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      <corpname>Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division</corpname>
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    <unittitle>Thomas Oldham Barlow Correspondence</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="https://viaf.org/viaf/65404148" role="cre" source="viaf">Barlow, Thomas Oldham (1824-1889)</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.5 linear feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1856/1929" type="inclusive">1856-1929</unitdate>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1870/1873" type="bulk">1870-1873</unitdate>
    <abstract id="c4ae8df9b04b8597d72898a967fb4240">Thomas Oldham Barlow was an English mezzotint engraver, best known for his engravings of the works of John Phillip and Sir John Everett Millais. The collection consists of selected correspondence of Barlow to friends and relatives.</abstract>
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    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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  <phystech id="202f6367d087c4be6593faf1263f5712">
    <head>Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements</head>
<p>For preservation reasons, original analog
and digital media may not be read or played back in the
reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media
but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog
audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality
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Requests should be directed through the
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  <scopecontent id="e39724a5795a9a16cef090a27b732d28">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Consists of selected correspondence of Barlow. Included is an album of 89 letters sent to Barlow in 1873 congratulating him upon his election as associate engraver of the Royal Academy of Arts; 23 miscellaneous letters, 1864-1888, to Barlow; 23 letters, 1856-1887, by Barlow to his daughter, Lucy Barlow, and letters to Lucy Barlow by her mother, Ellen Cocks Barlow, Henry O. Barlow, and a few other friends and relatives.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <accessrestrict id="51277311c964a69810b55747ae90772e">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>Collection is open for research use.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="76e9570b4861eb9f095b4c50b9dafbb3">
    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under <extref xlink:href="http://copyright.princeton.edu/basics/fair-use" xlink:type="simple">U. S. Copyright Law</extref>, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the <extref xlink:href="https://library.princeton.edu/about/policies/special-collections-copyright-credit-and-citation-guidelines" xlink:type="simple">Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines</extref> page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the <extref xlink:href="https://library.princeton.edu/services/special-collections/ask-special-collections" xlink:type="simple">Ask Us! form</extref>.</p>  </userestrict>
  <acqinfo id="bedcaddf9e4f1b72d0bd5f9fd776456e">
    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Purchased from Julian Browning in 1998.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <appraisal id="a57b6f92a08bfd6583a83b44a340fa7e">
    <head>Appraisal</head>
<p>No appraisal information is available.</p>  </appraisal>
  <prefercite id="bdba57b849c0e5b98343c2b929bcf0d0">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Thomas Oldham Barlow correspondence; Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.</p>  </prefercite>
  <bioghist>
    <note label="personal-name">Barlow, Thomas Oldham (1824-1889)</note>
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Thomas Oldham Barlow was an English mezzotint engraver, best known for his engravings of the works of John Phillip and Sir John Everett Millais.</p>  </bioghist>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="lcsh">Artists -- England. -- 19th century -- Correspondence</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Engravers -- England. -- 19th century -- Correspondence</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Fathers and daughters -- England. -- 19th century -- Correspondence</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
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