Exercise book
Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)
Category
Education objects
Date
1795 - 1800
Materials
Paper and card
Measurements
Each book (min) - 195 mm (height); 161 (width); 4 mm (depth), Each book (max) - 202 mm (height); 167 mm (width); 4 mm (depth)
Place of origin
St. Paul's Churchyard, 69
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671800
Summary
Five exercise books. They are: An exercise book with a cream coloured card cover with an illustration of the bust of Samuel Johnson in an oval frame on a plinth. Handwriting exercises fill all the pages of the book, including both inside covers. All entries are written in ink. Several are dated 1795 or 1796 and have name 'Mary Soresby' written at bottom of page. An exercise book with a cream coloured card cover with an illustration of the South View of Dudley Castle. Handwriting exercises in ink fill all pages of the book including both inside front covers. Several pages are dated 1796 and have the name 'Mary Soresby' written at the bottom. An exercise book with a cream coloured card cover with illustration of two men by a tree, entitled 'The Afflicted Friends', and the quotation 'I saw him one day 'neath the [ ]'. Handwriting exercises fill all the pages in the book including both inside covers. All entries written in ink. Several pages have date and year 1796 and the name 'Mary Soresby' written at the bottom. An exercise book with a cream coloured card cover with an illustration of man walking in wooded country and poem 'My-Self' underneath. The poem reads 'As I walked by myself, I talk'd to myself and thus myself said to me, Look to thyself, take care of thyself, for nobody cares for thee - So I turned to myself and I answer'd myself with the self same Repartee, Look to myself, or look not to myself, the self same thing will be'. The pages, including the inside covers, are filled with handwriting exercises, written in ink. The name 'Mary Soresby' and dates in 1796 are noted at the bottom of several pages. An exercise book with a cream coloured card cover with illustration of a bridge over a river with buildings. A name and date are written on the cover. The illustration on the cover has 'Soresby' written in ink and some ink scribbles on it. The book contains several handwriting exercises at the front and three epitaphs written at the back. The majority of the pages are blank. The name 'Mary Soresby' and the date 1800 appear under some exercises.
Provenance
General note 'Derbyshire Museum Service History of Education Collection' - a collection established by Derbyshire Museum Service (through gifts from individuals, Derbyshire schools and purchases) in the 1940s and stored at Sudbury Hall from the early 1970s to 2012. The National Trust managed the collection between 1991 and 2012 when legal ownership was transferred from Derbyshire County Council to the National Trust. Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."
Marks and inscriptions
On the front cover: 'Mary Soresby (1795 book)' On the front cover: 'Mary Soresby/ 1800 (1800 book)'
Makers and roles
Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793), engraver and publisher W. Gillman, bookseller