| Girton/GCPP Gamble contains: |
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| 1 |
Jane Catherine Gamble's writings |
| 2 |
Jane Catherine Gamble's business papers |
| 3 |
Letters, mementoes and artefacts preserved by JCG |
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Personal Papers of Jane Catherine Gamble
| Title |
Letters, mementoes and artefacts preserved by JCG |
| Reference |
GCPP Gamble 3 |
| Creator |
Gamble, Jane Catherine |
| Covering Dates |
1783–1874 |
| Extent and Medium |
2 boxes; Paper |
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| Content and context |
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This series consists of miscellaneous letters and relics which were preserved by JCG in a wooden box made from a mulberry tree planted by Shakespeare (the authentication is included among the box contents).
Letters include those from artists:
Charles Barry (1795-1860), Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860), Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781-1842), Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859), Robert C Leslie, Gilbert Stuart Newton (1794-1835), Benjamin West (1738-1820), David Wilkie (1785-1841).
And from authors, scientists etc.:
Charles Babbage (1791-1871), Joanna Baillie (1762-1881), Philip Francis (1740-1818), John Galt (1779-1839), George Grote (1794-1871), John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), Washington Irving (1783-1859), Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) and Walter Scott (1771-1832).
As well as miscellaneous writers:
J Abbott, Charles Bell, F Booth, W Bosell, H C Carrick More, G Essex, June Porter, A Thorold Bishop of Rochester, and a bundle from Achille Murat.
The relics include two small autograph albums, pressed flowers and leaves, medals and coins and other intriguing items.
Letters and relics were arranged in the box in three layers, each layer containing bundles or parcels, or in some cases, small boxes of relics. This arrangement has been preserved although the material has been removed from the box to be placed in folders or more suitable containers.
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| Further information |
A record in the form of a plan of locations of material within the box was made by Dr Susan Bain in 2003 and is available as a photocopy. Dr Bain also made a separate list with transcriptions, of letters from artists and letters from authors, scientists etc. This is available as a Word document. |
| Girton/GCPP Gamble 3 contains: |
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1
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Letters from Grote, Barry and Babbage.
Creator: Various.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1842–1860 |
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2
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Letters from Herschel, Irving, Scott and Rogers.
Creator: Various.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1828–1848 |
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3
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Notes from Carrick Moore, Essex and Abbott and Letters from Baillie, Bishop of Rochester, Porter, Booth, Bell and Bosell.
Creator: Various.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1818–1874 |
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4
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Letters from Chantrey, Cunningham and Chalon.
Creator: Various.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1837–1843 |
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5
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Thomas Lawrence to Mr and Mrs Dunlop. Three letters to Nora G Dunlop and six to James Dunlop. Most of the letters have no envelope but all but three are dated. The letters mainly concern sittings for their portrait but there is also mention of the portrait he is painting of the King [George IV].
Creator: Lawrence, Thomas.
1 bundle (13 items); Paper. |
1822–1828 |
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6
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Leslie letters.
Creator: Leslie, Charles Robert; Leslie Robert C.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1832–1848 |
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7
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Letters.
Creator: Murat, Achille.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1831–1841 |
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8
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Letters from Newton, Wilkie, Landseer and West.
Creator: Various.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1817–1837 |
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9
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Bundle of oddments. Various visiting cards, tickets etc. as described:. 1. Visiting card of Robert Trewick Bone (with pen and ink drawing on reverse). 2. Paper with signature of Cte.de Survilliers [Joseph Bonaparte]. 3. 2 cards with autograph of 'Psse.Charlotte Napoleon'. Dated on reverse 'Wednesday 3 July 1833' by JCG. 4. Ticket to admit bearer to a private recital at Casa G--- [Sigr.A.Gherardini]. Dated on reverse 27 April 1833. 5. Admission card (with envelope) to visit Chiswick House for 'Mr.Dunlop's party' (signed) 'Devonshire'. 6. Receipt and valuation (in Italian) for two antique vases. Rome, 12 November 1852. 7. Letter (with envelope) from Adele, duchesse Colonna (in French) to JCG. Rome, 8 March 1858. [request for JCG to purchase charity lottery tickets for orphans. Princess Bonaparte Gabrielli is president of the charity]. 8. Folded paper as envelope (no contents) addressed to:. 'The Lady Edward Bentinck, Paragon, Ramsgate.' Dated London, 18 December 1828. (red seal - rose and crown - paper cut so as not to damage seal). [? from the Duke of Wellington]. 9. Two printed lace-edged devotional cards.
