A Book of Nonsense
Lady Marian Margaret Compton, Viscountess Alford (1817-1888)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1866
Materials
Paper
Measurements
370 x 280 mm
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 433913
Summary
A green book half bound in green leather with gold-tooled lines. A rectangular cartouche on the front has the letter 'M' below a coronet and the date 1866. A paper label is inscribed 'A Book of Nonsense'. The book is a scrapbook and contains applied sketches, watercolours and poems with an occasional printed cartoon. The book plate of Alford House is in the front. Lady Marian Compton, daughter of 2nd Marquess of Northampton married Viscount Alford in 1841. She was a gifted amateur artist.
Makers and roles
Lady Marian Margaret Compton, Viscountess Alford (1817-1888), artist