Baby's Food
Mary Anne Herbert, Mrs William Clive Hussey (1864-1942)
Category
Books
Date
circa 1899
Materials
Paper and ink
Measurements
275 x 213 mm
Place of origin
Stationers' Hall Court
Order this imageCollection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 793445.4
Summary
Page from baby record book with spaces for information about the baby's first food. Handwritten notes on page read, 'Sterilized milk first 16 weeks, Sterilized milk & Barley Water on which he improved at once, At 8 months change to? 1? cow?, and german rusks twice daily, 9 m robs once a day. Germ Rusks twice'. Page 20.
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, on dotted lines: 'Sterilized milk first 16 weeks, Sterilized milk & Barley Water on which he improved at once, At 8 months change to? 1? cow?, and german rusks twice daily, 9 m robs once a day. Germ Rusks twice'
Makers and roles
Mary Anne Herbert, Mrs William Clive Hussey (1864-1942), writer Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Limited, engraver and publisher