Rose textile printing block

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R490
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

This printing wood block with used to print Morris & Co.’s designs onto cotton and was made by the firm of Barrett, 249 Bethnal Green Road. William Morris’s original drawing, or those of his other chief designer’s, would be transferred onto a pearwood surface using tracing paper. Morris would check all the blocks for accuracy before the pattern was carved into the surface by Barrett’s carvers. Each block was cut to match a different colour of the design and had to register correctly to ensure the pattern was printed accurately. Small pins were inserted in the edge of the block which when printed left tiny dots of colour. This allowed the printer to line the blocks up in the right place.
At Merton Abbey the cloth was stretched over a blanket underlay on one of the long tables in the printing shop. The printer would press the printing block into a dye-pad and then lay it into position on the fabric. The block was then tapped with a mall (a led weighted mallet) to ensure an even impression on the cloth. The printer then lifted the block, applied more colour and repeated the process down the whole length of the fabric. By this time the first colour had dried, allowing the application of second colour.

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R449
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R430
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R429
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R422
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R332
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R353
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R288
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

At Merton Abbey the cloth was stretched over a blanket underlay on one of the long tables in the printing shop. The printer would press the printing block into a dye-pad and then lay it into position on the fabric. The block was then tapped with a mall (a led weighted mallet) to ensure an even impression on the cloth. The printer then lifted the block, applied more colour and repeated the process down the whole length of the fabric. By this time the first colour had dried, allowing the application of second colour.

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R277
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R597
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R596
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R565
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R563
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R506
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R505
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R501
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R481
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R448
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R447
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R424
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R362
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R361
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R287
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R282
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R276
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R275
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R274
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R273
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R271
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R272
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R270
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R269
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R268
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R267
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R266
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R265
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R264
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R591
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R564
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R562
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R561
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R555
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R539
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R538
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R533
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R532
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R489
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R488
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R487
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R486
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R485
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R484
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R483
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R482
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R428
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R426
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R425
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R394
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R423
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R393
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R392
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R385
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R380
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R371
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R372
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R370
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R263
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Object Type: printing block
Material: pearwood
Catalogue number: R600
Retailer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Barrett's of Bethnal Green Road
Credit notes: Gift of John Lewis Partnership, 1980

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 8 x 20
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: P824
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1951

William Morris first invited the bookseller and photographer Frederick H. Evans to Kelmscott Manor, his country home in Oxfordshire in 1861. Morris and his wife Jane shared the house with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti from 1871 to 1874, and it remained a country retreat for Morris and the artists and intellectuals in his circle until his death in 1896. That year Evans photographed the Manor, producing a series of platinum prints. Evans was a skilled architectural photographer, in this series he captures the unspoiled craftsmanship and organic feel that first attracted Morris to Kelmscott.

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 19 x 15
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xxxiii
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

William Morris and Frederick Henry Evans had shared interests in typography, literature and architecture. Evans was a talented photographer and had supplied Morris with lantern slides for his lectures on architecture. In 1896 Morris invited Evans to photograph Kelmscott Manor, his country home in Oxfordshire. Morris and his wife Jane shared the house with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti from 1871 to 1874, and it remained a country retreat for Morris and the artists and intellectuals in his circle until his death in 1896.
Evans was a skilled architectural photographer, in this series he captures the unspoiled craftsmanship and organic feel that first attracted Morris to Kelmscott. After Morris’s death he assembled a number of these images in a memorial portfolio.

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 18.8 x 14.6
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901iv
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 18.8 x 14.6
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xxxii
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 19.4 x 14.8
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xxvi
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 18.5 x 15
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901v
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 14.5 x 20
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xxii
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1897
Dimensions: 19 x 15
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xii
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 15.3 x 19.6
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901x
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 19.3 x 15.5
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xvi
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 15 x 20
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901ix
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1897
Dimensions: 19 x 15
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xvii
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 19.3 x 15.5
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xxvii
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 19.3 x 15.5
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xv
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 15.2 x 18.6
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901vii
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 18.7 x 15
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xxiii
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 18.5 x 15
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901vi
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 18 x 15
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901iii
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 18.5 x 13.3
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xxv
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1897
Dimensions: 15.3 x 19.6
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xi
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 6.7 x 15.5
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901xxiv
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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Date: 1896
Dimensions: 8 x 20
Object Type: photograph
Material: platinum print
Catalogue number: PhJ901i
Photographer: Evans, Frederick H. (26.06.1853 - 24.06.1943)
Credit notes: Gift of Mary Sloane, 1962

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