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Transcription of a song in French

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, partial watermark: A single leaf containing a transcription of a song in French by Stanislas Jean, chevalier de Boufflers, L’origine de l’amour.

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Transcription of the song Oh! I will make some Posies

1744-1816

Hand 13, watermark: IB 1794: A single leaf containing a transcription of the song Oh! I will make some posies signed at the head: Miss El: Searle.

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Untraced poem, Song for a blind boy in ye character of Cupid

1744-1816

Hand 12, watermark: L. Munn: Bifolium containing an untraced poem: Song for a blind boy in ye character of Cupid, followed by a translation of the verse into French.

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Transcription of Said a Smile to a Tear

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, partial watermark: A single leaf containing a transcription of the popular song Said a smile to a tear.

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Transcription of a translation of An elegiac dialogue

1744-1816

Hand 17, watermark: M: A bifolium containing a transcription of a literal translation of Henry Dimock’s Hebrew poem, An elegiac dialogue, sacred to the memory of Miss Moore, only daughter of the Arc...

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Poems written by Miss Olivia Young

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, watermark: LVG: A bifolium and a single leaf, held together with a pin, captioned: Poems written by Miss Olivia Young at Campden House 1779, containing several untraced poems:...

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Trompe-l’oeil album of M. C. Gourcia, Liverpool

1820-1823

A highly accomplished series of finished and partly completed tromp-l’oeil drawings in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour. Coloured drawings of flowers, shells and insects are strewn over facsimil...

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Album and copy letter book of Miss A. Young, Dundee

1830

The album and letter book of ‘Miss Young’, kept during her time placed with a local family under the auspices of a ‘worthy benefactress’ in Dundee in 1830, for her private education. The copie...

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