Autograph album of Lady Frances Shelley : Vienna, Abbotsford [near Melrose], etc., 1816-1846 1816-1819.

Record ID: 
131755
Accession number: 
MA 500
Author: 
Shelley, Frances Winckley, Lady, 1787-1873
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description: 
1 item (ca. 110 p.), bound ; 9.4 x 13.1 cm
Notes: 

Inscribed "Fanny / Vienna / Oct. 1816" on first page.
Shelved for many years in drawer of Pierpont Morgan's desk in the West Room of The Morgan Library & Museum.
Entries are written on the rectos and most versos of 55 leaves. Followed by ca. 50 blank leaves.

Summary: 

Many entries are in French in the form "Mon premier est... / mon second est... / mon tout est..." Includes an autograph manuscript of Sir Walter Scott's poem "Jock o'Hazeldean," dated Abbotsford, 1819 July 24.

Housed in: 
Blue cloth drop-spine box (11.5 cm)
Binding: 
Red leather gilt, with a floral border.
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan in 1907.