Travels, 1773 Jul 17-1797 Aug 24.
- Creator:
- Bowles, George, 1732-1817.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (110 leaves) ; 21 cm.
- Notes:
- George Bowles (1732-1817) of Wanstead Grove, Essex, and Burford House, Salop, was High Sheriff of Essex in 1785. He died unmarried and left Wanstead Grove to his niece, Anne Rushout, whose bookplate is pasted into the volume.
Purchased from Quaritch, June 2002.
In English.
Pasted in on flyleaf: envelope front addressed to "The Lady Rushout"; with Windsor postal stamp; 1-penny postage; and a drawing of a black figure playing tennis.
Bookplate of Honorable Anne Rushout.
Marbled endpapers.
Binding: full calf. Printed on spine: Travels. - Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a description of summer tours, in the author's phaeton, through England, Wales, and Scotland, both alone and accompanied by family members. Each journey begins and ends in Wanstead; along the way, the author records the quality of the roads; houses he visits; and the names of significant inhabitants. In Llangollen, he admires the library of Miss Ponsonby and Miss Butler; in Aberystwyth, he describes the sea and the bathing procedures of women there. In Edinburgh, he writes approvingly of a Presbyterian service he attends but complains of the dark taverns, "and the Stair Cases are nasty & very dark when perhaps your room is 3 or 4 stories high." He visits several factories in Birmingham, including Mr Bolton's, whose factory produces ormolu, silver plate, boxes, and buttons; and Mr Clay's, "who has a Patent for making paper pannels for Coaches tea boards &c." The volume also includes several charts listing mileages from Wanstead to the author's various destinations.
- Topics:
- Gentry--Conduct of life.
Travelers' writings, English. - Topics:
- Aberystwyth (Wales)
Birmingham (England)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
Edinburgh (Scotland)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
Great Britain--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century. - Topics:
- Bowles, George,--1732-1817.
Rushout, Anne--Bookplate. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Diaries.
Pen-and-wash drawings--British. - Format:
- Text
- Content Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss vol. 47
- Orbis Record:
- 5982310
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr37854(parent)
- oid pointer:
- 16838145
- Citation:
- George Bowles, Travels. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington, CT.
- OID:
- 16838144
- PID:
- digcoll:4791768