This scrapbook was compiled by Miss Angenaard, who was governess to the children of Hallam Tennyson, the son of Lord Alfred Tennyson. Miss Angenaard lived with the family in Freshwater during the 1860s when she was in her twenties. She was aquainted with many well-known figures of the day including Lord Tennyson, Julia Margaret Cameron, the artist G.F. Watts, William Gladstone and John Ruskin. Miss Angenaard was also an artist and a number of her own drawings and paintings appear in the book.

There are nine photographic portraits by Julia Margaret Cameron including portraits of 'Senor' Watts, five portraits of young women and three group portraits of children; a pencil sketch possibly by G.F. Watts; and several autographs including Tennyson and Ruskin.