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Scrapbook (watercolors and drawings not related to Anthony Trollope'sThe Way We Live Now), undated

1 folder
Item Number:
221
Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Taylor, Robert Hill (1908-1985)
Dates:
undated
Located In:
Box 1, Folder 2
Extent:
1 folder
Languages:
English
Scope and Contents

Unidentified woman, pen-and-ink on paper, 90 x 100 mm. "An Evening at Home, March 26th 1869," pen-and-ink on card, 132 x 145 mm. "The Fortune-Teller," pen-and-ink on paper, 125 x 140 mm. Woman riding on horse, with dog [no title], pencil on paper, 78 x 85 mm. "Mr Wright" and "Gray," pen-and-ink on paper, 40 x 85 mm. Unidentified French military officer(?), pen-and-ink on paper, 155 x 80 mm. "SYD" [man playing piano], pen-and-ink and wash on card, 110 x 150 mm. Unidentied old man, pen-and-ink on paper, 103 x 50 mm. Unidentified man, pen-and-ink on paper, 50 x 33 mm. Unidentified scene, pen-and-ink on paper, 125 x 180 mm. Landscape with castle, watercolor on paper, 75 x 108 mm. Landscape with church(?), watercolor on paper, 80 x 111 mm. Landscape with church, pencil on paper, 184 x 102 mm. Landscape, pencil on paper, 217 x 170 mm. "Fat German tourist on the boat with us," pen-and-ink on paper, 100 x 60 mm. Unidentified man, pencil on card, 158 x 67 mm.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Credit this material:

Scrapbook (watercolors and drawings not related to Anthony Trollope'sThe Way We Live Now); Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature, RTC01, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (hsvm): Box 1
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Sylvia Yu and Teresa Basler in 2002-2003. Finding aid written by Sylvia Yu and Teresa Basler in 2002-2003.

Finding aid updated periodically with new accessions by Kelly Bolding, Faith Charlton, and Chloe Pfendler, 2013-2017.

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Unidentified woman, pen-and-ink on paper, 90 x 100 mm. "An Evening at Home, March 26th 1869," pen-and-ink on card, 132 x 145 mm. "The Fortune-Teller," pen-and-ink on paper, 125 x 140 mm. Woman riding on horse, with dog [no title], pencil on paper, 78 x 85 mm. "Mr Wright" and "Gray," pen-and-ink on paper, 40 x 85 mm. Unidentified French military officer(?), pen-and-ink on paper, 155 x 80 mm. "SYD" [man playing piano], pen-and-ink and wash on card, 110 x 150 mm. Unidentied old man, pen-and-ink on paper, 103 x 50 mm. Unidentified man, pen-and-ink on paper, 50 x 33 mm. Unidentified scene, pen-and-ink on paper, 125 x 180 mm. Landscape with castle, watercolor on paper, 75 x 108 mm. Landscape with church(?), watercolor on paper, 80 x 111 mm. Landscape with church, pencil on paper, 184 x 102 mm. Landscape, pencil on paper, 217 x 170 mm. "Fat German tourist on the boat with us," pen-and-ink on paper, 100 x 60 mm. Unidentified man, pencil on card, 158 x 67 mm.

Arrangement

Shelved alphabetically by author, or in some cases by title.

Collection History

Appraisal

No materials were separated during 2003 processing.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Sylvia Yu and Teresa Basler in 2002-2003. Finding aid written by Sylvia Yu and Teresa Basler in 2002-2003.

Finding aid updated periodically with new accessions by Kelly Bolding, Faith Charlton, and Chloe Pfendler, 2013-2017.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Scrapbook (watercolors and drawings not related to Anthony Trollope'sThe Way We Live Now); Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature, RTC01, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (hsvm): Box 1

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Bibliography

See the double issue of The Princeton University Library Chronicle devoted in its entirety to a survey of the Taylor Collection: Robert J. Wickenheiser, "The Robert H. Taylor Collection" (Vol. XXXVIII, no. 2 and 3; Winter-Spring, 1976-77), contains 13 articles by such scholars as G. E. Bentley, James Thorpe, Mary Hyde, Charles Ryskamp, E.D.H. Johnson ("Romantic, Victorian, and Edwardian: Part Two-Manuscripts, Letters, and Drawings," pp. 212-224), H. W. Liebert, Richard M. Ludwig, John V. Fleming, Earl Miner, and Thomas P. Roche. Also, the entire Winter, 1986 issue of the Princeton University Library Chronicle focuses on the Robert H. Taylor Collection. See also: Robert H. Taylor, "Contemporary Collectors III: The Robert H. Taylor Library" in the Book Collector Vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter, 1954); "Association Copies from the Collection of Robert H. Taylor" in the Gazette of the Grolier Club [New series], (June, 1969), no. 10; and A.D. Wainwright, "Robert H. Taylor" in the Gazette of the Grolier Club [New series], (1986), no. 38.

Names:
Beerbohm, Max, Sir (1872-1956)
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron (1788-1824)
Pope, Alexander. (1688-1744)
Shaw, Bernard (1856-1950)
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)
Strachey, Lytton (1880-1932)
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)
Trollope, Anthony
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)
Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941)