Manuscripts
1893 April-1922; watercolor drawing; and ephemera
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Urn to Samuel Johnson at Gwaynynog [Denbigh, Wales] [watercolor]
Manuscripts
Drawing, 1 page, 17.5 x 12 cm. Title supplied in pencil on verso of watercolor.
HM 40963
Drawing Book
Visual Materials
One drawing book of original and copied drawings entitled Drawing Book, creator unnamed, ca. 1888. The book is bound in light green paperboard; the front cover is illustrated with an engraved image of an open drawing books with drawing and writing instruments nearby. The title is above the drawing book. The back cover is blank. The drawing book is 20 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains 7 ink and watercolor maps and 3 leaves of pencil sketches of flowers. The maps are on the first 9 pages of the book, and the flower sketch are on the last 3 leaves of the book. The flower sketches are all dated [18]88. The maps are views of: the southeastern United States; the New England States; Palestine; the Mid-Atlantic States; the Caribbean; Australia, and an unlabeled map of Italy. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between each of the leaves.
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Three Drawing Books
Visual Materials
Three drawing books of original drawings, each entitled Drawing Book, created by Oswald Windle, between 1876 and 1892. Each of the drawing books were manufactured by J.W. & Co., London. The three books have the same illustrated front and back covers; the front covers are illustrated with a still life of artist's materials within a decorative frame, and the back cover is illustrated with a lithograph image of a house within its landscape. Each book is approximately 14 leaves in length, and contains original and copied drawings in pencil, ink, charcoal pencil, and watercolor. Some, but not all, of the drawings are signed and dated between 1876 and 1892.
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Drawing book of original drawings created by Wynna Wright
Visual Materials
One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, created by Wynna Wright in 1908 and 1909. The drawing book is 38 unnumbered pages in length, and contains pencil drawings of women, a few of which have been colored with watercolor. Some of the drawings are labeled. The book is bound in gray cloth; "Wynna Wright 1908, + 1909." is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover. "Wynna Wright, 8 years old, June 13, 1908" is written in ms. on the first page. A bookseller's label, "G.J. Esselen, Successor to Mrs. J.C. White, 19 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass." is mounted to the lower left-hand corner of the inside back cover. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Album of poetry and drawings
Manuscripts
A commonplace book, possibly kept by an individual or individuals in or near Manchester, England, in the late 1820s to 1830s, containing handwritten transcriptions of published poems and some prose, some original poems, and 26 watercolor and pencil illustrations by multiple artists depicting flowers, landscapes, ships, women, caricatures, etc. Primarily transcriptions of works (chiefly single poems) by poets including Laman Blanchard; Lord Byron; Thomas Campbell; S. T. Coleridge; W. B. Colleyer; Thomas Dale; Mrs. Charles Gore; John Hall; Mrs. Hemans; Thomas Hood; Letitia E. Landon; Elizabeth W. Mills; Milton; James Montgomery; Rev. John Moultrie; Mrs. Norton; Robert Pollock, Pope; Charles Swain; Rev. C. Hare Townsend; F. Tyrell; and a poem "pretended to be" from Shakespeare about "Anne Hathaway"; as well as extracts from an essay "Genius and Talent"; "Marriage" from Roger's Human Life; and Symmons's Life of Shakespeare. The artwork includes various signatures and initials including "John Houghton, 2 January 1830"; "R. J. 1836"; I. L. Williamson Aug 13, 1828"; "J. L. Williamson, 1830"; "Lizzy"; "F. Priestley, 16 Oct. 1830"; "P.N."; "H.B."; "L.W."; and "C.B.M." One poem, which appears to be an original, entitled "A Request," is signed "I. Baker."
mssHM 25901
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Ephemera
Manuscripts
This series includes letter and manuscript fragments; empty stamped, addressed envelopes and canceled stamps; calling cards, Christmas cards, and postcards. The printed material includes pamphlets, clippings, invitations, and flyers. Also included are photocopies and transcriptions made by the dealer of various letters in the collection.
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