Wake and Bellhouse collection, 1862-1892
- Call Number:
- MSS 33
- Title(s):
- Wake and Bellhouse collection
- Date:
- 1862-1892
- Extent:
- 0.42 linear feet
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Conditions Governing Access:
- This collection is unprocessed and may not be available for immediate access.
- Scope and Content:
- The collection comprises 16 cabinet photographs and 11 carte-de-visite photographs, dated between 1862 and 1892, relating to the Wake and Bellhouse families of Sheffield. With a small oval portrait in a contemporary frame, and a mid-19th century original manuscript story written by a young girl, entitled “The History of a Dog, True Story.” The story is fourteen pages, with an additional page listing other “books by the same authoress.” The handwriting suggests a young hand. Bound in pink paper decorated with stars. and 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 Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Genre:
- Fiction, Photographs, Cartes-de-visite (card photographs), Cabinet photographs, Short stories, and Juvenilia
- Subject Terms:
- Dogs
- Associated Places:
- Sheffield (England)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Bellhouse familyWake family
- Finding Aid Title:
- Wake and Bellhouse collection
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/resources/11767
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/resources/11767?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1