A collection of photographs from the 19th and early-20th centuries, collected by Michael and Jane Wilson. The collection comprises over 1,000 items, including loose prints, photographically-illustrated books, albums and photographic portfolios.
The collection is global in scope, with material from Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa, Australia and the Pacific islands. The material addresses the global spread of photography in the decades following its invention, showing how European travellers, entrepreneurs, colonial administrators and anthropologists documented life, landscapes, and people around the world. The majority of the photographers represented are of European origin, especially British and French, but there are also non-European photographers.
Also featured are early paper photographs by Hugh Owen, Fallon Horne, Hill & Adamson and others, and domestic scrapbooks and albums, with photographs pasted alongside sketches and ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: 1830-1986
Extent
8.71 Linear metres (198 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- French
- Spanish; Castilian
- Italian
- Russian
- German
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 23051 photogr. 1, folio 1]
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. 23051 photogr. 1-184
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 23051
Abstract
A collection of over 1,000 photographic items from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Comprises loose prints, photographically-illustrated books, albums and photographic portfolios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Placed at the Bodleian Libraries in 2023. Previously part of the collections of the Wilson Centre for Photography.
- Title
- Catalogue of the Michael and Jane Wilson Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographs CMD ID 23051
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Phillip Roberts, Mollie DeMoor and Carolyn Lewis
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in: English, Latin script.
- Edition statement
- Second edition.
- Finding aid note
- Catalogue based on data provided by the Wilson Centre for Photography.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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