Record

RefNoROR/5/3/1/1
AltRefNoE.12
Previous numbersROR/5/12
LevelFile
TitlePhotographs of Robert Robinson's father
Datec.1861-1954
DescriptionPhotographs of Robinson's father, William Bradbury Robinson, his first wife Elizabeth, and his daughter Mary. Includes:
Photographic reproduction of a cartoon by W B Robinson, showing himself working on a lint machine (original dated 1855);
Copy of St Bartholomew's Hospital Journal in which W B Robinson's cartoon was published (1954);
Colour artwork of W B Robinson and his daughter Mary by James Bacon and Sons, with two photographic reproductions (1861);
Photograph of Elizabeth, W B Robinson's first wife (1861 or 1862);
Photograph of a lathe, inscribed as follows: "Mandrell Lathe brought back from U.S.A. by W.B.R. in 1848 and is still in regular use. There cannot be much of the original lathe left" (nd).
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