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Album of photographs compiled by the Glossop family, Vol. 1, 1861

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MS. 23051 photogr. 83 /1

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Disbound album of photographs compiled by the Glossop family, including family portraits and views in England and France. Mostly Albumen prints, with some salt prints. Photographs by both Henry Glossop and George Goodwin Glossop.

Dates

  • Creation: 1861

Extent

87 items

Language of Materials

  • English

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Shelfmark

MS. 23051 photogr. 83 /1

Former reference:

Wilson Centre Accession Number: 85:2079; Wilson Centre Accession Number 2: TC 224

Biographical / Historical

Rev. Henry Glossop was Vicar of All Saints Church in Isleworth and an amateur photographer. His son, Rev. George Goodwin Pownall Glossop, was also a photographer and a magistrate for Middlesex.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased at Sotheby's UK, 29/03/1985, lot 152

Physical Facet

Albumen prints from collodion plate negatives; Salt prints from Calotype negatives

Geographic

Topical

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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