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Add MS 89274
- Record Id:
- 032-003381963
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003381963
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049477905.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89274
- Title:
- Commonplace book of Anna Maria Loftus, 2nd Marchioness of Ely
- Scope & Content:
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Commonplace book containing poetry, epigrams, songs, epitaphs and riddles, with some pen and ink sketches. It includes several pieces on the deaths of George III, Queen Charlotte and Princess Charlotte, and the coronation of George IV.
The entries are mainly English, with some in French, and dated 1819 – 1823.
Inscription by owner on front flyleaf: ‘Given me by Prince William of Prussia, Hombourg September 26th 1819’; annotated in another hand: ‘i.e. Anna Maria 2nd Marchioness of Ely’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003381963
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003381963
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1819
- End Date:
- 1823
- Date Range:
- c 1819-c 1823
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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In a contemporary blue velvet album binding with centre, cornerpiece and spine ornamental metalwork, inset with four blue stones front and back, and a clasp.
Oblong octavo (18.5 x 11.5 cm).
Paper watermarked ‘J. Whatman 1814’.
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 11024
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from Samuel Gedge, 1 Stable Yard, Gunton Park, Norwich NR11 7HJ, 23 June 2017
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Loftus, Anna Maria, wife of John, 2nd Marquess of Ely