Clippings

Scope and Contents: Scrapbook features prints clipped from various sources; several business cards from shops in London, Florence, and Chiavenna; and a small group of drawings by Mary and Baldwyn. The collection of prints is peculiar in its range of subjects: among portraits, picturesque scenes, and fine-art reproductions, there are several newspaper engravings that suggest especially lurid stories. The most notable include the beheading of a prisoner—an undated journal illustration, likely for a report on the...

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The Address constitutes an advertisement for simultaneous exhibitions at 4 Orchard Street, Portman Square, the home of Antonio Cesare Poggi, and "at Mr Ford’s, No. 40, St Mary’s Axe" in London. Poggi was selling 300 fans painted by himself, "Angelica [Kauffman], Cipriani, Bartolozzi and other eminent artists, well known throughout Europe."

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Magazine clipping. Includes an image of Smith in his workshop and an image of his boat wood carvings and an assembled set of Fair Fun for All.

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Two clippings from the Family Herald Supplement, one of which may have been included as proof of date of the other; however, close inspection provides the potential year of 1896 for the As You Like It illustration, which differs from the date on the other clipping.

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Includes advertisements for opera at Covent Garden Theatre, announcements and exhibitions at various theatres, including Theatre Royal at Drury Lane, Haymarket Theatre, Strand Theatre, Crystal Palace Pantomime, Trafalgar Square Theatre, Empire Theatre, and Palace Theatre.

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The name of the newspaper is unidentified, but includes the word "Morning" in its title. The clipping includes illustrations by Charles Cattermole.

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Advertising wigs made and sold by John Bennet, "in the newest fashion and in a more durable manner."

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Portrait of the Chevalier D'Eon. Accompanied by article "Chevalier D'Eon's Sale" about the end of the sale of the Chevalier's books and manuscripts.

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The native plant species served as protection for Xhosa fighters and as an obstacle to British troops during the Kaffir War.