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Album orné of Percy Florence Shelley

Title
Album orné of Percy Florence Shelley, ca. 1850's.
Author
Shelley, Percy Florence, Sir, 1819-1889
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Mixed materialPermit needed *Pforz BT (Shelley, P. F.) 01Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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  • Stanley Cary, Mrs. (Matilda), 1797-1881
  • Cary, Camilla Annabella, 1821-1901
  • Shelley, Percy Florence, Sir, 1819-1889
  • Burn & Sons, binder.
Description
1 volume (96 total leaves, many blank) : ill.; 31 cm.
Summary
Commercially produced gilt morocco "Album Orné" scrapbook, thirty-five pages of which contain original artwork and writings, presumably by friends and acquaintances of Sir Percy Florence Shelley. Among the pieces included are: sixteen original cartoons in watercolor with manuscript captions, apparently by the same artist, three of which are signed "W. W.," two dated 1853; a watercolor of a knight attended by two boys, signed "Camilla Cary"; an ink wash drawing of a lady, crowned with laurel, with two children, signed "Mrs. Stanley Cary"; two unsigned watercolors of Middle Eastern characters; various pencil, ink and watercolor drawings of sailboats, animals, landscapes, etc.; and a manuscript poem, "Song of the Fairies," signed [J.H.T?]. Also mounted in the album is a playbill from Sir Percy's theatre at Boscombe, for a performance on 6 February 1852. With Sir Percy's bookplate, and the binder's ticket of Burn & Sons, 37 Kirby St.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Scrapbooks.
  • Cartoons (humorous images)
  • Watercolors (paintings)
  • Drawings (visual works)
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  • Restricted access;
Call Number
*Pforz BT (Shelley, P. F.) 01
OCLC
841411079
Author
Shelley, Percy Florence, Sir, 1819-1889, compiler.
Title
Album orné of Percy Florence Shelley, ca. 1850's.
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Added Author
Stanley Cary, Mrs. (Matilda), 1797-1881, artist.
Cary, Camilla Annabella, 1821-1901, artist.
Shelley, Percy Florence, Sir, 1819-1889, former owner.
Burn & Sons, binder.
Research Call Number
*Pforz BT (Shelley, P. F.) 01
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