VI.1919.03 — The Diary of Harriet Considine

Manuscript diary, 3 vols. of a probable 5; vols. II and III (the years 1849–1861) wanting, excised at the sewing by a contemporary hand. Ink on wove paper, half-calf. 185 × 120 mm.

Provenance: Harriet Considine (1811–1874); by descent to her niece; purchased by the Order, 1889 (receipt bound in); the 1919 Deposit.

Three half-calf manuscript volumes with marbled boards, cased, beside a plaque reading VI.1919.03 — The Diary of Harriet Considine. — The three surviving volumes, as last displayed. The case plaque's “Accessioned 1920” precedes the 1978 re-accessioning; its dating is not the Institute's.

An opened manuscript diary in a Victorian round hand, headed The Diary of Harriet Considine, the entry dated Oct. 12th 187–, describing the approach to the East Gate; a brass pen rests across the page. — Volume V, opened at the entry for 12 October 187–: the approach to the East Gate. Photographed before withdrawal; the pen is the conservator's scale, not Considine's.

Withdrawn from display.