Transcribed from the 1919 Coventry Libraries Committeecatalogue , . Manythanks to Nuneaton Library, UK, for allowing the use of theircopy to make this transcription.
Catalogue of . .
RELICS, MANUSCRIPTS,
PRINTS, PAINTINGS,
PHOTOGRAPHS & BOOKS
relatingto
GEORGE ELIOT,
exhibitedin
St. Mary’s Hall. Coventry.
coventrylibraries committee.
The Exhibition has special reference to George Eliot’sresidence in Coventry, and to the Coventry circle of which shewas the most distinguished member.
Visitors are requested not to touch the exhibits. Copying or sketching or photographing any exhibit isprohibited.
1. Portrait of Robert Evans.
Lent by Canon Evans,Bedworth.
Father of G. E., and prototype of AdamBede.
2. Diaries of Robert Evans (“AdamBede”).
Lent by Mr. Walter P. Evans,Leamington.
3. Portrait of Isaac P. Evans.
Lent by Canon Evans,Bedworth.
G. E’s brother; original of “TomTulliver.”
3a. Another portrait of Isaac P. Evans.
Lent by Mr. W. P. Evans,Leamington.
4. Portrait of George Eliot, with portrait of herfather, Robert Evans.
Lent by National PortraitGallery.
Drawn in 1842 by Mrs. Charles Bray.
5. Portrait of George Eliot, 1850, fr. painting by M.D’Albert.
Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper,Kenilworth.
6. George Eliot’s portrait (after Sir F.Burton).
Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper,Kenilworth.
G. E.’s. gift to Mrs. Bray
6a. Pencil drawing from shadow thrown by cast of G.Eliot, by Miss Sara S. Hennell. Presented by Mr. WarwickDraper.
6b. Oil painting of Miss Everard, G. Eliot’saunt.
Lent by Canon Evans.
Caricutured as Aunt Glegg (Mill on theFloss).
10. Holograph letters of George Eliot.
Lent by Mr. A. E.Fridlander.
See typewritten copies exhibited.
11. Holograph letter to Mrs. Bray.
Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper,Kenilworth.
Written Sept., 1876, after she returned fromabroad; describing some part of the journey.
12. Holograph letters.
Lent by Mr. FredericHarrison, Bath.
Two of the letters are on Positivist affairs;three refer to the legal advice given to G. E. by Mr. Harrison inconstructing the plot of Felix Holt (GeorgeEliot’s Life, by Cross, v. 3: 258); the last letter waswri