Leather bound
1845 · Great Britain
by [Ellen Hodgson]
Great Britain, 1845. Leather bound. Good +. 12mo. Fine white paper, unpaginated. Black leather binding with gilt borders and blind embossed decorations on the boards. "Album" in gilt letters on the spine. All edges gilt. Leather on spine is chipped upper front joint and at the head. Contents of this album include 34 pages of inscriptions, verses, etc. A couple of the inscriptions are pasted down. There are 6 original black and white pencil sketches with one color sketch. One page has a small color sketch at the bottom. Included with the album are 15 scraps of engravings and 2 loose petals. Some of the scraps are in color. The scraps are tipped in, pasted down, or loosely laid inside. Two of the pencil art sketches are signed "E. Hawthornthwaite." Ellen's sister's wrote the dedication inscription on the yellow right front flyleaf - "Ellen Hodgson The Gift of her affectionate Sister, Marianne Hodgson. Jan. 20th. 1837." Most of the hand written inscriptions with dates were written in the early 1840's. Towards the back of the album is a tipped in inscription (difficult to transcribe all the words) - "These drawings the work of many a long laborious hour and the result of our united talent and perseverance are respectfully presented to Ellen Hodgson by the (name not transcribed] Artists (first name ? spelling) and Prim. Salkeld Hall Jan. 20th." Salkeld Hall is located in the village of Little Salkfeld, Cumbria, England. It was constructed in the 16th century. Robert Hodgson purchased the site in 1836 and made several improvements. (Source: wikipedia).
(Inventory #: 11495)