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    George Eliot Centenary, November 1919 Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot
    George Eliot Centenary, November 1919 Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot
    George Eliot Centenary, November 1919 Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot
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    George Eliot Centenary, November 1919 Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    George Eliot Centenary, November 1919 Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot

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      George Eliot Centenary, November 1919 Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot - Coventry Libraries Committee

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, George Eliot Centenary, November 1919, by

      Coventry Libraries Committee

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: George Eliot Centenary, November 1919

      Author: Coventry Libraries Committee

      Release Date: January 13, 2010 [eBook #30959]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GEORGE ELIOT CENTENARY, NOVEMBER

      1919***

      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.

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