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- [1874-1876?] (Creation)
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1 photograph, 127 x 191 mm; 1 printed sheet.
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Assemblage of figures in which the faces of various Cambridge personalities are spliced into incongruous scenes. The accompanying printed key explains that, for example Neptune in his chariot has the face of John Couch Adams, since 'The learned Professor was the first to discover the above mentioned planet; the Vice-Chancellor [1874-1876], Samuel Phear, 'did his best to suppress the "wooden spoon"' so his face is superimposed upon one. A scene of three figures balancing on a beam in front of the fountain in Trinity Great Court is labelled 'The Pantomime', and the figures are identified as 'The Author of Supernatural Religion [W. R. Cassels], 'Prof. Lightfoot' and 'Prof, Westcott', with a brief account of the controversy following the anonymous publication of that work in 1874. A tug of war competition is labelled 'Classics v. Mathematics'; a coxed four are labelled 'Ye Antient Mariners'.
Hard to decipher pencil annotations on back, which includes 'Bradford, Camb.' [probably the seller, see O.6.6/47].
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- Adams, John Couch (1819-1892), astronomer (Subject)
- Perowne, Edward Henry (1826-1906), college head (Subject)
- Phear, Samuel George (1829-1918) Master of Emmanuel College Cambridge (Subject)
- Paget, Sir George Edward (1809–1892) physician (Subject)
- Robinson, Charles Kirkby (1826-1909) clergyman and college head (Subject)
- Reyner, George Fearns (1817-1892) Bursar of St John's College, Cambridge (Subject)
- Cassels, Walter Richard (1826-1907), religious controversialist (Subject)
- Lightfoot, Joseph Barber (1828-1889), biblical scholar and Bishop of Durham (Subject)
- Westcott, Brooke Foss (1825-1901), biblical scholar and Bishop of Durham (Subject)
- Sandys, Sir John Edwin (1844–1922) Knight, classical scholar (Subject)
- Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse (1841-1905), knight, Greek scholar (Subject)
- Smith, James Hamblin (1829-1901), mathematician (Subject)
- Prior, Joseph (1854-1918), Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College Cambridge (Subject)
- Todhunter, Isaac (1820-1884), mathematician and historian of mathematics (Subject)
- Besant, Sir Walter (1836-1901), knight, writer and campaigner for authors' rights (Subject)
- Porter, James (1827-1900), master of Peterhouse Cambridge (Subject)
- Morgan, Edmund Henry (1838-1895) Dean of Jesus College, Cambridge (Subject)
- Morgan, Henry Arthur (1830-1912), master of Jesus College, Cambridge, mountaineer (Subject)
- Fawcett, Henry (1833-1884) economist and politician (Subject)
- Latham, Henry (1821-1902), college head (Subject)