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Record Detail


Call Number:

PH-00922

Collection Name:

[Family Album of the Marquess of Ailesbury]

Creator:

Ailesbury, Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce, Marquess of, 1842-1911 (1842 - 1911)

No. of Items:

128 items

Span Dates:

circa 1870-circa 1880

Description:

[Family Album of the Marquess of Ailesbury] / photographs by various makers. [ca. 1870’s]. 128 mounted photos of family and friends with autographs. Gernsheim notes: "A very fine specimen of Victorian decoration, all hand-drawn round the photographs in Indian ink ... Members of the family seem to have been active in sport - hunting, cricket, croquet, etc., and the decorative drawings relate to these activities."

Location(s):

f TR 655.11 F727 HRC-P (964:0516:0001-0128)
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