Fenton, Ellen, b. circa 1813, Diary Fragment, 1854-1862
- Call Number:
- MSS 28
- Creator:
- Fenton, Ellen, b. circa 1813
- Title(s):
- Diary Fragment
- Date:
- 1854-1862
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Diaries
- Part of Collection:
- Vol. 10(b)
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Loose pages of a journal by Ellen Fenton. This diary describes life in Ealing, England, suggesting that Fenton kept diaries when in England, separate from her Boulogne travel diaries. This fragment also indicates that her son “Dick” (Adolphous) worked for his father at John Fenton & Co. wine merchants.
- Physical Description:
- 1 page ; 32.5 x 20.5 cm.
- Genre:
- Diaries, Views, Sketchbooks, Travel sketches, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- Anti-CatholicismBalls (Parties)BritishChronClothing and dressCrimean War, 1853-1856Description and travelForeign relationsWomen travelers
- Subject Period:
- 1854-1862
- Associated Places:
- Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)FranceGreat BritainMiddlesex (England)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Fenton, Ellen, b. circa 1813
- Finding Aid Title:
- Ellen Fenton Diaries of Travels to Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2579
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2579?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1