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040-001959830

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032-001959718

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XCII. Autograph Book; 1909-1961, n.d. Ink, pencil and watercolour. Contains twenty-six entries, many illustrated. Last dated entry 1961 (f. 18). The book was given to Millar on his twenty-first birthday,

24 Oct. 1908, by Mrs Marie Hensley, sister of Sir Sidney Low (f. 1).

Paper; ff. 19. 162 x 106mm. Binding of dark-blue morocco by De Sauty, gilt-tooled, gilt fore-edge. Marbled end-papers.

Eric George Millar, DLitt.; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph album of Eric George Millar: 1909-1961.

includes:

f. 1 Thomas? Stokes: Autograph of Thomas? Stokes: 1909.
f. 2 George Adolphus Storey, artist: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Sketch and autograph by George Adolphus Storey: 1911: Pencil.
f. 3 Thomas Anstey Guthrie, alias 'F Anstey'; author: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Sketch and autograph by Thomas Anstey Guthrie: circa 1910: Pen and ink.
f. 4 Sir Bernard Partridge, artist: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Sketch and autograph by Sir Bernard Partridge: 1938: Pen and ink.
f. 5 Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Louis Busson Du Maurier, Royal Fusiliers: Gerald Hubert Edward Busson Du Maurier, actor-manager; Knight 1922: Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet; author: Autograph: 1910-1915.
f. 6 Everard Hopkins, artist: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph and sketch by Everard Hopkins: 1911: Pen and ink.
f. 7 Christopher Vernon Hassall, author: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph and sketch by Christopher Vernon Hassall: 1950: Pen and ink.
f. 7 Joan Hassall, painter: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph and sketch by Joan Hassall: 1950: Pen, ink and water-colour.
f. 8 Robert Anning Bell, artist: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph and sketch by Robert Anning Bell: 1921.
f. 9 Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Director, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: Autograph: 1939.
f. 9 Charles Harry St John Hornby, printer and collector: Autograph: 1937.
f. 9 Montague Rhodes James, OM; Provost of Eton College: Autograph: 1922.
f. 10 Robert Laurence Binyon, CH; poet: Autograph: circa 1925.
f. 11 John William Mackail, President, British Academy: Angela Margaret Thirkell, née Mackail; novelist and journalist: Margaret Mackail, née Burne-Jones; wife of J W Mackail: Autograph: 1938.
f. 12 Henry Justice Ford, illustrator: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph and sketch by Henry Justice Ford: circa 1930: Pen and ink.
f. 13 Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Autograph: 1950.
f. 14 Dorothy Hawksley, artist: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph and sketch: 1950: Water-colour.
f. 15 Phoebe Stabler, sculptor: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph and sketch by Phoebe Stabler: 1951: Pencil.
f. 16 Dorothy Colles: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph and sketch by Dorothy Colles: 1960: Crayon.
f, 17 William Augustus Sillince, artist: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Autograph and sketch by William Augustus Sillince: 1950: Pencil.
f. 18 Calligraphy: Heather Child, calligrapher: Blake, 'Auguries of Innocence' written by Heather Child: 1961.
f. 19v Esther Palliser, singer: Autograph: 1909.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-001959718
036-001959826
040-001959830

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Add MS 54229-54323* : MILLAR BEQUEST
Add MS 54314-54318 : E. AUTOGRAPHS.

Add MS 54318 : MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XCII. Autograph Book; 1909-1961, n.d. Ink, pencil and watercolour. Contains twenty-six entries, many…

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032-001959718[0005]/036-001959826[0004]/040-001959830

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File

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1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1909

End Date:

1961

Date Range:

1909-1961

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Custodial History:

Marie Hensley, sister of Sir S Low: Presented to E. G. Millar, 1909.

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Archives and Manuscripts

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Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Barrie, James Matthew, Baronet, author, 1860-1937
Bell, Robert Anning, artist
Binyon, Robert Laurence, poet and art historian, 1869-1943
Child, Heather, calligrapher
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Knight, museum director and book collector, 1867-1962
Colles, Dorothy
Ford, Henry Justice, illustrator
Guthrie, Thomas Anstey, pseudonym F Anstey, author, 1856-1934
Hassall, Christopher Vernon, author, 1912-1963,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109291105
Hassall, Joan, painter
Hawksley, Dorothy Webster, artist, 1884-1970
Hensley, Marie, sister of Sir S Low
Hopkins, Everard, artist
Hornby, Charles Harry St John, printer and collector
James, Montague Rhodes, OM, Provost of Eton College
Mackail, John William, President British Academy, 1859-1945
Mackail, Margaret, née Burne-Jones wife of J W Mackail
Maurier, Gerald Hubert Edward Busson, Knight, actor and theatre manager, 1873-1934
Maurier, Guy Louis Busson, army officer, 1865-1915
Meyerstein, Edward Harry William, author and scholar, 1889-1952
Millar, Eric George, DLitt, Keeper of Manuscripts British Museum, 1887-1966
Palliser, Esther, singer
Partridge, Bernard, Knight, artist, 1861-1945
Sillince, William Augustus, artist
Stabler, Phoebe, sculptor
Stokes, Thomas?
Storey, George Adolphus, artist
Thirkell, Angela Margaret, née Mackail, novelist and journalist, 1890-1961