Elizabeth Wolcott, 1853 - 1859
Scope and Contents
A mid-19th-century “gift book” belonging to a young American woman named Elizabeth Wolcott, who appears to have lived in Philadelphia. A decorative title page reads “Album of Shakspeare’s Heroines” published by Willis P. Hazard in Philadelphia, 1853, and there are full-color plates of various figures throughout, some with protective tissue paper. The remainder of the album is blank, and Wolcott has filled about two-thirds of it with notes, drawings, and quotations inscribed by friends between 1853 and 1859. Several loose documents are also present. A note in ink on the second front flyleaf indicates that the book was a New Year gift from Wolcott’s aunt in 1853. The book is bound in black leather with a colorful floral design in red, blue, green, and gold as well as mother-of-pearl detailing. The front cover is detached.
Dates
- 1853 - 1859
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
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From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu