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MS ST CLAIR - St Clair Commonplace Books
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
Item
Reference Number
MS ST CLAIR/45
Title
Commonplace Book, "Thoughts on Albums"
Date
19th century
Description
Commonplace book containing poetry in various hands; pencil drawings of people, landscapes and buildings; small watercolours; two paintings of buildings on acetate(?) tentatively identified by William St Clair as places in India and possibly later than the rest of the volume. Between the two, a dried pressed leaf painted with a picture of flowers and a butterfly. Includes a printed page titled "Thoughts on Albums" likely taken from a commonplace-book exemplar. Opens with an address to the reader on the first page dated 1831.
Extent
1 volume
AccessStatus
Closed
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