RELICS, PORTRAITS, MANUSCRIPTS, exhibited in MUNIMENT ROOM.
Reading edition
Family Portraits and Records.
CASE 1.
1. Portrait of Robert Evans.
Lent by Canon Evans, Bedworth.
Father of G. E., and prototype of Adam Bede.
2. Diaries of Robert Evans (“Adam Bede”).
Lent by Mr. Walter P. Evans, Leamington.
CASE 2.
3. Portrait of Isaac P. Evans.
Lent by Canon Evans, Bedworth.
G. E’s brother; original of “Tom Tulliver.”
3a. Another portrait of Isaac P. Evans.
Lent by Mr. W. P. Evans, Leamington.
CASE 3.
4. Portrait of George Eliot, with portrait of her father, Robert Evans.
Lent by National Portrait Gallery.
Drawn in 1842 by Mrs. Charles Bray.
CASE. 4.
5. Portrait of George Eliot, 1850, fr. painting by M. D’Albert.
Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper, Kenilworth.
6. George Eliot’s portrait (after Sir F. Burton).
Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper, Kenilworth.
G. E.’s. gift to Mrs. Bray
6a. Pencil drawing from shadow thrown by cast of G. Eliot, by Miss Sara S. Hennell. Presented by Mr. Warwick Draper.