| Description | Commonplace book of Mary Coates. Contains poetry and prose in various hands, often on a religious or instructional theme, including entries from friends and family. The opening entry is addressed to Mary and dated 1822.
Pencil drawings and engravings of churches and castles, a picture of a Black person kneeling with clasped hands titled "The Slave", portraits of unidentified people, coloured images of men in traditional dress ('Hungary', 'Switzerland'), partially-completed watercolours and drawings of flowers.
Annotations by William St Clair on the front free endpaper noting items of interest, including works by Byron.
Text block watermarked 1820, endpaper watermarked 1829 (indicates re-bound after this date). |