The costume of the original inhabitants of the British islands.
Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848)
Category
Books
Date
1821
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3113991
Summary
Bibliographic description
Provenance: Binding stamp combining the Hervey and Upton arms [Frederick William Hervey (1769-1859), 1st Marquess of Bristol m.1798 Hon. Elizabeth Albana Upton (1775-1844)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full red grained leather binding; elaborate gilt and blind tooled borders; gilt armorial centrepiece; spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Costume of the Ancient Britons".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848)