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  Samuel Butler lived at 15 Clifford's Inn from 1864 until his death in 1902. (read more)

  Samuel Butler Project at St John's College, Cambridge
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  Butler writes about this place in his book 'The Authoress of the Odyssey' (1897): 'My map of the Ægadean islands combined with that of Trapani and ... (read more)

  Samuel Butler Project at St John's College, Cambridge
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  Henry Festing Jones and Samuel Butler welcomed Hans Faesch into their circle when he came to London in 1893 to learn English. One of their favourite ... (read more)

  Samuel Butler Project at St John's College, Cambridge
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  Henry Festing Jones and Samuel Butler welcomed Hans Faesch into their circle when he came to London in 1893 to learn English. One of their favourite ... (read more)

  Samuel Butler Project at St John's College, Cambridge
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  Hans Faesch came from Switzerland. He met Butler's friend Henry Festing Jones on a train in 1893, and as Hans was travelling to London to learn ... (read more)

  Samuel Butler Project at St John's College, Cambridge
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  Two of Samuel Butler's Italian friends. (read more)

  Samuel Butler Project at St John's College, Cambridge
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  Henry Festing Jones was Butler's friend (and, later his biographer). They frequently travelled together in Europe during the last decade of Butler's life. (read more)

  Samuel Butler Project at St John's College, Cambridge
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  Butler's friend Henry Festing Jones sits on the wall, sketching. (read more)

  
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  In a letter to Henry Festing Jones, dated 2nd May 1895 from Inea, the Troad, Butler wrote: '...reached the Dardanelles at about 10 A.M. Tuesday; called ... (read more)

  
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  Butler kept the same rooms, at 15 Clifford's Inn, London, for most of his adult life. On the wall behind him you can see some of ... (read more)

  
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  Taken at Chorleywood. Joseph (J.B.) Clarke and Henry Festing Jones were friends of Samuel Butler. (read more)

  
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  One of the earlier photographs in the album collection. Henry Festing Jones is standing beside the carriage, reaching out to give the child some money. (read more)

  
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  'Listening to the Salvation Army.' The tall man standing in profile in the centre is Butler's friend (and later biographer) Henry Festing Jones. (read more)

  
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  Alfred Cathie, Butler's valet and photographic assistant, waiting on the platform at Lewisham Junction train station. (read more)

  
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  Another snapshot of Madamoiselle Gabrielle Vaillant, Miss Scott & Henry Festing Jones on a tour of the cultural sites around Varese. The village of Castiglione Olona ... (read more)

  
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  Three girls on a steamer beneath London Bridge. (read more)

  
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  Alfred Cathie, who can be seen standing at the window in the rooms across the square, was Samuel Butler's valet and photographic assistant. (read more)

  
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  Butler's rooms were at 15 Clifford's Inn. On the wall you can see some of his own paintings, as well as framed photographic prints showing artworks ... (read more)

  
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  The man standing in front of the temple is Butler's friend (and later his biographer) Henry Festing Jones. (read more)

  
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  The belvedere is the wooden structure you can see here, designed to enable a wide view from the top of the mountain. Rigi, in central Switzerland, ... (read more)

  
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  This photograph is sometimes referred to as 'Girl with Garter', because of the young woman in the foreground exposing her white stockings. (read more)

  
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  [Between Palermo & Trapani.] (read more)

  
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  Looking down the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe. (read more)

  
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  Girls paddling, on a blustery day. (read more)

  
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  Butler frequently travelled to the outskirts of London, to visit friends and take walks in the countryside. The tall man standing on the far right is ... (read more)