Subseries 1A: Artwork and Oversize Manuscripts /repositories/5/archival_objects/1076335 18 boxes 1 item 1822-1944 August 21 Scope and Contents

Consists of works by individuals such as Wilkie Collins, Alice Pleasance Liddell Hargreaves, and Robert Louis Stevenson, as well as others.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Browne, Hablot K. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077000 1 box 1836-1863 charcoal and chalk illustration, "Miss Dinah in deshabille," for Lever's Barrington /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077677 1 box 1863 101 charcoal and chalk illustration, "The Major 'departs'--but, not 'in peace,'" for Lever's Barrington /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077678 1 box 1863 101 charcoal illustration, "Poaching," for Lever's Barrington /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077679 1 box 1863 101 charcoal and chalk illustration, "Not quite the sort of thing--(Aunt Dinah thinks)," for Lever's Barrington /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077680 1 box 1863 101 pen-and-ink and wash illustration, "'My good fellow' Said Mr. Winkle extending his hand &c.," for Dickens's Pickwick Papers /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077681 1 box 1836-1837 101 pen-and-ink and wash illustration, "I say how nice you look," for Dickens's Pickwick Papers , 1836-37, with photographic negative /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077682 1 box dates not examined 101 pencil and chalk illustration of Florence Dombey for Dickens's Dombey and Son /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077683 1 box 1846-1848 101 pencil drawing, "Lord Glengariff building a few castles," illustration for Charles Lever's Davenport Dunn , London, 1859, signed "Phiz" [missing as of 4/23/02] /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077684 1 box dates not examined 101 colored pencil and watercolor vignette of Mr. Pickwick, signed "Phiz" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077685 1 box undated 101 pencil and watercolor vignette of a woman ironing, signed "Phiz" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077686 1 box undated 101 engraving, "Hugh & Barnaby Rudge," trial proof of plate for Dickens's Barnaby Rudge , mounted on sheet with watercolor vignette of woman ironing /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077687 1 box 1841 101 engraving, "The Marchioness," trial proof of plate for Dickens's Barnaby Rudge , mounted on sheet with watercolor vignette of Mr. Pickwick /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077688 1 box 1841 101 watercolor and pencil illustration of the Peckniff family and Tom Pinch for Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077689 1 box dates not examined 101 pen and wash drawing, "Mr. Pickwick in the Fleet," for the Household Edition, p. 337, signed "Phiz", mounted with print of the same drawing /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077690 1 box dates not examined 101 pen and ink drawing, "Mary Martin's Levee," for Charles Lever's The Martins of Cro 'Martin , 1847, opposite p. 6, signed "Phiz" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077691 1 box dates not examined 101 Collins, Wilkie /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077001 1 box dates not examined "Blind Love." Original, autograph manuscript in 15 folders, contained inside an oversize, flat, clamshell case /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077692 1 box dates not examined 89 Hargreaves, Alice Pleasance Liddell /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077002 1 box 1935 January Drawing of a mansion. Original painting by Lewis Carroll's "Alice," dated September 14, 1883, and "presented to me [M. L. Parrish] by Caryl Hargreaves, the son of Mrs. Alice Hargreaves, 1935 January." Framed behind glass and contained inside an oversize flat box. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077693 1 box 1935 January 88 Various Authors /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077003 1 box 1874 June 11 Scope and Contents

Note: All manuscripts/artwork in this group are either in folders or matted, and contained inside six large clamshell cases (Solander boxes).

