Inscription: in ink, on album page, in Sir David Brewster's hand, "H.F.T" [Henry Fox Talbot]; in ink, recto, on print, in Talbot's hand, Oriel - Merton - Corpus [in ink, in a later uncertain hand, Ox]; in ink, verso, in Talbot's hand, three Colleges at Oxford
A corner of Oriel College is pictured in shadow (to the left), with Corpus Christi College (on the right), with the tower of Merton College chapel beyond.
The view is from Merton Street, Oxford, looking East.