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George Eliot Centenary, November 1919 Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot
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CASE 1.
1. Portrait of Robert Evans.
Lent by Canon Evans, Bedworth.
Father of G. E., and prototype of Adam Bede.
2. Diaries of Robert Evans (“Adam Bede”).
Lent by Mr. Walter P. Evans, Leamington.
CASE 2.
3. Portrait of Isaac P. Evans.
Lent by Canon Evans, Bedworth.
G. E’s brother; original of “Tom Tulliver.”
3a. Another portrait of Isaac P. Evans.
Lent by Mr. W. P. Evans, Leamington.
CASE 3.
4. Portrait of George Eliot, with portrait of her father, Robert Evans.
Lent by National Portrait Gallery.
Drawn in 1842 by Mrs. Charles Bray.
CASE. 4.
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. Warwick Draper.
WALL BOOK CASE 1.
6b. Oil painting of Miss Everard, G. Eliot’s aunt.
Lent by Canon Evans.
Caricutured as Aunt Glegg (Mill on the Floss).
Holographs.
CASE 5.
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 from abroad; describing some part of the journey.
CASE 6.
12. Holograph letters.
Lent by Mr. Frederic Harrison, Bath.
Two of the letters are on Positivist affairs; three refer to the legal advice given to G. E. by Mr. Harrison in constructing the plot of Felix Holt (George Eliot’s Life, by Cross, v. 3: 258); the last letter was written during her mourning for G. H. Lewes.
CASE 7.
15. Favourite airs copied by G. Eliot.
Lent by Miss Evans, Leamington.
Holographic throughout.
16. Receipt given by G. E. in connection with her father’s will.
Lent by Mr. W. P. Evans, Leamington.
18. Statuette of Christ, after Thorwaldsen.
Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper.
At one time belonged to G. E., and is associated with her translation of Strauss, Life of Jesus.
19. Ring worn by George Eliot in memory of her mother.
Lent by Miss Evans, Leamington.
Inscribed inside, “In memory of Christiana Evans.”
20. Portrait of Mr. Edward Simms, G. Eliot’s music master.
Lent by Coventry Libraries.
25. Defoe’s “History Of the Devil.”
Lent by Canon Evans, Bedworth.
G. E’s. own copy; it is referred to in Mill on the Floss, ch. 3.
25a. A Kempis, De Imitatione Christi.
Presented by Mr. Warwick Draper.
G. Eliot’s own copy, acquired at Coventry, 1849, given to Miss Sara S. Hennell, 1851, and at Mrs. Bray’s death came into the possession of Mr. Warwick Draper. See Mill on the Floss, bk. 4, ch. 3.
CASE 8.
26. Bacon’s “Essays,” 1828.
Lent by Coventry Libraries.
Autograph on flyleaf “Mary Ann Evans.”
27. Newspaper cuttings collected by George Eliot.
Lent by Coventry Libraries
With her own contributions to the “Coventry Herald” at the end. The book bears the signature, in pencil, of J....