Illustrated catalogue of thirty pictures in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, ... at Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland; at Sutton Place, Surrey; and at 33 Wilton Crescent, London, S.W.1.
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland (1888-1963)
Category
Books
Date
1957
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3220482
Summary
Bibliographic description
63, [1] p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Provenance: twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) with portrait: "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]). Inscribed: "To Edie from Georgie with all my love." Typescript letter pasted to inside rear cover from R.D. Gates, "servant" to the Duke of Sutherland, to Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry; sending catalogue; dated: 25th February, 1957. Binding: twentieth-century half calf, with marbled paper boards; black leather title label on cover. Original paper covers retained and bound in.
Makers and roles
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland (1888-1963)