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- Creator
- Polhill, Anne Margaret, 1801-1882
- Call number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Polhill, A. M.)
- Physical description
- 1 volume (87 total leaves, many blank) + 3 loose inserts
- Preferred Citation
- Anne Margaret Polhill sketchbook, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
- Access to materials
- Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.
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.
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319