Series: Early Photographic Print Collection: Oxfordshire

Description

A series of 795 items, predominantly photographic prints, showing various locations in Oxfordshire including Dorchester, the gardens of Blenheim Palace, Hanwell Castle, Wroxton Abbey, Chastleton House, Cote House, Sutton Courtenay Mill, a variety of sites in Abingdon and large number of parish churches from across the county.

A large proportion of the series is focused on Oxford. Some of the sites depicted include the Bodleian Library and Divinity School; Christ Church Cathedral; Oxford Castle; the Sheldonian Theatre; the Taylorian Institute; St Mary the Virgin’s Church on the High Street; Iffley Mill and the Radcliffe Camera. The colleges of Oxford University also feature heavily with Exeter College; Corpus Christi College; University College; Oriel College; New College; Keble College; Merton College; St John’s College; Magdalen College; Brasenose College; Christ Church College; Wadham College and Hertford College all represented.

The formats include albumen prints, gelatine prints, carbon prints, platinum prints, photographic postcards and one engraving.

Content

This is part of the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

This Series contains the following materials:

Photograph (Albumen Print): 145

Photograph (Carbon Print): 7

Photograph (Collotype Print): 13

Photograph (Developing Out Paper Print): 7

Photograph (Digital Dye Transfer Print): 4

Photograph (Halftone): 2

Photograph (Negative): 39

Photograph (Platinum Print): 3

Photograph (Positive): 56

Photograph (Postcard - Photographic): 18

Photograph (Print): 431

Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print): 94

Engraving: 1

Rights

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