BIB_ID
436093
Accession number
MA 23622
Creator
Hinchcliff, Sarah, 1815-1844.
Display Date
England, 1834-1843.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon Ray Fund, 2020.
Description
1 item (ca. 100 pages), bound : illustrations ; 20.5 cm
Notes
Hinchcliff's name and the date "Oct. 1st 1835" appears in calligraphic script on the verso of the front flyleaf, along with a note in pencil: "It is requested that not any prose be inserted."
Contributed to by numerous men and women of Hinchcliff's acquaintance, many whom add a date, place of writing, and their initials. Places of writing in the album include Islington, Highgate, and Cambridge.
Some pages include a penciled note indicating that a painting was intended to be added there.
Watermarked J. Whatman 1826.
Contributed to by numerous men and women of Hinchcliff's acquaintance, many whom add a date, place of writing, and their initials. Places of writing in the album include Islington, Highgate, and Cambridge.
Some pages include a penciled note indicating that a painting was intended to be added there.
Watermarked J. Whatman 1826.
Provenance
Purchased from Whitmore Rare Books, 15 September 2020.
Summary
Contains 65 literary contributions and 23 original drawings (in color and graphite).
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