Family scrapbook containing photographs and illustrations, 1856-1859 and c.1910

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MS. 23051 photogr. 41

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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.

Dates

Creation: 1856-1859 and c.1910

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

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This material is light-sensitive. To ensure its availability to future readers, access to this item is restricted, and requires specialist support. Readers are asked to work from reproductions and published descriptions as far as possible. To apply to see the original, please send a message to specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk, outlining the subject of your research, the importance of this material to that research, and the resources you have already consulted. Please also tell us about the timeframe for your project, if any, and when you hope to visit.

Shelfmark

MS. 23051 photogr. 41

Former reference:

Wilson Centre Accession Number: 84:0991; Wilson Centre Accession Number 2: TC 206

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Charles Spencer Scrase Dickins was nephew to the Duke of Northampton, President of the Royal Society. He likely learned of WHF Talbot's Calotype process while in his 20s, through his uncle's regular scientific gatherings. He began making calotypes of his home in Coolhurst and the Kent countryside around 1854. He visited Rome and Florence in 1856 and 1857, creating Calotype views of the places he visited.