Record ID:
225324
Accession number:
MA 7357
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description:
1 v. (61 p.), bound : ill. (ports.) ; 31.1 cm
Summary:
A compilation made during the 19th century including cartes-de-visite photographs and letters or signatures of 61 prominent men and women, each pasted to a page and accompanied by a brief biographical sketch in the hand of the unknown compiler. Persons represented include J. E. Millais, Clarkson Stanfield, Shirley Brooks, Charles Reade, Marcus Stone, Richard Doyle, William Macready, William Powell Frith, Daniel Maclise, Holman Hunt, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and the Duke of Wellington.
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (33.5 cm)
Binding:
Red leather, stamped "Album" in gilt, with tag of Parkins & Grotto, London.
Provenance:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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