Lot 68
Album
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
Album of 28 painted illustrations, 21 drawings, 13 silhouettes, 1 miniature on a circular disk, and forty-four MS poems. 1828, etc. 4to., calf, elaborate gold and blind tooled borders, spine decorated gilt, a.e.g., and two commonplace books (3)
Footnote
Note: Many of the illustrations are of high quality. While some are signed or initialled, others give the place and date where the illustration was undertaken. There are a number of topographical drawings , botanical illustrations, drawings of birds including a watercolour of a bird drawn on the banks of the Ganges, 1829, miniature (drawing) of a tournament held in front of St Mark's Venice. The silhouettes appear to be Elizabeth Mitchell with one signed in full by her at Colebrooke House, others are initialled by her.