An album, in the form of an artist's commonplace book: the widely diverse contents including extracts and cuttings from various newpapers and periodicals, many of the published ship portraits undoubtedly by Mitchell himself; sundry photographs, mostly of ships or paintings of ships; ink and/or pencil sketches and tracings of ships, mainly Royal Navy but also others; several watercolour views only some of which are finished, including the Cape of Good Hope and Valetta Harbour; detailed drawings of Martin's self-canting anchor and Lumley's patent rudder; an attractive pen and ink drawing of H.M.S. Aurora in the ice at Quebec in 1866-67; and many other items, a few of which are not of marine subects. Original half calf and marbled boards, spine repaired

This extremely interesting album is probably associated with those sold in Christie's Marine Sale, 17/18 May 1990, lots 42-46.