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Curzon Collection: Eton Photographs 1876-8 Photographer(s): Hills and Saunders.

Catalogue reference: Photo 430/1

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Photo 430/1
Title
Curzon Collection: Eton Photographs 1876-8 Photographer(s): Hills and Saunders.
Date
1870s
Description

Full-leather bound carte de visite album with raised decorations, measuring 295x230mm, containing portraits inserted in alternate oval and rectangular openings, four to a page. A few of the central pages have cabinet portrait size openings and there also a number of full-page group portraits. The front free endpaper is signed 'George N. Curzon 1876', and the album title as above is written in pencil in Curzon's hand on the first page of the album. Some of the portraits in fact pre-date the given date and were taken earlier in that decade. A slip of paper pasted beneath each portrait identifies the sitter, with occasional additional information (such as date of death) recorded at a later date.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Language
Not applicable
Physical description
141 items
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Unrestricted. Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.

Immediate source of acquisition
1976.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 85 mm x 51 mm to 192 mm x 265 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b0579f3d-6bc1-4ad4-8cad-aaf93564789a/

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Curzon Collection: Eton Photographs 1876-8 Photographer(s): Hills and Saunders.