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Small Book-Shaped Box Containing a Magnifying Lens, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 65788


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.65788

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Department of Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library per Tim Rogers Esq.
Dimensions
Height: 44 mm Width: 123 mm Depth: 95 mm Weight: 165g
Inventory No
65788
Accession Number
1989-3

Description

Box in form of small book, with magnifying lens attached inside, for containing and viewing carte-de-visite photographs, 19th century, marked "Album", originally holding photographs of the family of Evelyn Sharp (retained by Bodleian Library).