Lot 387
Calligraphic poems, manuscript journal, sketchbook and albums
Early 19th to early 20th century
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Cargill, James. Poems. 12 calligraphic poems, early 19th-century, red morocco gilt with blind stamped decorative panels front and back, 17 x 11cm, 62pp.;
Douglas, Anne Georgina. Sketchbook titled ‘Leamington, 1836’. 4 interior scenes, 5 exteriors grounds etc ( of 36 Warwick Street, Shlveston Crescent 56 Wellington Street, 20 dale street, Lady E & A. Douglas's Bedroom, Letherington, staircase at letherington, letherington house from the lake, and scenes of the grounds and exterior of the house letherington abley park with containing 21 pencil sketches of domestic life, some loosely inserted, 23 x 29.5cm;
Christmas Cards. Purple decorative gilt cloth album, worn, with 86 laid-down Victorian Christmas cards, some being pop-ups;
Arthur Nelson ‘Sunny Memories’ photograph album.
‘For many years Member of the Arts Club, Rutland Square’;
Scottish postcard album, 102 early 20th century black and white postcards of the west of Scotland;
1850s/60s portrait photographs. Group comprising 1 ambrotype by Edinburgh photographers Lawrie & Mitchell, 8 further ambrotypes, 1 daguerrotype, and 1 albumen print, all faded and rubbed (11)
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Footnote
Writing master - poems, several of which we have not found in other copie