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Photograph Album of Personal and Family Photographs, Compiled by Robert T. Gunther, 1890-1919

Inventory Number 11847


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Dr A. E. Gunther in 1985. Part of the personal archive of his father R. T. Gunther, founding Curator of the Museum.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Cloth
Leather
Object type
Album
Dimensions
Height: 192mm Width: 265mm Depth: 50mm
Inventory No
11847
Accession Number
1985-90

Description

Oblong album bound in wine red half-leather and brown cloth. Entitled Gunther's 'First Photograph Album' (later, by A. E. Gunther; though 11846 predates it). Contents date from 1890 to 1919, and reflect R. T. Gunther's social and family life and especially his life as a student and young don in Oxford, with interesting Oxford groups and river scenes. There are also some trick photographs. Processes include albumen prints and gelatine prints of various types.