Charles L. Dodgson's correspondence with J. and E. Kish /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077694 1 folder dates not examined 95 1 Letter from Lewis Carroll to the Lowrie children (photostat) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077695 1 folder dates not examined 95 2 "Mathematical Manuscripts" (Dodgson's original envelopes) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077696 1 folder dates not examined 95 3 "Meeting of [Oxford] Common Room" printed agenda (Dodgson was the Common Room's curator at the time) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077697 1 folder dates not examined 95 4 Letter with illustrations signed "Charles" [Dodgson] (matted photocopy) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077698 1 folder dates not examined 95 5 Childhood letter by Robert Louis Stevenson to his parents (matted photocopy; original letter is in Author Files) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077699 1 folder dates not examined 95 6 The visit of Mr. Charles Kingsley in The Berkeleyan , dated /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077700 1 folder 1874 June 11 95 7 Publication agreement by George Meredith to write Lord Ormont and his Aminta /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077701 1 folder dates not examined 95 8 Galley slips of Anthony Trollope's Travel letters nos. 11, 12 and 17 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077702 1 folder dates not examined 95 9 Autograph manuscript by Thomas Anthony Trollope /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077703 1 folder dates not examined 95 10 Drafts of Agreement between Ouida (Louise de la Ramée) and Chatto & Windus /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077704 1 folder dates not examined 95 11 "We are all Ouida's Dogs..." verse by Ouida /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077705 1 folder dates not examined 95 12 Ouida's "Dog-murder" letter to an editor /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077706 1 folder dates not examined 95 13 Ouida's "The Dogs of Florence" letter to an editor /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077707 1 folder dates not examined 95 14 Reade, Charles /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077004 3 boxes 1884 April 22 Real estate papers: Brompton Road and other properties /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077708 1 folder dates not examined 96 1 Real estate papers: Account with Mrs. Matilda Alice Napier (5 Albert Terrace); also for Nos. 2 and 4 Albert Terrace /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077709 1 folder dates not examined 96 2 Real estate papers: 6 Bolton Row /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077710 1 folder dates not examined 96 3 Real estate papers: 15 Half Moon Street /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077711 1 folder dates not examined 96 4 Autograph manuscript of "Nehemiah's Work" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077712 1 folder dates not examined 97 1 Autograph manuscript of "Reality" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077713 1 folder dates not examined 97 2 Autograph manuscript of "Monopoly vs. Property" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077714 1 folder dates not examined 97 3 Autograph manuscript of "Rus" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077715 1 folder dates not examined 97 4 Autograph manuscript of "Single-heart" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077716 1 folder dates not examined 97 5 Autograph manuscript of "Suspended Animation" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077717 1 folder dates not examined 97 6 Autograph manuscript of "The History of a Charity" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077718 1 folder dates not examined 97 7 Two draft agreements for Double marriage (play) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077719 1 folder dates not examined 97 8 Correspondence relating to John Coleman's production of Reade's play, It's never too late to mend /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077720 1 folder dates not examined 97 9 Legal documents relating to W. E. Mills' 1863 unauthorized production of Reade's drama, It's never too late to mend /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077721 1 folder dates not examined 97 10 Agreements concerning a production of Reade's drama, Put yourself in his place , by John Coleman in the United States /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077722 1 folder dates not examined 97 11 Insurance papers /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077723 1 folder dates not examined 98 1 Reade vs. Seaman (libel case documents) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077724 1 folder dates not examined 98 2 Draft of Reade's will dated August 7, 1883, and a letter concerning his estate /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077725 1 folder 1884 April 22 98 3 Papers written after Reade's death, relating to real estate, etc. