This appears to be an exceptionally rare bespoke undergraduate or academic souvenir album of caricatures of Oxford Dons & Masters, The images are on photographic paper and are from a series called Shrimpton's Oxford Caricatures, & Our Public Schools by Thomas Shrimpton & Son. In the 1870s and 1880s, students would walk into the Thomas Shrimpton & Son bookstore on Broad Street, buy these individual photographic prints for a few pence each, and take them to a local Oxford bookbinder (such as Maltby’s or Morrell). The binder would construct a rugged, elegant album like this to permanently preserve the student's personal record of university life, gossip, and rivalries before they graduated and left Oxford.

Many of the images have contemporary handwritten annotations to them

The album is a nice old half leather binding measuring just under 10 inches tall includes the following caricatures of

 Henry George Liddell, the celebrated Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, He was the father of Alice Liddell, the young girl who inspired Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) to write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Christian Frederick Cole (1852–1885) who was an exceptionally brilliant man born in Waterloo, Sierra Leone. He arrived at Oxford in 1873 to read Classics, he was Oxford's first Black student and African barrister

Others include

Sir Henry Acland (1815–1900) who was an eminent English physician and educator. He served as the Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University for over 40 years and was a driving force behind the creation of the Oxford University Museum of Natural Science.

Dr. Evan Evans Master of Pembroke College (serving from 1864 to 1891)and Dr. Samuel Johnson The legendary 18th-century English writer, poet, and lexicographer. Dr. Johnson famously attended Pembroke College as an undergraduate in 1728

Dr. John Prideaux Lightfoot (1803–1887) who was a prominent academic who served as the Rector of Exeter College, Oxford from 1854 until his death in 1887. He also held the prestigious role of Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1862 to 1866.

Hugo Daniel Harper (1821–1895), a highly influential Welsh academic, divine, and prominent educational reformer.

Edward Charles Wickham (1834–1910) who was a highly respected English educator and theologian. He served as the Headmaster of Wellington College from 1873 to 1893 and later became the Dean of Lincoln Cathedral

Archibald Henry Sayce (1845–1933) who was an immensely influential British philologist, linguist, and pioneer of Assyriology. At the time of this printing, he was a prominent Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, and would later become the university's Professor of Assyriology

John Percival (1834–1918) who was a legendary educator, churchman, and the foundational first Headmaster of Clifton College from 1862 to 1878. He later became the President of Trinity College, Oxford, Headmaster of Rugby School, and the Bishop of Hereford.

Edward Tindal Turner (1822–1903) who was a long-serving Oxford academic. He was a Fellow and Vice-Principal of Brasenose College, but he was most famous across the university for his role as the Registrar of Oxford University, a powerful administrative position he held from 1870 to 1897

Colonel the Hon. William Edward Sackville-West (1830–1905), who served as the commanding officer of the Oxford University Volunteer Rifle Corps (OUVRC). He was a veteran of the Grenadier Guards and served as the Bursar of Keble College, Oxford. And Captain Henry Foxcroft Jones, who served alongside the Colonel as the adjutant responsible for the rigorous drill training, discipline, and daily operations of the student volunteers.

"The Oriel Fathers" Cardinal Manning (Henry Edward Manning), Dr. Pusey (Edward Bouverie Pusey) Dr. Newman (John Henry Newman) The Rev. J. Keble (John Keble) Bishop Wilberforce of Oxford (Samuel Wilberforce)

Dr. George Ridding who was the celebrated Headmaster of Winchester College from 1866 to 1884. He completely revolutionized and modernized the ancient school, earning him the historical title of Winchester's "Second Founder." He later became the first Bishop of Southwell.

Henry George Woods (1842–1915) who was a highly notable English academic, classicist, and art connoisseur. At the time this caricature was sketched, he was a prominent Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Oxford, and crucially served the university as its Senior Proctor. He later rose to lead his college as the President of Trinity College from 1887 to 1897.

"Dr. Harper, Principal of Jesus College Oxford”

Algernon Barrington Simeon (1847–1928) who was an energetic and visionary Oxford-educated cleric. In 1870, he took over a small, struggling Christian school in central Oxford and completely transformed it. He purchased land in north Oxford, relocated the institution, and served as its definitive second Headmaster and first Warden

Henry Edward Manning (1808–1892) who was a highly influential figure in Victorian religious life. Originally an Anglican cleric and Archdeacon of Chichester, he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1851 because of the Oxford Movement.

The "Sending Down" of University in 1880 The original collector has written a detailed historical note across the bottom margin: "To commemorate the 'sending down' of Univ in the 70's... Dr Franck Bright, Dr Bradley Master of Univ, Mr Chavasse (Mered Chavasse) an unpopular tutor 'screwed up'"

Robert Ewing (1847–1908) who was a brilliant Scottish-born academic and divine. He was a Fellow, Tutor, and Lecturer at St John's College, Oxford throughout the 1870s and 1880s, where he predominantly taught mathematics and theology. He later left academia to become the Vicar of Holy Trinity in Trowbridge and a Canon of Salisbury Cathedral.

Christ Church Cathedral Interior with the following playing Viola & Violins, Dr. King (Dr. Edward King), Dr. Liddell (Dean Henry George Liddell) Dr. Bright (Dr. William Bright) Dr. Pusey (Dr. Edward Bouverie Pusey) with the names captioned in pencil below the image by the album's original owner

John Edwards-Moss (1850–1935) who was an elite English oarsman and the son of a prominent baronet. He entered Balliol College, Oxford, where his towering physical stature and natural rowing abilities immediately caught the eye of the university's elite sports clubs

Edmond Warre (1837–1920) who was an influential English educator. At the time this caricature was published in the late 1870s, he was a prominent Master at Eton College (and would later rise to become its definitive, long-serving Headmaster from 1884 to 1905)

"Out of his depth!!!" A prominent Oxford philosophy tutor or student is shown completely submerged up to his shoulders in the River Thames. He has dropped his punt pole and has frantically raised his hands in panic.

Charles Abel Heurtley (1806–1895) who was an eminent English theologian. He served the university for more than forty years as the prestigious Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity and a Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1853 until his death in 1895

Edward Moore (1835–1916) who was an eminent English clergyman and scholar. He served as the formidable Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford for nearly 50 years, holding the position from 1864 until 1913.

William Charles Salter (1824–1889) who was an Oxford academic who served as the Principal of St Alban Hall from 1861 until his resignation in 1882. He was a deeply traditional churchman and educator who worked closely alongside other notable academic reformers of the era

A scene in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, the title playfully masks it as "W-nch-st-r" (Winchester), the architecture is a meticulously accurate rendering of the interior choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (which doubles as the college chapel for Christ Church

A scene in Christ Church Dining Hall, Oxford

 "LARS PORSENNA No. 3", Oxford, showing a scene The Viva Voce Examination based on the satirical poem

Thomas Watson Jackson (1839–1914) who was a brilliant classicist who served as a Fellow, Tutor, and Dean of Worcester College, Oxford. Later in his career, he became a Curator of the Bodleian Library.

Pasted in at the rear is a hand drawn caricature titled “The British Working Man”

CONDITION

The binding has some scuffs to the leather and marking to the cloth else is in good solid condition. internally some browning and foxing to page edges

Rare 1870s Oxford University Caricature Album Shrimpton Great Guns Antique Photo

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