Manuscript Autobiography, Diary and vintage photo album of the Chapman - Barwise Family. A cultured London woman's autobiography and diary including a first hand account of 'Fiesche's attempt to assassinate Louis Phillippe' which she observed while at school in Paris as a child. The manuscript has a mournful postscript by the man she left behind, her husband: 'Alas! that I George Chapman should have to finish the record of so dear a Life.' by Lucy Weston Barwise (1822-1876) wrote in a lockable, lined octavo notebook, crushed morocco, marbled endpapers and edges. Her autobiography was begun in January 1872 at one end of the book (16 pages); her diary appears at the other end of the book from October 22 1871-April 1874 with her husband's post

Barwise, Lucy Weston / [Lucy Chapman, George Chapman, Henry Chapman]

Published by [London], c. 1871 - 1872., 1872

Octavo. Diary I: 44 pages / Diary II: 24 pages / Photoalbum: 48 pages with 120 original cabinet photographs (including a photograph of a british Forest School). Hardcover / Original full leather. All three Volumes slightly rubbed but all in very good condition. The cabinet photographs all in excellent condition and from dozens of different victorian photographers in Bath (Friese Greene), Bonn (Emil Koch), Astley (Photograpic Landscape Artist in Astley, Essex), and many others. The one diary is really a cash ledger of George Chapman where he kept track for the Chapman family with listings of expenses for Hampstead House, Henry Chapman, Edward Chapman, Oswald D. Chapman, Mrs. Barrett Chapman, Edith Louisa Chapman. Lucy Weston, born November 29, 1822, eldest child of Weston Barwise and Frances, his wife of 29 St.Martins Lane / George Chapman, the son of Thomas and Sophie Chapman of Richmond in the County of Surrey / Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 100284AB

Bibliographic Details

Title: Manuscript Autobiography, Diary and vintage ...
Publisher: [London], c. 1871 - 1872.
Publication Date: 1872
Binding: Hardcover