Victorian women photograph album

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Title: Victorian women photograph album
Abstract: One photograph album kept by an unknown woman with pictures of famous women. The album is made with wooden boards which feature paintings of a sunset over water and a song sparrow with calligraphic poetry. Each page includes a photograph of a different woman surrounded by a hand drawn frame that speaks to her life and work. Women in the album include Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Lady Florence Baker, Mary Somerville, Emily Davies, Johanna Maria Lind, and Rosa Bonheur.
Location: GA405
Identifier: GA405
Date created: ca. 1900
Extent: 21 x 6 cm
Genre: books
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. Victorian women photograph album. GA405.