Papers of Selwyn Image

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 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 Creation
    • 1878-1930
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 9 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

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

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).

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