[Scrapbook with newspaper obituaries of Henry Lord Chaplin, published in May and June 1923]
The Hon. Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879 - 1959)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1923
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3221856
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 v. [unpaged] ; 28cm. Final leaves are blank. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) set in a landscape with De Lazlo's portrait of Edith Lady Londonderry in the uniform of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a medallion above, lettered at the bottom of the plate "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." . Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century full grained brown morocco, black embossed panel on covers, five false raised bands, gilt lettering on spine. Gilt board edges and turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and gilt-top. Gilt stamped on upper turn-in "Bagguley, Newcastle-under-Lyme".
Makers and roles
The Hon. Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879 - 1959)