Over the Hog's Back - West, Being Wayside Sketches during a short Driving Tour with L.E.M. & I.O.M
ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL
Original Manuscript & Water-Colour Travel Journal Over the Hog's Back - West, Being Wayside Sketches during a short Driving Tour with L.E.M. & I.O.M
1905.
Original manuscript comprising of 96 captioned watercolours on art paper, with prelims: title page, dedication, log of the journey and a 'toast', composed on rectos only. All bound in two volumes in full burgundy straight grained morocco, with the initials I.O.M. and the volume number to each upper cover. Housed in a matching custom made box, with a hinged lid and fold down side held with a catch. in full burgundy morocco, with gilt titles to the spine and lined in blue velvet. A fine set, with some internal reinforcement to the leaves, but the bindings untouched. Minor wear to the corners of the box. A beautifully presented work.
An exceptionally accomplished illustrated account of a 'motor' tour by Henry Mitchell, his wife and sister. The journey was undertaken by horse drawn carriage with coachman ("chattering 'Arry"). The log shows they set out from the Ladies Club on Curzon Street on 24 August 1905 and made their way south west into Surrey, through Richmond and Guildford, across the Hog's Back ridge and into Hampshire, past Alton to Winchester.
On the way back they travelled up to Newbury and then tacked their way back along the Thames valley, stopping in Whitchurch, Goring and Streatley, Rotherfield Peppard, Henley, Hurley, Maidenhead, Bray and Windsor before returning to London along the line of the Thames.
In total the tour took eight days and covered 176 miles. At each stage the author has stopped to record monuments and landscapes with a series of stylish and charming watercolours.
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