Family scrapbook containing photographs and illustrations
MS. 23051 photogr. 41
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Family scrapbook containing photographs and illustrations
Shelfmark
MS. 23051 photogr. 41
Summary
Scrapbook of photographs and illustrations, likely assembled by multiple people, including Charles Spencer Scrase Dickins, Lady Elizabeth Dickins, and other members of the family. Contains several salt prints from the 1850s, by Charles, and numerous albumen prints. Includes landscapes, views of the Coolhurst estate, portraits and various tourist views. There is one wedding photograph from around 1910, but the majority of the album is dated to the 1850s.
Associated place
England
Date
1856-1859 and c.1910
Language
English
Physical facet
Salt prints from a Calotype negative; albumen prints from a wet collodion plate negative
Physical extent
1 item
Custodial history
Purchased at Christie's UK, 25/10/1984, lot 87.
Subject
Family histories
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Collection contents
The Michael and Jane Wilson Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographs
Photographically-illustrated books and albums
Family scrapbook containing photographs and illustrations
