George Eliot Centenary, November 1919: Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot — John Shaqi
George Eliot Centenary, November 1919: Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George EliotCoventry (England). Public Libraries Committee
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George Eliot Centenary, November 1919: Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot
Coventry (England). Public Libraries Committee
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Exhibitions
27. Coventry, Bird Grove, study
Mr. S. T. SHIPWAY
28. Coventry, Bird Grove, interior
Mr. S. T. SHIPWAY
29. Coventry, “Rosehill”
Mr. L. P. WILSON
George Eliot first visited “Rosehill,” the home of the Brays, on November
2nd, 1841. There is an interesting account of this visit in Bray’s
_Autobiography_, p. 76. The Brays and the Hennells exerted an important
influence on her life.
30. Coventry, Ivy Cottage,
Mr. L. P. WILSON
The home of the Hennell family; adjoins “Rosehill.”
Scenes of Clerical Life.
Nuneaton is the Milby of _Janet’s Repentance_. There is an amusing
description of a Sunday morning service at the church at the beginning of
the story.
31–32. Nuneaton church, exterior and interior
Miss C. NORTON
33–34. Nuneaton church and vicarage
Miss C. NORTON
35. Nuneaton, Lawyer Dempster’s house
Miss C. NORTON
No. 35 Church Street, the Orchard Street of _Janet’s Repentance_. The
original of Dempster was a Mr. Buchanan.
36–37. Nuneaton, Dempster’s house, other views
Miss C. NORTON
38. Nuneaton, garden of Dempster’s house
Mr. A. H. HOWELL
39. Nuneaton, grotto in Dempster’s garden
Mr. A. H. HOWELL
40. Chilvers Coton church
Miss C. NORTON
The “Shepperton” church of _Amos Barton_. George Eliot was baptised
here. The tenor bell was hung in her memory (1909). “The little flight
of steps with their wooden rail running up the outer wall and leading to
the children’s gallery,” is still in existence.
41. Chilvers Coton church
Mr. A. H. HOWELL
42. Chilvers Coton church, interior
Mr. S. T. SHIPWAY
43. Chilvers Coton church, children’s gallery
Mr. G. H. OSBORNE
44. Chilvers Coton vicarage, garden
Mr. A. H. HOWELL
The open window belongs to the room in which “Milly Barton” died.
45. Chilvers Coton vicarage and church
Mr. S. T. SHIPWAY
46. Chilvers Coton churchyard, Emma Gwyther’s grave
Mr. S. T. SHIPWAY
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