Ann Jordan album; or selections from many authors; interspersed with drawings and poetry, 1828-approximately 1885
Creator
Jordan, Ann, creator
Contributor
Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797-1839 Browne, Mary Ann, 1812-1844 Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860 Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774 Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819 Radcliffe, Ann, 1764-1823 Sims, George R., 1847-1922
An illustrated commonplace album with transcribed verses, watercolors, and drawings; the album was a gift to Ann Jordan from her brother W. P. Jordan in 1828. The album contains 27 watercolor illustrations including flowers and butterflies (the latter usually cut and pasted to various leaves), and nine pencil sketches. Also included are poems by Thomas H. Bayly, Mary Ann Browne, Lady Byron, Lord Byron, Benjamin Franklin, Oliver Goldsmith, Peter Pindar (whose real name was John Wolcot), Ann Radcliffe, and George R. Sims. The album contains a number of blank pages and is bound in contemporary red half morocco; the corners and spine are worn and damaged. Materials are in English. Ann Jordan was a young woman living in the British Isles in 1828. mssHM 84113. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Purchased from Justin Croft Antiquarian Books, October 2022.
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