Name/Title
THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORDEntry/Object ID
MP.2001.53.1Description
Two nearly identical photographic prints mounted on a yellow card; prints depict image of Bodleian Library with sunlight streaming in from windows on viewer's left side. Library is lined with bookshelves and has study tables and a marble bust in the center of the room. Reverse of card has paper label with a coat of arms in top center surrounded by text: "THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD. / "BY SPECIAL" "APPOINTMENT." / HILLS & SAUNDERS, / PHOTOGRAPHERS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, / 16, CORNMARKET STREET, OXFORD, / AND AT CAMBRIDGE, ETON, HARROW, AND _____ / Photographs Executed in every _____ / ATTENDANCE WITH CAMERA, DISTANCE _____".Made/Created
Manufacturer
Hills & SaundersNotes
Dates: 1868 - 1933
Date made: r. 1868 - 1933Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
(See Description)Material
Paperboard, Paper PhotographicCondition
Notes
Remarks: Prints soiled and with grey stains; board soiled; bottom left edge chewed out by mice.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Centennial Bedroom