| Girton/GCPP Parkes 1A contains: |
|---|
| 1/1 |
My Childhood |
| 1/2 |
I was born in Temple Street, Birmingham |
| 1/3 |
In Later Life |
| 1/4 |
Diary for 1849 Aug - Dec |
| 1/4a |
Diary of a visit to Antwerp in 1859 |
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Personal Papers of Bessie Rayner Parkes
| Title |
Diary of a visit to Antwerp in 1859 |
| Reference |
GCPP Parkes 1/4a |
| Creator |
Parkes, Bessie Rayner; Unknown |
| Covering Dates |
1859 (The transcription was made in May 2000.) |
| Extent and Medium |
1 file; Paper |
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| Content and context |
Transcription of Bessie Parkes' diary of a visit to Antwerp. The diary is written as a letter to Theodosia [Manton], 26 August 1859. The original diary is written in an album containing eighteen photogenic drawing negatives and prints made by Parkes in 1848. The diary takes up forty-one pages of the album. |
| Further information |
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Catalogue of the exhibition at which the album was displayed is at GCRF 3/66.
The original album (containing the diary pages) is held by the Hans Kraus Gallery, New York.
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| No further on-line information. |
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