Record ID:
436093
Accession number:
MA 23622
Created:
England, 1834-1843.
Credit:
Purchased on the Gordon Ray Fund, 2020.
Description:
1 item (ca. 100 pages), bound : illustrations ; 20.5 cm
Notes:
Hinchcliff's name and the date "Oct. 1st 1835" appears in calligraphic script on the verso of the front flyleaf, along with a note in pencil: "It is requested that not any prose be inserted."
Contributed to by numerous men and women of Hinchcliff's acquaintance, many whom add a date, place of writing, and their initials. Places of writing in the album include Islington, Highgate, and Cambridge.
Some pages include a penciled note indicating that a painting was intended to be added there.
Watermarked J. Whatman 1826.
Summary:
Contains 65 literary contributions and 23 original drawings (in color and graphite).
Binding:
Black calf embossed in gilt and blind.
Provenance:
Purchased from Whitmore Rare Books, 15 September 2020.
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