Music copy book
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1790
Materials
Paper
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297965
Summary
A music copy book inscribed 'Miss Sykes 1790'. Used by Elizabeth Sykes prior to her marriage in 1806 to Wilbraham Egerton. One of the treasures of the Library collection is the four volume set of manuscript copies of anthems, odes and operas, by Henry Purcell 1658-1695 which were presented to Elizabeth Egerton by her brother Sir Mark Masterman Sykes of Sledmere.
Provenance
Egerton collection devised to the National Trust in 1960 by Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958)
Marks and inscriptions
Miss Sykes 1790 (inscription on book)