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Elizabeth Morgan, née Bonney. Her birth date remains uncertain, but she was born in London, and was still a minor on 24 April 1818 when she married Thomas Morgan (1786-1862), of Dixon, Morgan and Co., wine and spirits traders. A stained glass window in St. Olave's Church, Hart Street, bears an armorial decoration commemorating the union. Elizabeth was a close friend of the novelist Jane Porter; she signed her letters to Porter with the nickname "Belinda." The Morgans had at least five children: Thomas (1819-1892), who helped run the family business in London; Francis (1820-1876), who moved to Spain to handle the family business's connections there; Aaron Augustus (1822-1888), a clergyman and Shakespeare scholar; Emily Eustatia, married name Gruggen (1828-1909); and Adelaide Elizabeth, married name Beresford (1837-1902). Elizabeth Morgan died at the age of 65, and was buried in All Souls, Kensal Green on 9 July 1866. Her grandson, Fr. Francis Xavier Morgan (1857-1935) was the legal guardian of the fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien. Five of the nine items appear to have been torn out of the same quarto-sized sketchbook: an original ink drawing of a cavalier soldier, by Robert Ker Porter, signed by him and inscribed to Mrs. Morgan, 25 May 1841; an original watercolor of a women's charitable home inhabitant soliciting donations, signed "E. M."; a pencil drawing of "Bradley Rectory," signed "F. J. G., 1851"; a page of manuscript music, "Le dernier Soupir," signed "M. T."; and a pencil and watercolor copy of R. Westall's portrait of Lady Charlotte Harley, "Lord Byron's Ianthe." The other items include: a small unbound notebook (50 total pages, some blank) in Elizabeth Morgan's hand, circa 1849-1850, which includes biographical notes on Jane Porter, a note on Robert Ker Porter's "Battle of Agincourt" painting, notes from readings, tables of expenses, etc.; a printed invitation accomplished in manuscript, to Mr. Mrs. Morgan, for an event at Boyle Farm on 30 June 1829, from Lord Chesterfield, Lord Alvanley, Lord Castlereagh, Mr. de Roos, and Mr. Grosvenor; a watercolor of the Rialto Bridge in Venice; and a small pencil drawing, "The House in which Lord Byron died at Missolonghi," signed "E. H., 1834.". less

Anne Margaret Graham was born in 1801, the youngest daughter of Elizabeth Susanna Davenport Graham, the children's book writer, and her husband, Thomas Graham a lawyer, of Edmond Castle in the village of Hayton, Carlisle, Cumbria in England. In 1823 she married Edward Polhill (1789-1859), with whom she had at least five children. For some years the Polhills lived in France. Anne Margaret Polhill died in Brighton on November 6, 1882. Fourty-four total drawings in a red morocco-backed sketchbook with red paper boards (watermark = "HORNE / 1818"). Most drawings in ink over pencil, eight in ink wash, two in watercolor. Scenes feature mostly Parisian characters and settings, many with humorous captions. less

Commonplace book containing over 90 poems, epigrams, and riddles, many of which are illustrated with original watercolor vignetttes and decorative borders. A calligraphic title page ("La Bagatelle") is followed by a half title which reads: "Extracts. / / 1812." The opening poem, written by the compiler and signed "E. M.," explains that the pieces in the volume were "cull'd to entertain tho none are mine." Most pieces copied in the same neat hand and apparently taken from contemporary British printed sources; identifiable authors include Shakespeare, Lady Morgan, William Cowper, Samuel Rogers, Robert Burns, George Crabbe and Lord Byron. Bound in quarter red morocco with gilt spine bands, marbled boards. Inserted is a landscape pencil sketch with a stone bridge and a tree. less

Sketchbook and commonplace book of Eliza A. J., an otherwise unidentified, probably British woman who made entries circa 1825-1827. Contains 14 ink or ink-and-wash drawings, 8 watercolors, and 3 pages of manuscript transcriptions. Most drawings and paintings are signed "Eliza" and one is also signed "E A J." All entries are undated except for one, dated 1827 and the paper is watermarked 1825. Two drawings give credit to sources (Adriaen van Ostade, Thomas Orde); others are probably after other artists, though some may be original. less