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Call Number: |
PH-00038 |
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Collection Name: |
G. W. (George Washington) Wilson Photography Collection |
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Creator: |
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No. of Items: |
651 items |
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Span Dates: |
1846-1951 (bulk 1850s-1890s) |
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Description: |
The collection consists of photographs by published by G. W. (George Washington) Wilson (Scottish, 1823-1893), and his sons, Charles Albert Wilson (1865-1958) and John Hay Wilson (1857-1938). The bulk of the images were also photographed by G. W. Wilson, with a significant number of the prints attributed to his son, Charles A. Wilson. A group of lantern slides are reproductions of images acquired from Thompson & Co. of Liverpool. Depictions include: travel scenes of Australia, Africa, India, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, and Switzerland; views of English architecture and interiors, including Balmoral; art reproductions; cloud and water studies; boats or sailing ships; and some informal group portraits of British, Russian, or German Royal family members, and individual portraits of people of various nationalities. |
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Accession No(s): |
964:0050:0001-0050; 964:0051:0001-0019, 0019a, 0020-0021, 0023-0138, 0140-0151, 0151a , 0152-0185 , 0185a, 0187-0188, 0189-0191, 0195-0207, 0209-0219, 0219a, 0220-0289, 0291-0299, 0302-0348, 0352-0356, 0358-0361; 964:3364:0001-0002; 964:3365:0001; Purchase, 1963 |
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Location(s): |
Wilson, G.W., Box 1 (964:0051:0001-0019, 0019a, 0020-0033, 0065-0098, 0101-0116, 0118-0121, 0123-0125) Wilson, G.W., Box 2 (964:0051:0126-0135, 0138, 0140-0185, 0185a, 0186, 0186a, 0187-0188, 0188a, 0189-0191, 0195-0207, 0209-0219, 0219a, 0220-0252) Wilson, G.W., Box 3 (964:0051:0253-0289, 0291-0299, 0302-0318, 0320-0347) Wilson, G.W., Box 4 (964:0051:0057, 0117, 0136-0137, 0208) Wilson, G.W., Box 5 (964:0051:0034-0051, 0051a, 0052-0056, 0058-0064, 0319, 0348, 0352-0356, 0358-0361) Wilson, G.W., Box 6 (964:0051:0099-0100, 0290, 0 Wilson, G.W., Box 1-6 Glass negatives; Lantern slides (includes Muybridge materials) Flat File |
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See Also: |
C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley) Grattan Literary File Photography Collection: Photographs in and removed from Album 1 of the C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley) Grattan Literary File Photography Collection 19 stereographs in the Stereograph Collection (S1679-S1695; S2271 ; S2333) [some accession nos. need to be reassigned; update here when thatÕs done? -mjf] 4 lantern slides by Eadweard J. Muybridge, published by G.W.W. (964:0890:0001-0004) 80 lantern slides (some labeled G.W.W.) in Robert Guy Howarth Literary File. |