- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Miss Sarah A. Acland
- Provenance
- Presented by Professor Robert Fox in 2012. Bequeathed to Professor Fox for the University of Oxford by Dr Harold C. Harley in 2002. It was given to Dr Harley by Sir William Acland, Bt, in 1964, having belonged to Robin Acland, Miss Acland's nephew, to whom it was given in her memory by her brother H. D. Acland, acting as her executor, in 1931. The album was created in 1930 by Miss Acland with the assistance of Henry Minn, together with one for presentation to the Bodleian Library.
- Primary inscriptions
- Spine title: 'Portraits | by | S. A. Acland | 1891-1900'. Title or introductory inscription (f2): 'Photographs taken in my old home in Broad Street Oxford. | between the years. 1891-1900 | with annotations made in 1930 in my 81st year. | Printed by Mr. H Minn & given to me by him. Christmas. 1929. | Sarah Angelina Acland. July. 1930.'.
- Physical material
- Paper
- Object type
- Album
- Inventory No
- 13315
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
Description
Bound in black half leather and blue cloth. The dates given in the titles are slightly inaccurate, the photographs having been taken between 1892 and 1901. The title or introductory inscription (f2) is in Miss Acland's own hand, but the text of her commentaries has been written out by an amanuensis. The photographs were printed in 1929 from her original glass negatives [now in the Bodleian Library] by her photographic collaborator Henry Minn. There are 64 photographs [the Bodleian version of the album contains 48] with captions beneath and commentary facing.
pastedown with bookplate & inscription + flyleaf + blank leaf + title/intro leaf + leaf with first commentary on verso + 64 leaves with photos on rectos & commentaries to next photo on versos + 3 blank leaves + flyleaf
Together with (loosely inserted) page from The Bodleian Quarterly Record, vol.6 no.65, 1930, recording the donation by Miss Acland of the Bodleian Library's version of the album.
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