Personalised diary belonging to Dora Turnor.The diary was a 'gift from 'Etty [Hyeris] X-mas 1888' and is emblazoned with 'Dora' on the front cover.
The diary contains just one entry from 1 January 1888.
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Personalised diary belonging to Dora Turnor.The diary was a 'gift from 'Etty [Hyeris] X-mas 1888' and is emblazoned with 'Dora' on the front cover.
The diary contains just one entry from 1 January 1888.
Diary written by Benjamin Bloomfield Trench which documents his wife's death. Within the diary Benjamin records her last words, visits from her family, breaking the news to his daughters and her funeral.
One exchange Benjamin recorded shows that Dora Trench knew her death was imminent 'When I came upstairs after dinner she said. "Come & sit near me, we shall not have more evenings together' I asked if she felt worse or had been in pain. She said "No I feel my end is near".'
Three "Celebrated Pictures by British Artists" cigarette cards issued by Wills's Cigarettes, Imperial Tobacco Company Limited.
Illustrated children's book, printed for MJ Godwin at the Juvenile Library, 41 Skinner Street, Snow Hill, London.
A photograph of a political cartoon with a quote from the speech of Austen Henry Layard at Mister Spurgeon's Lecture.
Sem títuloPhotograph of a man of short stature, in a double button overcoat, holding his gloves. His tophat sits on the table next to him, and the neck of his shirt has been colored blue. Printed by MacAndrew Photographer, at 44 Regent Circus, Picadilly, London.
Sem títuloPhotograph of a seated man with his hair sticking out to his left side. Printed by W Lane Photographer at Talbot House, 32 Queen's Road, Brighton, England.
Sem títuloPhotographic portrait of John Cashel Hoey. Printed by John & Charles Watkins, Photographers to the Queen, The Prince of Wales, and the Ex Royal Family of France, 34 Parliament Street, London SW, England.
Sem títuloPhotograph of Dr [Moulinies?]. Number 2848, printed by William Henry Wheeler Photographer, 106 High Street, Oxford, England.
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