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Photograph (Carbon Print) of the East Doorway of the Old Ashmolean Building, Oxford, by J. R. H. Weaver, c.1920

Inventory Number 12846


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12846

Item type
Object
Makers
J. Weaver
Other inscriptions
Modern inscription on back.
Physical material
Card
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 415mm Width: 335mm Depth: 2mm Weight: 161g
Inventory No
12846

Description

Large carbon print mounted on card, removed at some time from a frame. The print shows the east portico of the Old Ashmolean Building, Oxford, before the various 20th-century renovations of the stonework. It shows the building at about the time the Museum of the History of Science was established there, in 1924. The print was formerly displayed in the Museum, but has since been removed from its frame.

The original photograph was taken by J. R. H. Weaver, Weaver was president of Trinity College, Oxford, 1938-54. His cameras were later given to the collection.