Sir Thomas Lawrence's letter-bag.
Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830)
Category
Books
Date
1906
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3212933
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv, 296p. plates : ill..; 22cm. Photocopy of letter by Lady Frances Harpur to Thomas Lawrence tied on outside of phase box. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial ex libris on upper pastedown "Newhouse Galleries". Given to the NT by Mrs Audrey Nall in 2007 according to a printout associated with the book. No ownership marks in book, not indigenous. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full red cloth, gilt embossed and lettered. Gilt-top. Upper cover detached, spine cover damaged. Historic repairs with duct tape. In phase box.
Makers and roles
Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830) Elizabeth Croft (1769-1859) George Somes Layard (1857-1925)