Radley College and Winterdyne, Worcestershire

Folio (302 x 240mm.), 22 ALBUMEN PRINTS (from 154 x 93mm. to 192 x 241mm., or the reverse), and 20 CARTES-DE-VISITE (average 82 x 63mm.), mounted on thick paper, recto only, and 3 loose ALBUMEN PRINTS forming a panorama of Victoria Barracks, Sydney, Australia (each 108 x 189mm.), original green roan-backed green cloth boards, upper cover stamped in gilt 'Indestructible Scrap Book', mounts detached, spine worn

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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This album includes 15 photographs of Radley College pupils and staff taken in 1859 by an unidentified photographer, comprising 12 individual portraits (each sitter named on the mount in pencil), and 3 group photographs: the 1st VIII, the 2nd VIII, and 'The Warden and Fellows of St Peter's Radley'.

The album also contains 7 photographs taken around 1860 in and around Winterdyne House, Bewdley, Worcestershire, the owner of which was Major Francis Gresley (1807-1880), a member of the Amateur Photographic Association, and these photographs may have been taken by him. Gresley exhibited at the London Photographic Society in 1863 and 1864 and won awards. The connection between the two parts of the album are unclear, because Gresley's children did not attend Radley, however a few miles from Winterdyne is Arley Castle which was home to the Woodward family. Some of the Woodward children attended Radley, so there might be a connection.

A list of the photographs:

1. 'Winterdyne, Bewdley, Worcestershire' (by Major Francis Gresley?)

2. 'The Broad Walk Winterdyne' (by Major Francis Gresley?)

3. 'Winterdyne' (by Major Francis Gresley?)

4. A young boy and girl against a backdrop; (by Major Francis Gresley?)

5. 'The Battery Winterdyne' (by Major Francis Gresley?)

6. Lady in a black dress standing on steps outside a house (Winterdyne?) leaning against a chair. (by Major Francis Gresley?)

7. A young man holding a shot gun standing on steps outside a house (same location as no.6). (by Major Francis Gresley?)

8. 'Revd. R. W. Norman' [Rev. Richard Whitmore Norman, Fellow of Radley]
http://radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/photographs/william-woods-album-1850s-1860s-individual-portraits/144112
http://radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/photographs/william-woods-album-1850s-1860s-individual-portraits/144113

9. 'Revd. W. Wood' [Rev. William Wood, Fellow of Radley]

10. 'S. Phillips' [student at Radley]

11. 'C.A.P. Talbot 14th Light Dragoons' [Charles A.P. Talbot, student at Radley 1854-60, Senior Prefect 1860, son of Hon. Gerald Talbot, Trustee of Radley]http://radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/photographs/william-woods-album-1850s-1860s-individual-portraits/144179

12. 'A.V. Nathan' [at Radley]

13. 'S. Biscoe' [possibly J.S. Biscoe (or brother of), student at Radley]http://radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/photographs/william-woods-album-1850s-1860s-individual-portraits/143841

14. 'A. Russell' [Francis S. Russell, student at Radley, 1855-59, senior prefect, later Major-General and M.P.]
http://radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/photographs/william-woods-album-1850s-1860s-individual-portraits/144135

http://radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/photographs/william-woods-album-1850s-1860s-individual-portraits/144136

15. 'R. Raikes' [Robert Taunton Raikes, student at Radley, joined 1853]

16. 'W. Haskoll R.N.' [Captain William Haskoll (1792-1865), Fellow of Radley College, 1847-1864, served as Sub-Warden of Radley, 1847-48, and Bursar, 1852-1864]http://www.victorianweb.org/history/education/radley/haskoll.html

17. 'A. Moore' [student at Radley]

18. 'C.J. Melhuish' [Charles J. Melhuish, student at Radley 1854-60]http://www.victorianweb.org/history/education/radley/melhuish.html

19. 'Rev. W.R. Macrorie' [William K. Macrorie, Fellow at Radley 1855-58, later Bishop of Maritzburg]
http://radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/photographs/william-woods-album-1850s-1860s-individual-portraits/144092#prettyPhoto

20. '1st Eight Radley 1859'

Radley 1st VIII 1859: 1. M O'Brien, 2. Hon H Crichton, 3. AJ Richards, 4. C Thornhill, 5. SP Phillips, 6. GJ Thornhill, 7. CAP Talbot, 8. EN Phillips, Cox C Hook
Source: Minute book of St Peter's College Boating Club [18]53-[18]68 p.44

21. '2nd Eight Radley 1859'

Radley 2nd VIII 1859: 1. SL Richards, 2. JF Skinner, 3. TH Parker, 4. M Brown, 5. E Rouse, 6. E Molloy, 7. SE Illingworth, 8. J Dunn, Cox FC Clutterbuck
Source: Minute book of St Peter's College Boating Club [18]53-[18]68 p.44
http://www.radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/photographs/photograph-album-1/10379#prettyPhoto

22. '1859. The Warden and Fellows of St Peter’s Radley'
http://radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/photographs/photograph-album-2/10346#prettyPhoto

Page of 7 cartes-de-visite

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Page of 4 cartes-de-visite (including one of Arley Church near Bewdley, Worcestershire)

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