Shelfmark
Ib4.2.14 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ib4.2.15 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Ibb1.3.02 (Copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Ibb1.3.12 (Copy 4)
Title
The Eton portrait gallery, : short memoirs of the more eminent Eton men; / by a barrister of the Inner temple. [William Dowling]
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton College : London : Williams and Son ; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1876.
Physical description
xiv, 581 p. : ports. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Armorial bookplate of Gerald Walter Erskine Loder.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Gerald Walter Erskine Loder donation label reading; "The collection of Eton prints & books made by Gerald Loder Lord Wakehurst RAHM 1875-1881 was given by his son RPLB 1908-1914".
Provenance
[Copy 2] Ms. name inscription on front free endpaper.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Ms. inscription: "For Robert Croft Bourne, July 15th 1905 from his Grandmother A.E. Bourne"; loosely inserted letter from "Robbie" (R.M.A. Bourne, son of Robert) to Michael [Meredith] donating the item to ECL.
Provenance
[Copy 4] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims; "Manley Sims Eton Collection" ink stamp; ECL ink stamp.
Binding
[Copy 1] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Copy 2] 19th century publisher's blind and gold stamped blue cloth case-binding.
Binding
[Copy 3] 19th century publisher's blind and gold stamped blue cloth case-binding; pages unopened.
Binding
[Copy 4] 19th century red case half-binding with red boards; gilt title and spine decoration; marbled endpapers
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Ms. inscription in pencil on front free endpaper verso: "by William Dowling".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 4] Extra illustrated; with ms. contents list of additional illustrations.
Subject
Subject
Universities and colleges Alumni and alumnae Great Britain Biography.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Wakehurst, Gerard W. E. Loder,, 1861 - 1936 former owner.
Added entry--name
E. P. Williams and Son printer.
Added entry--name
Simpkin, Marshall and Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Identifier
B36430