Three Victorian albums, containing watercolours and drawings, one of the albums with an embossed cover, containing a variety of engraved plates and many pages with blind-stamped 'frames' and two hand coloured silk plates, one with a bird holding a card, titled 'keepsake' in its beak, whilst perched on a flower, another of a goldfinch, holding a message, both with some losses, the second containing many pencil studies and watercolours, including some 19th century Chinese gouaches on pith, some damage, and fairy watercolours and pen and ink studies, e.g 'The pilot that didn't weather the storm', a watercolour of 'Snowfield, Bearstead, Kent, July 1857, 'Seaford House, Sussex', with a third 19th century folio scrapbook, inscribed on the inside front cover 'Anne Pett, Oct' 10, 1870, Malvern', containing press cuttings, commentaries, engravings etc., one covering the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, all covers a/f (3)

Vendor's wife's forebear. Thence by descent.

Condition Report

All covers/bindings a/f. Interiors with damage and losses.

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