Lot 291
COMMPONPLACE ALBUM OF HENRIETTA SWINTON
C.1835-1845
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 January 2019 at 11:00 GMT
£500
Description
74 leaves in a small cloth gilt album, 18.5 x 11.5cm, the first leaf with an illustration reading "H. Swinton Inverlieth Place", subsequent leaves contain a small Company School illustration of an Indian palace, 7 small oil paintings of landscapes and various sections of writing
Footnote
Note: Henrietta Swinton was the eldest child of John Campbell Swinton, 2nd of Kimmerghame, and Catherine Rannie. Her younger brother, James Rannie Swinton, was a portrait painter and society artist, and the family's artistic flair can be seen throughout this small commonplace album.