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077726 1 folder dates not examined 98 4 Hughes Family /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077005 1 box 1822-1896 Hughes Family Portraits and Drawings /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077727 1 box dates not examined 99 Watercolor portrait of Thomas Hughes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077728 1 folder 1822-1896 99 1 [Hughes Family]. Watercolor of spectators at some event, acquired with a group of drawings by or relating to members of the Hughes family /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077729 1 folder dates not examined 99 2 Thomas Wilkinson portrait by A. Morton /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077730 1 folder dates not examined 99 3 A medieval battle scene copied by Gerard Hughes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077731 1 folder dates not examined 99 4 Portrait of two girls ("William H. Hughes, Henry S. Hughes" pencilled on back) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077732 1 folder dates not examined 99 5 Portrait of John Hughes (father of Thomas Hughes) by A. Morton /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077733 1 folder dates not examined 99 6 John Hughes portrait /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077734 1 folder dates not examined 99 7 Wilkinson portrait /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077735 1 folder dates not examined 99 8 "The Age of Innocence" painted by Sir J. Reynolds as drawn by M. Wilkinson ("Margaret E. W. Hughes" pencilled on back) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077736 1 folder dates not examined 99 9 George Hughes drawn by J. Watkins /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077737 1 folder dates not examined 99 10 George E. Hughes portrait ("George E. Hughes of Offley Place Eldest brother of Henry Hastings Hughes" pencilled on back) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077738 1 folder dates not examined 99 11 John Hughes portrait /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077739 1 folder dates not examined 99 12 "A mountain range, near Rugby, Tennessee," by Sarah J. Hughes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077740 1 folder dates not examined 99 13 "A stream, near Rugby, Tennessee," by Sarah J. Hughes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077741 1 folder dates not examined 99 14 "Ojai Valley, California" by Sarah J. Hughes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077742 1 folder dates not examined 99 15 "Pepper trees" by Sarah J. Hughes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077743 1 folder dates not examined 99 16 Various Artists /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077006 1 box 1873 April 5-1944 August 21 "Story of the Three Sisters": original pen-and-ink sketches by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) to accompany his adaptation of "The Three Little Pigs" as told to May Mileham /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077744 1 folder dates not examined 100 1 Pen-and-ink drawing, "As your friend, Rev. Dodgson, I feel bound to point out..." signed by the artist Burr Shafer, reproduced in Saturday Review of Literature , volume XXXI, No. 34 1944 August 21, 21 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077745 1 folder 1944 August 21 100 2 Enlarged photocopy of Lewis Carroll's photograph of Alice Liddell, seated and wearing a wreath on her head /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077746 1 folder dates not examined 100 3 Enlarged photocopy of Lewis Carroll's photograph of Alice Liddell, seated beside a fern /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077747 1 folder dates not examined 100 4 Enlarged photocopy of an unsigned drawing after Lewis Carroll's photograph of Alice Liddell, seated beside a fern /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077748 1 folder dates not examined 100 5 Etching, portrait of Charles Dickens by T. Johnson /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077749 1 folder dates not examined 100 6 Photograph of Samuel Laurence's portrait of Dickens' character Boz /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077750 1 folder dates not examined 100 7 Photograph of the cast of No Thoroughfare (a theatrical production co-written by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077751 1 folder dates not examined 100 8 Pen-and-ink drawing of Dickens' "Bob Cratchit and Ebenezer Scrooge" by Harry Furniss /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077752 1 folder dates not examined 100 9 Pen-and-ink caricature by Harry Furniss of J. M. Barrie smoking a pipe, signed "Celebrities in their old age" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077753 1 folder dates not examined 100 10 Photograph of J. M. Barrie's mother and two sisters /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077754 1 folder dates not examined 100 11 Photograph of J. M. Barrie and the cast of an all-star revival of The Admirable Crichton /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077755 1 folder dates not examined 100 12 Photograph of "J. M. B. leaving the roof of the Wyndhams to write 'Continuation of Rehearsal on Roof of Wyndhams Theatre'" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077756 1 folder dates not examined 100 13 Pencil study of "Taffy" for "The cut direct" in Trilby by George Du Maurier /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077757 1 folder dates not examined 100 14 Photograph of Thomas Hardy by Barraud /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077758 1 folder dates not examined 100 15 Watercolor-and-pencil drawing, "Flowers of Song from Chas. Kingsley's Water Babies," by W. J. Gibbs /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077759 1 folder dates not examined 100 16 Photograph of Charles Kingsley seated in a chair /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077760 1 folder dates not examined 100 17 Pencil and wash caricature of Charles Reade signed SEM (Georges Marie Goursat) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077761 1 folder dates not examined 100 18 Pencil and wash caricature of Anthony Trollope signed SEM (Georges Marie Goursat) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077762 1 folder dates not examined 100 19 Caricature of Anthony Trollope as published in Vanity Fair (dated ) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077763 1 folder 1873 April 5 100 20 Pencil portrait of Sir Walter Scott by Francis Alexander /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077764 1 folder dates not examined 100 21

