Ankle Boots
These size five ankle boots, produced from kid leather, belonged to local author George Eliot.
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Barley Jug - side
This jug is made from Staffordshire pottery and is thought to have belonged to Mr. Robert Evans, the father of local author George Eliot.
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Bell
This bell was used to summon servants and belonged to local author George Eliot. It came from the bedroom [?] of Bird Grove House in Coventry where she lived with her father. The bell was found during ...
Blotter - open
This is a blotter that was owned by the author George Eliot. It is signed by Eliot and her husband John Cross. The names and addresses of her piano maker, solicitor and T.A. Trollope also appear.
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Bust of George Eliot - side
This bust in Parian ware depicts George Eliot, and is inscribed E-L-I-O-T at its base. It was sculpted by H.L.A Willis, who worked in Stoke-on-Trent in the early twentieth century.
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Carved wooden panel
This panel would have been used as a support for when writing on one's knee, and belonged to George Eliot. The author's friend Elma Stuart, who gave it to George Eliot in 1878, may have carved it.
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Charles Hennell from a sketch by Mrs Bray.
Charles Hennell from a watercolour sketch by Mrs Bray.
Charles was the younger brother of Sara Hennell. He was, at the time Mary Ann knew him, a London merchant. He had studied deeply and was a Unitarian.
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Childs Chair
This is a child's chair that is thought to have come from one of the schools the author George Eliot attended - The Elms in Vicarage Street. Nuneaton.
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Desk and stool
This writing desk was the personal property of the author George Eliot.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.
Engraved portrait of Charles Bray
Engraved portrait of Charles Bray, aged 72, by H. Adlard from a photograph.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.
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Engraved portrait of George Eliot
Frontispiece with engraved portrait of George Eliot by Edmund J. Sullivan [19]01. (Swan Electric Engraving Co.).
An original engraving of this portrait is held by the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Foot Stool
This footstool was the property of author George Eliot. The tapestry's red leaf design is thought to have been sewn by George Eliot herself.
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George Eliot, Adam Bede decorative binding.
Illustrated edition by Gordon Browne. Publisher unknown. Printed by W and R Chambers Ltd London and Edinburgh.
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George Eliot, Agatha, 1st Edition - title page
This poem was written after a visit to a peasant's cottage in Germany with Lewes.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.
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George Eliot, Brother and Sister, 1st Edition - title page
These poems draw on her relationship with her brother Isaac and their childhood growing up in Nuneaton.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton ...
George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such... , frontispiece with portrait
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.
An original engraving of this portrait is held by the National Portrait Gallery, ...
George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such..., - portrait
George Eliots' portrait and title page of 'Impressions of Theophrastus Such'.
The watercolour drawing by Caroline Bray, (1814-1905) dates to around 1842. The original is in the collections of the National ...
George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such..., 1st Edition - title page
George Eliot finished the manuscript in 1878 but it wasn't published until 1879, as she wanted to leave a respectful time between Lewes' death and it's publication. This was her last work before she died.
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