The Stuarts : being outlines of the personal history of the family illustrated from portraits, miniatures, &c. in the most celebrated collections by J.J. Foster ...
Joshua James Foster (1847-1923)
Category
Books
Date
1907
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3221873
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 250 p., plates: ill., port. ; 29cm. 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 publisher's full red cloth, gilt decorative border and armorial centre-piece on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. Gilt-top.
Makers and roles
Joshua James Foster (1847-1923)