Papers of Selwyn Image, consisting of:
- Letters from Image to A.H. Mackmurdo, 1878-1930
- Letters to Image, 1879-1930, arranged alphabetically by correspondent
- Leaves from Image's diary, 1899-1919
Papers of Selwyn Image
Archive Collection
- This material is held at
- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. d. 140-1, e. 38-9; Eng. misc. c. 310, d. 349, e. 362; Eng. poet. d. 115-16
- Dates of Creation1878-1930
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description9 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Selwyn Image (1849-1930) was an artist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The papers were given to the Library in 1948.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, 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. I, nos. 41666-74.
Bibliography
Many of the letters are printed in Selwyn Image letters, ed. A.H. Mackmurdo (London, 1932).