Identity area
Reference code
Butler/Section 9 (IX)/Albums
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- 1888–1898 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
5 albums, c.1700 prints photograph
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
'Snap-Shots taken by Samuel Butler Esq.' Five albums, containing a variety of black and white photographic prints, arranged chronologically (with the exception of Album 5, which spans the whole period covered by the other albums). The collection includes numerous scenes from Butler's travels in England and Europe, street and rural views, images of architecture and works of art, and informal portraits of Butler's friends and acquaintances. The prints in Albums 1-4 are labelled, with title and date, in the hand of Alfred Cathie (Butler's valet, friend and photographic assistant). Some of the prints in Album 5 have been retrospectively labelled by Henry Festing Jones.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Original arrangement by SB and possibly Alfred Cathie.