Abstract

This is a set of twenty-five cards, published in 1926, illustrating the following hoods: the full or Cambridge type of hood; the simple or Oxford type of hood; BA, MA, MB, ScD, MusB, MD, DD Cambridge; BA, MA, DSc, BCL Oxford; BA, Dlit, DSc, LL.D, MD London; BA, MA Wales; BA, MA Dublin; BA, MA Durham; MD Edinburgh. The full-color illustrations were by Bt-Major A.V. Wheller Holohand, and the accompanying text on the revers of each card was written by Charles A.H. Franklyn. What follows is a set of annotations on Franklyn's notes, together with a reproduction of the cards. [Excerpt].

Keywords: Academical dress, Origins of university costume, History of academic dress, Academic cap and gown

How to Cite:

Groves, N., (2007) “Poularizing University Hoods and Gowns: Wills's Cigarette Cards, 1926”, Transactions of the Burgon Society 7(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2475-7799.1056