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Pencil and pen-and-ink portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson by Hearth Foley /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077765 1 folder dates not examined 100 22

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Pencil-and-watercolor portrait of W. M. Thackeray's mother, attributed to Samuel Lover /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077766 1 folder dates not examined 100 23 Reade, Charles /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077007 5 boxes dates not examined Notecards /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077767 4 boxes dates not examined 90 91 92 93 Scope and Contents

pproximately 126 large, heavy, stiff cards, roughly 20 x 30 inches in size, with handwritten, miscellaneous notes and references, also some periodical clippings with annotations; some cards bear titles of Reade's works and are not in his hand.

"Analysis of the Accounts (Reade and Bentley) Delivered previous to the Injunction" printed on silk cloth. Caption on cardboard frame reads: "Reade refused to allow Bentley to issue cheap editions of Peg Woffington and Christie Johnson . Nevertheless, Bentley did it. Hence the injunction. This is a Special Copy of Bentley's account." /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077768 1 folder dates not examined 103 1 "Children Should be Either-Handed" printed broadside with an inscription by Reade at the bottom /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077769 1 folder dates not examined 103 2 Original manuscript of Gold: a true romance. Dramatic story , in two notebooks (pages folded in half and stitched) with autograph note on cover of notebook 2: "part of It is never to late to mend" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077770 1 folder dates not examined 103 3 Periodicals and clippings about the "Reade vs. Seaman" libel case /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077771 1 folder dates not examined 103 4 Stevenson, Robert Louis /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077008 1 box dates not examined Framed quotation with poem, "My wife and I..." from the library of Robert Louis Stevenson at Vailima (Western Samoa) and Stevenson's home in Edinburgh, Scotland, contained inside a cardboard box /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077772 1 box dates not examined 102 Various Authors and Artists /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077009 3 boxes 1844 February 26-1937 November 5 Scope and Contents

Note: Miscellaneous artwork, illustrations, periodicals, clippings, and other printed materials, either matted or grouped in folders, and contained inside a clamshell case with metal clasps.

Certificate of M. L. Parrish's 1939 honorary degree from Princeton University and his membership certificate for The Trollope Society /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077773 1 folder dates not examined 104 1 Two typewritten poems by J. Kearsley Mitchell (signed "JKM") to M. L. Parrish: "To Morrie, In grateful remembrance of a happy week-end," mounted on a cardboard backing, and a 70th Birthday poem (see Author Files for another poem by Mitchell) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077774 1 folder dates not examined 104 2 Illustrated Birthday card for M. L. Parrish, addressed "To M. L. Parrish on His 70th Birthday," featuring many signatures, and a matted illustration, featuring M. L. Parrish and the Alice in Wonderland character, inscribed "Happy Birthday to Uncle, Dormy House, " /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077775 1 folder 1937 November 5 104 3 Alice in Wonderland 100th Anniversary/Pratt Institute Library exhibition poster and an Alice in Wonderland book poster (Knopf) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077776 1 folder dates not examined 104 4 "Doublets -- a verbal puzzle" by Lewis Carroll for Vanity Fair (March 29, 1879; later published in The Lewis Carroll Handbook, 1979 edition, pp. 102-103) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077777 1 folder dates not examined 104 5 Poster advertisement (mounted on cardboard) for St. Nicholas , "The Ideal Magazine for Young Folks: The Beautiful Christmas Number" (containing a story by Robert Louis Stevenson, among others) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077778 1 folder dates not examined 104 6 Original color portrait of Ouida (Louise de la Ramée), matted /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077779 1 folder dates not examined 104 7 Black and white portrait (reprint) of Ouida, matted /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077780 1 folder dates not examined 104 8 Illustrated analysis of Wilkie Collins' hands (chiromancy) by Claud Warren, dated /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077781 1 folder 1881 104 9

