Transcribed from the 1919 Coventry Libraries Committee catalogue by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Nuneaton Library, UK, for allowing the use of their copy to make this transcription. George Eliot Centenary, NOVEMBER, 1919. * * * * * Catalogue of . . RELICS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS & BOOKS RELATING TO GEORGE ELIOT, EXHIBITED IN St. Mary’s Hall. Coventry. * * * * * COVENTRY LIBRARIES COMMITTEE. PREFATORY NOTE. The Exhibition has special reference to George Eliot’s residence in Coventry, and to the Coventry circle of which she was the most distinguished member. Visitors are requested not to touch the exhibits. Copying or sketching or photographing any exhibit is prohibited. RELICS, PORTRAITS, MANUSCRIPTS, EXHIBITED IN MUNIMENT ROOM. 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. WALL BOOK CASE 1. 6b. Oil painting of Miss Everard, G. Eliot’s aunt. Lent by Canon Evans. Caricutured as Aunt Glegg (_Mill on the Floss_). Holographs. CASE 5. 10. Holograph letters of George Eliot. _Lent by Mr. A. E. Fridlander_. See typewritten copies exhibited. 11. Holograph letter to Mrs. Bray. _Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper_, _Kenilworth_. Written Sept., 1876, after she returned from abroad; describing some part of the journey. CASE 6. 12. Holograph letters.