gardens of Trinity College, Oxford in the snow
(fols. 169-76) Acland's garden in the snow, Broad Street, Oxford
(fol. 177) Wadham College, Oxford in the snow
(passim) boats and ships, including
(fols. 2-38) voyage on the Windsor Castle, from Plymouth, England to Sydney, Australia
(fols. 30, 44, 46-7, 51, 54, 72-3, 121, 134-5) HMS Miranda
(fols. 75-6) HMS Dart
(fols. 153-62) the Druid, a yacht
(fols. 185-8) cutters in the Commodore's Cup, St. Kitts
(fols. 189-93) the French squadron at Spithead, including Marceau, Surcouf and Requin
(fol. 203) HMS Camperdown, in the dock after a collision with HMS Victoria
(fol. 205) HMS Victoria
Detailed discussion of two of these photographs (fols. 47 & 51) can be found in Elizabeth Edwards, Raw Histories - Photographs, Anthropology and Museums (Oxford, 2001), pp. 107-29. These and other photographs (fols. 70, 100, 122 & 129) are also discussed by Elizabeth Edwards, 'Negotiating Spaces: Some Photographic Incidents in the Western Pacific, 1883-84', in J. Schwartz & J. Ryan (eds.), Picturing Place: Photography and the Geographical Imagination (London, 2003), pp. 261-79.
Date
1880s-1894
Language
English
Physical facet
Binding: Gilt-ruled half red calf, brown cloth boards, watered endpapers, label on spine, '7'
Physical extent
221 Leaves
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Collection contents
Photograph albums of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland and Sarah Angelina Acland
Photograph albums of Henry Wentworth Acland
Photograph album of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland
