EMILY BRUCE (1838-1889) FOUR WATERCOLOUR SKETCHING ALBUMS two of Switzerland

EMILY BRUCE (1838-1889) FOUR WATERCOLOUR SKETCHING ALBUMS two of Switzerland, the others of Hampshire and Wiltshire scenery, many centred on Blackmoor, other views taken at Liphook, Grayshott, Manton Grange and Marlborough, the Savernake Forest, Stonehenge and a few of other places, 138 approx, many signed, mostly inscribed, two albums further signed on the pastedown and inscribed with the artist's address 28 Hyde Park Square, London, all dated 1873, '86 or '89, on Whatman paper, two with label of Newman 24 Soho Square, several en grisaille, 8.5 x 23cm and 8.5 x 24.5cm, bindings looseEmily Bruce was one of the six children of Henry Bruce, a West India Merchant (source: UCL Legacies of British Slave-ownership database)