Lot 202
£2,394
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
From the estate of Thomas Graham of Balgowan, later lord Lynedoch, comprising 91 manuscript pp. listing items ‘received into the larder’, ‘dinners’ eaten and whom the family dined with
An enlightening manuscript revealing the food eaten on a daily basis by Thomas Graham of Balgowan and his family. On the 1st October 1809, the household received “A hind ¼r of beef weighing 6 stone, 1 sheep, 10 ½ per ? killed, 2 hares, 6 brace of partridges [and] 1 rabbit”, which (excluding the large amount of beef) provided five dinners, including “Broth, mutton chops, roast hare, roast partridges, celery”. A feast was provided for General Graham's birthday on the 19th October, complete with blancmange.