Lot Essay
A fine album of hand-painted child portraits, the exquisitely dressed young children shown in elegant studio and mock seaside or rural settings with elaborate props relating to their chosen characters. Probably compiled by the Follett family of Devon, whose three children, Henry Spencer, Harriet Laura and Marian Eleanor appear at the beginning. Other families represented include Barnes, Baker, Benson, Buckingham, Cotton, Howard, Drake, D'Urban (illus.), Ellis, Harding, Hardy, Head, Lewis, Northcote, Lloyd, Milford, Porter, Richards, Roper, Snow, Sim, Tozer and West.