Baby was born
Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Limited
Category
Books
Date
circa 1899
Materials
Paper and ink
Measurements
275 x 213 mm
Place of origin
Stationers' Hall Court
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 793445.2
Summary
Page from baby record book with spaces for information about the birth of the child with a drawing of a grandfather clock and other furniture. Page reads, 'Baby was born at ...113 Park St...on...Saturday...the...21...day of...October 1899...at...11.55 P.M....As witness...Father...Mother...N.A.Sibbono?...Doctor...Annie? Farmer?...Nurse.'. Page 16.
Provenance
Part of the Hussey collection. The contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 2006 by Mrs. Elizabeth Hussey.
Marks and inscriptions
On page, above drawing: 'Baby was born at ...113 Park St...on...Saturday...the...21...day of...October 1899...at...11.55 P.M....As witness...Father...Mother...N.A.Sibbono?...Doctor...Annie? Farmer?...Nurse.'
Makers and roles
Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Limited, engraver and publisher Mary Anne Herbert, Mrs William Clive Hussey (1864-1942), writer