E. F. Hawkshaw Blake novella : manuscript.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Hawkshaw Blake, E. F. (Edith Fanny), 1846-1911, author.

Contributor:

Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Social life and customs--Fiction.

England.

Aristocracy (Social class)--Fiction.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Genre:

Novellas.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Alastor Rare Books (Lymington, England), 2024.

Physical Description:

1 volume (21 pages) : paper ; 21 x 13 cm

Production:

London?, not before 1890.

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 26 Folder 5

Biography/History:

Edith Fanny Hawkshaw Blake was born on June 27, 1846, in Oxfordshire, England, the daughter of Reverend Edward Burdett and Catherine Mary Jane Hawkshaw. Edith married engineer and director of the Bank of England Henry Wollaston Blake (1815-1899) on March 6, 1890, in Weston-under-Penyard. She died on November 5, 1916, in Worcestershire. (from Edith F. Hawkshaw Notes, Ms2021-018, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.)

Summary:

Autographed manuscript novella by Edith Fanny Hawkshaw Blake about an aristocrat, the last Earl of Bisleigh, and his servants in Compton Hall. Includes contemporary views of house decoration.

Notes:

Disbound, last leaf detached.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.

Cited as:

E. F. Hawkshaw Blake novella (Misc Mss Box 26 Folder 5). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1512368803