Photographs of Oxford
Bound volume
Unidentified
Maker
Photographs of Oxford
1867–1869
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 11 5/8 × 10 5/16 × 1 15/16 in. (29.6 × 26.2 × 5 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
DescriptionAlbum containing 30 albumen silver prints of Oxford, England. Images depict colleges, universities, churches, cathedrals, and other landmarks of note. Each image is accompanied by a caption on an applied label. Binding is green and black with gold debossed text and decorative elements.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover, C: PHOTOGRAPHS \ OF \ OXFORD
Debossed in gold on spine, C: PHOTOGRAPHS \ OF \ OXFORD
Inscribed in pencil and black ink on verso of front flyleaf, C: Susan Norton \ from \ Goldwin Smith \ 1868 \ Eliot Norton \ with his father's love \ Christmas \ 1905
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on verso of front flyleaf, BC: AS Boyer - Chicago - 7-1948-
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of front flyleaf, OA: rare such - \ 1867 or 8 \ See University \ Crew Picture Dated. \ near end - B \ Check against \ Talbot Calotypes in \ Pencil of Nature -1844- \ B \ Photos not [circled] By Sutton or \ Blanquart-Evrard Developing \ Process - \ Boyer
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of back flyleaf, TR: Reed Chgo 6/1948 OIIER nt \ Boyer
Debossed in gold on spine, C: PHOTOGRAPHS \ OF \ OXFORD
Inscribed in pencil and black ink on verso of front flyleaf, C: Susan Norton \ from \ Goldwin Smith \ 1868 \ Eliot Norton \ with his father's love \ Christmas \ 1905
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on verso of front flyleaf, BC: AS Boyer - Chicago - 7-1948-
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of front flyleaf, OA: rare such - \ 1867 or 8 \ See University \ Crew Picture Dated. \ near end - B \ Check against \ Talbot Calotypes in \ Pencil of Nature -1844- \ B \ Photos not [circled] By Sutton or \ Blanquart-Evrard Developing \ Process - \ Boyer
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of back flyleaf, TR: Reed Chgo 6/1948 OIIER nt \ Boyer
