Mary Ann's Coventry home

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Date:1875 - 1885 (c.)

Description:Illustration of Bird Grove, Foleshill, Coventry taken from 'Impressions of Theophrastus Such'. From 1841 to 1849, this was the home of Mary Ann and her father.

The drawing dates to around 1843, but the book was not published until around 1880. This edition is 1901 [MCMI].

It is now an Evangelical Church.

Full title: Impressions of Theophrastus Such, Essays and leaves from a note-book, by George Eliot. Library Edition. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, MCMI.


Note: George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.

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Donor ref:Nun. Lib. LC 870 / 44 (49/11387)

Source: Nuneaton Library, Libraries, Heritage & Trading Standards, Warwickshire County Council

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