Manuscript
1880s (made)
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Handwritten list of names on a piece of blue ruled paper with faint red lines and torn at the bottom.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Handwriting in pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Manuscript list of subscribers to the Albert Memorial by Francis Skidmore. |
| Physical description | Handwritten list of names on a piece of blue ruled paper with faint red lines and torn at the bottom. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Names subscribed to the Memorial presented / to the First Lord of the Treasury / comprised ( personal recommendations of / His Grace / The / Archbishop of Canterbury / His Grace the Duke of Westminster / The Lord Leigh Stoneleigh Abbey / The Lord Norton / Harris Hall Staff d / Sir Henry Wyndham Acland Oxford / [illegible inscription due to the paper being torn off at this point]. |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries |
| Object history | The provenance is the grand-daughter of Francis Skidmore. |
| Production | This list came together with a letter of petition addressed to Her Majesty the Queen, Victoria, asking for a pension for making the ironwork of the Albert Memorial. By the 1880s, Francis Skidmore's eyesight was failing and he was disabled after being knocked down by a carriage. Skidmore moved back to Coventry and spent his last years in some poverty in Eagle Street. See bibliographic reference. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Jones, Huw and Wickham, Annette. Francis Skidmore. A Coventry Craftsman. Coventry Arts and Heritage, 2003, 17-18 pp. |
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| Accession number | E.397-2006 |
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| Record created | October 12, 2007 |
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