ECL.27-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.27-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Scrapbook on Roderick Maclean
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Features
Green cloth binding
Description
Content (description)
Album of letters, postcards and press cuttings describing the attempt made on the life of Queen Victoria by Roderick Maclean, and his subsequent trial in 1882, including a letter by a pupil at Eton whose father had been at Windsor station at the time of the attack. Maclean's attempt to shoot the Queen at Windsor station had been foiled by two Eton boys. Also includes other attempts of assaulting the Queen, views around Reading and cuttings on Rev. Alexander Dyce.
Content (person)
Content (place)
Windsor
Berkshire (England)
Berkshire (England)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 295mm
length (approx): 390mm
length (approx): 390mm
Dimension note
Size of closed album, some loosely inserted cuttings are slightly bigger than the album
Material
paper
textile
textile
Production
Date
1882
Note
Label on front cover with written 'Roderick Maclean 1882' and printed on the right side 'United University Club, Pall Mall East. S.W.'
History and association
Previous ownership