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Three magazine clippings: "Letters to Eminent Persons. No. LXXII. To Mr. Wilkie Collins" in The World (June 6, 1883); "The Victims of Circumstances" by Wilkie Collins in The Youth's Companion (August 19, 1886); and a short story by Charles Reade, titled "Good Stories of Man and Other Animals," in Harper's Weekly /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077782 1 folder 1876 June 17 104 10 Set of five old postcards: portrait of "Elizabeth Fry" by G. Richmond and four garden scenes from "Earlham Park." ANS (found loose in box; item association unknown, "1941" pencilled on bottom): "Season's greetings, Dave Randall" (David A. Randall was one of Parrish's many book dealers) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077783 1 folder dates not examined 104 11 Map of "Trollope's Barsetshire" inspired by S. Van B. Nichols and painted by George F. Muendel, as published in Yuletide , MCMXXIV, and mounted on cardboard /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077784 1 folder dates not examined 104 12 Vanity Fair caricature (clipping dated 1873 April 5) of Anthony Trollope with biographical sketch written by Jehu Junior pasted on the back /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077785 1 folder 1873 April 5 104 13 Two caricatures of Thomas Hughes -- one from the July 10, 1872 issue of The Hornet , titled "Master Tom Brown" and matted, and the other from Vanity Fair , dated 1872 June 8, with a biographical opinion written by Jehu Junior pasted on the back /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077786 1 folder 1872 June 8 104 14 Printed leaflets (13) for and (1) against the re-election of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1858, as well as four leaflets (mounted on stiff paper) nominating Charles Dickens as Lord Rector by the Committee of Independent Students /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077787 1 folder 1858 104 15 Scope and Contents

1. "Letters to the Conservative Club, by a Living Junius." 16 lines of anti-Lytton verse, printed on blue paper. 22.5 by 16 cm. 2. "An Ode for the Independents. . . . Vote for Bulwer." 20 lines of verse. 22.5 by 14.5 cm. 3. "A Peculiar Song by a Peculiar Man." 40 lines of anti-Lytton verse. 26.5 by 15 cm. 4. "A Poetical Dirge." 36 lines of pro-Lytton verse. 28 by 22.5 cm. 5. "What has Bulwer Lytton Done for Students' Rights? Nothing. . . . Uphold Shaftesbury and Downright Truth." Liberal Association, 8th November, 1858. 28.5 by 22.5 cm. 6. "To the Students of the University of Glasgow. . . . Vote for Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton." Conservative Club Committee Rooms, November 8th, 1858. Printed on green paper. 28.5 by 23 cm. 7. "To the Students of the University of Glasgow. . . . by enthusiastically returning The Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton." Conservative Club Committee Rooms, 8th November, 1858. George Richardson, Printer to the University. Printed on pink paper. 29 by 22.5 cm. 8. "To the Students of the University of Glasgow. . . . Vote for Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton." Conservative Club Committee Rooms, 10th November, 1858. Printed on yellow paper. 28.5 by 22.5 cm. 9. "To the Students of the University of Glasgow. . . . Vote for Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton." Conservative Club Committee Rooms, November 11, 1858. Printed on pink paper. 29 by 23 cm. 10. "To the Students of the University of Glasgow. The Conservative Club desires to take the earliest opportunity of reprobating, in the strongest terms, the proceedings of last night's Meeting." Conservative Club Committee Rooms, November 11, 1858. Printed on pink paper. 22.5 by 29. 5 cm. 11. "Hoop de Doodin Do." The Conservative Club Rooms, November 12, 1858. 50 lines of pro-Lytton verse, printed on yellow paper. 22.5 by 14 cm. 12. "To the Students of the University of Glasgow. . . . Vote for The Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton." Conservative Club Committee Rooms, November 15, 1858. Printed on pink paper. 23 by 29 cm. 13. "To the Students of the University of Glasgow. Gentlemen, The Conservative Club beg to congratulate the supporters of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton upon the success which has crowned their efforts during the recent Election. . ." 28.5 by 22.5 cm.

