Somerville College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Somerville College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Photograph taken 1895 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: CC50/00695

Agnes Maitland, the second Principal of Somerville College, seated at the desk in her study.

Location

Oxfordshire Oxford

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Themes

Interior showing women and girls at work. The majority are seated at tables preparing fruit. Others are standing at a wooden shelf to one side sieving fruit. In the foreground are tubs of apples awaiting preparation.

Women at Work

Tags

university college education teacher women study interior Victorian (1837 - 1901)