Two photograph albums of the Maxse family; one album owned by Aug.a Maxse (1844) containing topographical photographs, mainly of buildings and scenes in Europe, c. 1859-83; and another containing the bookplate of Ernest George Berkeley Maxse (1863-1943) with photographs of people, many in Suffolk and at the British consulate on the island of Runion, 1904-7.
Two photograph albums of the Maxse family
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Top. gen. d. 62-3
- Dates of Creation
- [ca. 1859-83], 1904-7
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 2 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Aug.a Maxse (fl 1844-1915) married Henry Fitzhardinge Maxse. Ernest George Berkeley Maxse (1863-1943) was their son.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Given to the Library in 1975.
Note
Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 54232-3.