For cover ideas, if you are stuck, how about this? https://archive.org/details/owenscollegemanc00hartuoft/page/n60
I like the staircase but there are others that might work. Owen's College was the Victoria University of Manchester. The book is from 1900 and Herford is not mentioned because he was appointed in 1901.
annise wrote: ↑December 3rd, 2018, 4:21 am Sort of off topic, but in hunting for cover ideas I came across this http://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/display/?id=15811. Not for him in particular but one can't help wondering how much all the 18-24 year olds killed in WWI could have contributed if they hadn't been killed or permanently damaged.
Anne