[Album of 323 autograph letters and other signed documents, addressed mostly to Lady Marian Alford (1817-1888) or her son the 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844-1921) and his Countess. With a typed index and 27 further letters loose inside.].
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1890
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3023177
Summary
Includes letters from many literary figures (William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott, Robert & Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, Henry James etc.), artists (Landseer, Leighton, Millais, Tenniel, Watts etc.) and historical figures (Canning, Wellington, Disraeli, Gladstone, Jefferson Davis, Baden-Powell etc., as well as members of the Royal family (especially Queens Adelaide, Alexandra and Mary).
Bibliographic description
168p.. Binding: late nineteenth-century half green morocco.