The floral album. / By M.A.B.
Wallis, Mary Ann
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1832
Materials
Place of origin
Hendon
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101485
Summary
Bibliographic description
[34] leaves, bound : all col. ill. ; 4to. Pencil note on front pastedown: "about 1820". Ephemera: loosely inserted bookdealer's typescript description of this copy (price cut away) with pencil cross above date of 1820 and pencil note "Watermark 1831". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "Lt Colonel Alexander Taylor. The gift of his Aunt Mary Ann Wallis. who drew all the flowers in this Volume. Prestbury nr Cheltenham. 30th December 1865.". Binding: Nineteenth-century half green calf, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto five recessed cords; four false bands; gilt tooled spine; marbled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Wallis, Mary Ann, artist