Collection

Mid-/late 1700s painted folding hand fan, possibly French, with watercolour images on either side, and struts with metallic filigree and mother of pearl inlay. Image on the obverse portrays a series of couples standing in classically-inspired architecture. Image on the reverse portrays a couple on a swing in a rural setting. Formerly owned by Mary …

Copy of Richard Beamish’s Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1866), with a number of manuscript annotations on the flyleaves documenting the Brunel family’s genealogy.  The volume also contains a manuscript dedication from John Kennedy (later Rev. John Kennedy, headmaster of Aldenham School, Herts., 1877-99) to Philip Edward Lee, dated 1865 on …

A short letter written by M.I. Brunel, dated 16 January 1839

A cheque from Isambard Kingdom Brunel dated December 8th 1835