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Drawings compiled by a member of the Mordaunt family

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An album of illustrations by various artists, probably compiled by a member of the Mordaunt family. The album contains views of coastlines and ports including Port Eliot, home of Mordaunt friends the Eliots of Port Eliot, in the Parish of St. Germans, Cornwall, drawings of ruins, rural scenes with livestock, and a pencil portrait of a girl aged about 10.

  • Creator: Mordaunt family, collector.
  • Title: [Drawings compiled by a member of the Mordaunt family] [art original].
  • Production: [England], [between 1815 and 1829]

Catalog Record

724 815M

Acquired May 2024

Collection of ephemera from an album

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From left to right: silhouette of a man, drawing of a bouquet of flowers, watercolor of a young boy

A collection of original art removed from an album: silhouettes, pressed flowers, a valentine, and drawing. The silhouettes include one of a woman in an academic gown and cap mounted on Art-Union of London ticket for entrance to an event at Theatre Royal, Lyceum on 25 April 1854; two views of the same man(?) identified as “James Evans” (on verso: Professor Rees) one with highlighting in gold. The pressed flowers are a small sheet with leaves or petals of a pink hue. The valentine is small drawing of bright flowers with a motto “Toujours unies par l’amitié” with a gold border. Also included is an amateur watercolor of a “Peasant boy” in a smock, standing on a grassy mound.

  • Artist: Hughes, J., active 1872, artist.
  • Title: [Collection of ephemera from an album] [art original].
  • Production: [Wales], [30 March 1872]

Catalog Record

LWL Mss Vol. 269

Acquired May 2021