Creator: Various.
1 bundle (of 9 items); Paper. |
1828–1858 |
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10
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Letters from foreign artists.
Creator: Various.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1817–1833 |
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11
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Miscellaneous mementoes.
Creator: Various.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1816–1851 |
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12
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Oak leaves. Two parcels of oak leaves and wood, from Torquato Tasso's oak, Rome 19 Nov 1852 with a printed memoir of Tasso, from Monasterio di S. Onofrio.
Creator: Gamble, Jane Catherine.
2 parcels; Paper. |
19 November 1852 |
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13
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Autograph books. Two autograph albums, cruciform, with gold tooled cover. One belonging to JCG, the other to Mrs Dunlop. The clasps on Mrs Dunlop's are intact, on JCG's they are missing. JCG's book is dated 1831; Mrs Dunlop's is undated. Many of the autographs are from letter-writers that appear in the Gamble Papers. There are the signatures of J J Chalon, Alfred Edward Chalon and C R Leslie - each accompanied by a tiny watercolour by the artist. Dates of the autographs range from 1831 to 1842.
Creator: Unknown.
2 items; Paper. |
1831–1842 |
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14
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Snake nuts. Parcel with 2 nuts, double wrapped with paper, the inside wrapping labelled [in JCG's hand] 'Ophiocaryon parodoxum - The Snake nut tree from Guiana'.
Creator: Unknown.
1 parcel; Paper. |
1830–1850 |
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15
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Shakespeare seals. Box containing the two red seals described in Thomas Rackett's note about JCG's mulberry wood box. The two seals are mounted on a piece of card. One, embossed 'WS', is described as 'Seal of William Shakespeare'; the other, embossed with a likeness of Shakespeare, is described as 'Head of Shakespeare worn by Garrick at his watch'.
Creator: Unknown.
1 item; Paper. |
1832 |
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16
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Medals and coins. Box containing nine medals/coins, including 1 Papal medal, 1 US Independence medal of 1783, and 7 medals commemorating the French rising of 1830. The underside of the box is labelled 'French medals and other coins'.
Creator: Unknown.
1 item (containing 9 objects); Paper. |
1783–1830 |
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17
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Relics from site of site of Battle of Waterloo [see Journal passim]. Parcels containing charcoal and cannon shot. The charcoal is double wrapped: the inner wrapping is a torn sheet of newspaper, the outer paper has a note in JCG's hand: 'Waterloo Hougoumot [sic] 29 August 1825'. The shot is wrapped in a single piece of paper with a note in JCG's hand 'Brought from La Belle Alliance, Monday 29 August 1825 Waterloo'.
Creator: Gamble, Jane Catherine.
2 parcels; Paper. |
29 August 1825 |
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18
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Pieces of Washington's coffin. Parcel containing several small pieces of wood, the outer wrapper labelled: 'Part of the Coffin of Washington lately removed at Mt.Vernon to me by Mrs.Lewis GSN'.
Creator: Newton, Gilbert Stuart.
1 parcel; Paper. |
1799–1835 |
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19
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'Medals and Orders of Napoleon'. Box containing 7 medals, 1 medallion, two coins and a pair of dividers.
Creator: Unknown.
1 item (containing 10 objects); Paper. |
1827–1832 |
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