Bibliography

For an account of the election, with reproductions of 5 other posters in the Dickens section of the Parrish Collection, see Ada B. Nisbet, "Dickens Loses an Election," The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Summer 1950), 157-176.

Booth's Theatre Bulletin (for week ending December 14th, 1872) of Lord Lytton's play, The Lady of Lyons, or, Love and Pride , starring the "Celebrated Tragedienne," Miss Neilson (mounted on brittle cardboard, 2 pieces have broken off) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077788 1 folder dates not examined 104 16 Printed announcement for the "General Theatrical Fund 9th Anniversary, Monday, 1848 April 17, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. in the Chair" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077789 1 folder 1848 April 17 104 17 Illustrated scenes from Lord Lytton's play, Money , a collection of printed quotes about Money compiled in "Theatre Royal, Hay-market, Opinions of the Public Press," and a clipping reviewing the "Command Performance" of Money at Drury Lane for the King and the Kaiser of Germany by The Daily Telegraph /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077790 1 folder 1911 May 18 104 18 Seven London theatre broadsides and two theatre circulars ( The Play Bill and The Footlights ), ranging in dates from /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077791 1 folder 1852-1870 104 19 A printed advertisement by T. B. Peterson & Brothers of Philadelphia announcing: "Published this day! February 18th, 1871: Charles Dickens' Last Book! The Mystery of Edwin Drood !" along with Mad Monkton and Other Stories by Wilkie Collins and T. A. Trollope's The Sealed Packet , etc. and an advertising poster for "The Chimes! A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In By Charles Dickens" /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077792 1 folder dates not examined 104 20 Printed leaflet for a "Strictly Private Amateur Performance" of Ben Jonson's comedy, Every Man in his Humour , on 1845 November 15, starring Charles Dickens, among others /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077793 1 folder 1845 November 15 104 21 A poetic address to "Charles Dickens, Esq. on the occasion of his presiding at the Annual Soirée of the Mechanics' Institution, Liverpool, Monday, 1844 February 26," printed on silk /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077794 1 folder 1844 February 26 104 22 Two copies of a "Charles Dickens as Captain Bobadill" illustration (from an unidentified periodical) and a caricature of "Charles Dickens -- par Gill" on the front page of L'Eclipse /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077795 1 folder 1868 June 14 104 23 An oversize poster titled "The Great International Walking-Match of February 29, 1868" (with "Charles Dickens" among the signatures) is contained inside an oversize, cardboard-backed, four-flap enclosure /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077796 1 box dates not examined 94 An oversize pen-and-chalk drawing of Charles Kingsley's wife, Frances Grenfell Kingsley, inscribed on verso "Mrs. Kingsley on the sofa reading the paper"; unidentified pen-and-ink drawing of Mount Vesuvius /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077797 1 box undated 87 J. G. Marks Album of Frederick Walker and William Makepeace Thackeray Illustrations /repositories/5/archival_objects/1077010 1 item 38.1 x 48.3 cm circa 1861-1871 153 Scope and Contents

The album contains illustrations (primarily proof engravings) by Frederick Walker (1840-1875) and William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), likely comprising the collection of J. G. Marks and annotated by him with title and other contextual information. The volume contains proofs of Frederick Walker's contributions to various periodicals and other items by him, as well as some text and drawings by William Makepeace Thackeray relating to his The Adventures of Philip, as serialized in Cornhill Magazine in 1861-1862, with relevant proofs.

In total, the album contains 144 images in a range of sizes from 8 x 9 cm to 23 x 17.5 cm, including 125 proof engravings, 5 items of manuscript material by William Makepeace Thackeray, 9 photographs of paintings and engravings by Frederick Walker, 3 designs for the Moray Minstrels, and 2 photographs of Halsway. The proofs consist of contributions to Once A Week, Cornhill Magazine, and Good Words, proofs of the illustrations for The Adventures of Philip and for Thackeray's unfinished novel, Denis Duval, as well as for Oswald Cray by Ellen Wood (Mrs. Henry Wood) and novels by Anne Thackeray Ritchie.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

AM 2016-110

Purchased in 2016.