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Anne Margaret Polhill sketchbook

Title
Anne Margaret Polhill sketchbook, 1828-1859
Author
Polhill, Anne Margaret, 1801-1882.

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Mixed materialPermit needed Pforz BND-MSS (Polhill, A. M.)Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Description
1 volume (87 total leaves, many blank) + 3 loose inserts : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
Fourty-four total drawings in a red morocco-backed sketchbook with red paper boards (watermark = "HORNE / 1818"). Most drawings in ink over pencil, eight in ink wash, two in watercolor. Scenes feature mostly Parisian characters and settings, many with humorous captions.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Sketchbooks.
  • Ink drawings.
  • Wash drawings.
  • Watercolors.
  • Cartoons (Commentary)
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Anne Margaret Graham was born in 1801, the youngest daughter of Elizabeth Susanna Davenport Graham, the children's book writer, and her husband, Thomas Graham a lawyer, of Edmond Castle in the village of Hayton, Carlisle, Cumbria in England. In 1823 she married Edward Polhill (1789-1859), with whom she had at least five children. For some years the Polhills lived in France. Anne Margaret Polhill died in Brighton on November 6, 1882.
Contents
Eastbourne, Sept. 1828. -- "No music like a ring of bells." -- [Tea time]. -- The Good Chaperon. -- The Bad Chaperon. -- "Well Betty, & where do you live now?" -- Autrefois/Aujourdhui. -- The Boa Constrictor, Jan.y 1829. -- Soyez tranquille . . . -- Paris, Nov. 1829. -- Theatre Italien. -- Grade promenade aux Tuilleries. -- Hunting for apartments, Paris, Nov. 1829. -- Promenade in the Place du Carousel, Jan 1830. -- [Rough sketch of people in a church]. -- French Tournure. -- Le mariage de Convenance. -- L'hiver, 19 Janvier 1830. -- La vielle Comtesse & son Chasseur. -- Les poumons forts. Jan. 1830. -- "Here are your wages, & we are much obliged to you for not having murdered us." -- "On ne reçoit pas les jeunes hommes, Madame, apres trois ans." -- The Infant School, or The March of Intellect. -- Le Bal. -- Adolphe Tessier. -- Le maitre d'armes. -- French opera. -- Promenade de Longchamps. -- A Swiss Pension. -- Char a banc, Lausanne. -- Rome, 1831. -- Les belles Journées de Juillet, 1830. -- Ball at the Hotel de Ville, 1830. -- An inconsolable mother. -- "Croyez vouz . . ." -- [People on a staircase]. -- "My admiration knows no bounds." -- Valse a deux temps, 1845. -- Railway trousers, narrow & wide gauge. -- Eastbourne 9 am/ 3 pm, 1859. -- "Small boy . . ."-- Kensington Museum, public day. -- [Grieving woman, dead man, and onlookers]. -- [Rough sketch of girl]. -- [Three inserted sheets with rough sketches and notes].
Call Number
Pforz BND-MSS (Polhill, A. M.)
OCLC
987583454
Author
Polhill, Anne Margaret, 1801-1882.
Title
Anne Margaret Polhill sketchbook, 1828-1859
Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Anne Margaret Graham was born in 1801, the youngest daughter of Elizabeth Susanna Davenport Graham, the children's book writer, and her husband, Thomas Graham a lawyer, of Edmond Castle in the village of Hayton, Carlisle, Cumbria in England. In 1823 she married Edward Polhill (1789-1859), with whom she had at least five children. For some years the Polhills lived in France. Anne Margaret Polhill died in Brighton on November 6, 1882.
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