‘An album of confessions to record opinions, thoughts, feelings, ideas, peculiarities, impressions, and characteristics of friends.’ Contains completed one-word answers to various questions by the owner, Nell C. McElliott, and her friends (19th century).
A diary with personal meditations, reflections on art, and general writings in Dutch, English, and French (1870s–1900s) Contents include: poetry; ‘Werken, Denken, Leeren’; ‘Souvenir’; a drawing of a castle; pasted flowers; a watercolour of a harbour; drawings of Lords and Ladies; a folded letter in French to ‘Kitty’; pencil ship drawings; a newspaper fragment on ‘Au Venezuela: La Question des Cables’; a drawing of a woman and a toddler; a diary entry (1906); an anonymous love confession; 'Smiles’; ‘Far-away thoughts from home” (1906).
An art album containing drawings of 'Sunset on the Devonshire Coast’ by GMC, ‘at Newcastle’ (1904), ‘Monaco, Le Port,’ and ‘Kittens’ by M. Morris (1904).
A book containing realistic pictures of objects with a catalogue of artists and statements from the press (unknown date, presumably late 19th or early 20th century).
An ‘album’ scrapbook containing various drawings and pieces of handmade art (dated 1850). Contents include: a handwritten preface (Nov. 1850); a floral drawing; a reflective letter (1892[?]); a pencil drawing of a castle; a pencil drawing of Peel Castle, Isle of Man; a pencil drawing of Conway Suspension Bridge; a watercolour of flowers (1852); a sketch of sea shells; stanzas of poetry (1852); a sketch of Snowdon from the Nantlle Lakes by J.J. Watson; a sketch of an old town; stanzas entitled ‘Jo Janet’; a letter (1852); a painting of a flower basket; a sketch of ‘Lines Written’ by Lord Byron (1851); more meditative letters (1850s); a painting of a cat, attributed to Elizabeth Atkinson; a sketch of ‘the Essex Village’; a poem ‘The Withered Rose’; a watercolour of flowers; a painting of an Asian woman.
