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Photograph (?Albumen Print or Early Gelatine Print) of a Cartoon of V. H. Veley, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 35198


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.35198

Item type
Object
Provenance
Probably from R. T. Gunther.
Primary inscriptions
Illegible signature within image.
Other inscriptions
Annotations on back by R. T. Gunther.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 200mm Width: 135mm
Inventory No
35198

Description

Albumen print or early gelatine print. Copy of a pen-and-ink caricature of V. H. Veley, the original signed with illegible initials. Vertical format. Creased, torn at top left. One of 4 photographic copies of Oxford cartoons used by R. T. Gunther in his publications (others are 17203, 66924, 73074); neither the source of the photographs (which look older) not the whereabouts of the originals are recorded.