A sketch book containing Figures of the Ionian Islands: St Maura; Potama Corfu; Zanta 1827; Cephelonia; an Albania 1825 Cephelonia; Greek; our Mil. man of Corfu in 1822; Zant; Corfu; Byrons maid of Athens at Corfu; Mrs Tralanna Zante 1826; Cephelona a Greek Chief, the dress worn by Trelana; with a collection of studies of flora from the Island of Corfu
$500
Sibella Rice (early 19th Century)
A sketch book containing Figures of the Ionian Islands: St Maura; Potama Corfu; Zanta 1827; Cephelonia; an Albania 1825 Cephelonia; Greek; our Mil. man of Corfu in 1822; Zant; Corfu; Byrons maid of Athens at Corfu; Mrs Tralanna Zante 1826; Cephelona a Greek Chief, the dress worn by Trelana; with a collection of studies of flora from the Island of Corfu
each inscribed as titled with two further inscribed 'Byrons Maid of Athens at Corfu Feb 1822 I saw her in that dress S. Rice' and 'Mrs Trelanna Zante 1826 I knew her in Zant she came with Mr T to dine with us she was a sister of a Greek Chief' also inscribed 'Sibella Rice Ionian Islands' on the upper inside cover, and further inscribed 'Sibella Rice Corfu 1822' on the lower cover
pencil and pen and ink and watercolour on paper
the album 4¾ x 7½in. (11.5 x 19cm.)
with a collection of manuscript notes relating to Colonel Rice's involvement in the battles of Nivelle and Waterloo; the family history of the Mansfield family; the lineage of Charles I; the Massacre of Glencoe; and some other small sketches