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Box 3

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Contains 14 Results:

Supplement to a Primer of Perspective, 1891

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F37
Scope and Contents

Author's mock-up bound in cloth, with spine title printed in gold, "Primer of Perspective Vol. II." Illustrated with many diagrams.

Dates: 1891

The Lights and Shades of an Artist's Life, 1893

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F38
Scope and Contents

Anecdotal autobiographical account of Storey's early life and career from 1865 to 1875, collected and bound by author. Includes corrections and additions, and pencil sketch of mother and child on first page.

Dates: 1893

Miscellaneous Notes. Various, 1894

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F39
Scope and Contents

Essays, notes, lectures, and poems written, collected, and bound by Storey. Includes a section called "Notes on Art," and lecture notes titled "Photography from an artist's point of view--its use and abuse." Also includes a few pages of diary entries from 1848 and 1849, when Storey was in Paris.

Dates: 1894

A letter in rhyme written by W. Harrison Ainsworth to my Mother when she was Miss Fitch, circa 1876

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F40
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copy of 1826 letter from Ainsworth to Storey's mother, Emily. Bound in black boards. Included are two of his mother's letters and two letters addressed to "Dolly" (Storey's nickname). Also included is a loose sketch of a young woman on brown paper.

Dates: circa 1876

Inventory of St. John's Wood Road House, 1877-1878

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F41
Scope and Contents

Hardcover leather-bound ledger book that includes lists of silver, silver plate, linen, books, pictures, and mounted sketches by Storey, some of which have "sold" prices written next to them.

Dates: 1877-1878

Trip to Italy with Calderon 1879, 1879

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F42
Scope and Contents

Travel diary recording Storey's trip with the Calderons through France and Italy. Includes pencil sketch at end.

Dates: 1879

Notes from Diaries: 1862-1886. No. 3, 1896-1899

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F43
Scope and Contents

Collected and bound by the author. Storey destroyed the original diaries, stating that he kept only "such notes as may be useful in making Sketches from Memory." Largely anecdotal, but details his artistic efforts and records every painting sold during this period. Includes two loose sketches and letters inserted into the volume.

Dates: 1896-1899

Notebook, undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F44
Scope and Contents

Small vellum-bound sketchbook containing notes on Meissonier and sketches of some of his works. Includes a draft letter by Gladys Storey.

Dates: undated

Sketchbook, 1890-1891

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F45
Scope and Contents

Blue hardcover sketchbook contains preliminary pencil sketches of Margate by Storey. Includes a watercolor "sky composition" with descriptive labels. Also includes a drawing of a lamp by a young Gladys Storey.

Dates: 1890-1891

Notice of election to The Arts Club of London, 1876

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F46
Scope and Contents

Contains bylaws and notice of membership dues for The Arts Club.

Dates: 1876

Theory and Practice of Perspective, 1910

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F47
Scope and Contents

Storey's advance copy received March 5, 1910 (Oxford: Clarenden Press). Storey pasted in three reviews. A press cutting of Storey's obituary sent to his daughter Gladys is inserted into the book, along with a sketch of a seating arrangement and a list of individuals under the heading "Perspective."

Dates: 1910

Love's Folly, 1856-1907

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F48
Scope and Contents

Revised manuscript of Love's Folly, along with a sonnet and short untitled essay with diagram. Includes a loose newspaper clipping about a lecture given by Storey, a repair invoice with pencil sketches, and a faded photograph of a praying woman.

Dates: 1856-1907

La Professor d'Anglais, circa 1909

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F49
Scope and Contents

Also includes several essays.

Dates: circa 1909

Continuation of the Gentleman in Black and His Remarkable Mirrors (Sardonius), 1913

 File — Box: 3, Folder: F50
Scope and Contents

Also includes very brief essay, "Why Germany Hates England."

Dates: 1913