Inscription: Inscribed in pencil; ' Konigstein fr. Moir 25th Feb. 1856'. A pencil sketch with white wash showing part of the castle ruins. Substantial foxing on the paper. Probably drawn by Amélina Petit de Billier from a painting by W Moir.
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil; ' Friedberg AP from W Moir 26th Feb. 1856'. Pencil sketch with white wash showing the castle tower with its surrounding buildings. Probably drawn by Amélina Petit de Billier from a painting by W Moir.
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil; ' Friedberg A.P. February 1856'. Pencil sketch with white wash showing an oblique view of the moat bridge and Friedberg Castle gateway. Probably drawn by Amélina Petit de Billier.
Inscription: Inscribed in ink; 'C.T 1833/ near Cadenabbia'. A pencil drawing by Constance Talbot of a view looking through a forest clearing towards a building partially hidden by tree tops, with a series of jagged mountains in the distance.
A watercolour study of the bird with accompanying text written by Talbot reading: 'The Great Northern Diver 8ft long 5ft across wings breeds on islands of fresh fish lochs. A much smaller variety the Red throated Diver also common in Faroe Isles'.
[Hand-coloured engraving of the botanical specimens: Diphyscium Foliosum and Buxbamia Aphylla.]
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Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Diphyscium foliosum/ Buxbamia aphylla/ Weddell. Sc.'. Hand-coloured engraving by Weddell of two North American botanical specimens.
Engraving depicting the profile portrait of André Damican in a medallion that is inscribed with 'André Damican Philidore, Né à Dreux le sept Septembre, mil sept cent vingt six'. Beneath the medallion there is a poem by M. Davesne: 'Aux Français étonnés, de sa Mâle Harmonie, Il montra dans son a...
Inscription: Written in ink on album page; 'C.A.F. inv. Cephalus & Procris' Engraving of Cephalus having shot an arrow into the chest of Procris who crouches behind a bush.
Inscription: Handwritten on the drawing and album page; 'Augsbourg'. A pencil drawing of the upper section of an hexagonal tower that rises above some tree tops.