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British scrapbook of the late Regency-early Victorian period
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0041
Abstract
This early nineteenth-century British scrapbook features both copied and original riddles and poems. Images included in this collection are political cartoons, fashionable ladies and gentlemen, architecture, animals, birds, flowers and fruit. Thematic arrangements of scraps include virtue, marriage, courtship, mourning and the loss of family members.
Dates:
approximately 1830-1840
Nineteenth-century British scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0040
Abstract
This British nineteenth-century scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content features images created from multiple printing processes, predominantly monochromatic engravings, though the album also includes original artwork, elaborately printed Victorian-era greeting cards, and other color illustrations. Collected images include Italian, French, and primarily British landmarks, abbeys, cathedrals, historic landscapes, and British monarchs and nobility. This scrapbook also...
Dates:
approximately 1846-1899