J Loraine Baldwin Personal Scrapbook

Reference

SCR434

Date:

1861 - 1890

Level of description

item

Extent

1 volume

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of items relating to J Loraine Baldwin. Includes correspondence, a Vanity Fair portrait of Baldwin entitled 'I Zingari', an article on Baldwin titled 'Celebrities at Home' originally published in The World newspaper, telegram sent to Baldwin by Lord Londesborough, reports on matches involving I Zingari, watercolour drawings of dandelions, a set of cartoons by Digby Grant entitled 'Essence of Shakespeare', article on the baseball tour of England in 1889 which included matches at Lord's, poetry, programme for a performance of 'Dearest Mamma' at Croxteth Hall in November 1861, admission tickets for the Earl of Sefton's private box at Lord's for the Eton vs. Harrow matches between 1887 and 1890, booklet on the rules of croquet played in Croxteth devised by Baldwin, rules of the 'Four-in-Hand' driving club, list of winners of major horse races in the United Kingdom in the 19th century, invitation cards for members of the 'Four-in-Hand' club to attend cricket matches, invitation card for Baldwin to attend the MCC centenary dinner at Lord's in 1887, menu card for the MCC centenary dinner, table plan and toast list for the centenary dinner, biography of W G Grace published in 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game', invitation and carriage ticket for Baldwin to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace, report on Her Majesty's State Ball originally published in The Times, photographs of Meaford and Coed Coch, reports on the death of Major Thomas Knox Holmes, invitation card for Baldwin to attend a luncheon to meet His Royal Highness the Field Marshal, balance sheet for the Richmond Hill Hotel Company, admission ticket for Canterbury Cricket Week in 1887, libretto for the play 'Tempus Fugit' performed at Canterbury Cricket Week in 1878, scorecard for the match between Rickling Green Cricket Club and Orleans Club in 1882, copy of the I Zingari song, Vanity Fair portrait of The Right Honorable the Marquis of Hartington MP, souvenirs of Tintern Abbey, rules and regulations for I Zingari, copy of Baldwin's accounts for 1874, invitation and menu card for a banquet held in honour of Lord Harris, article on the history of bats in the 18th and 19th century, pages of magic tricks, rules and regulations of the Baldwin Club, article on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.

Associations

John Loraine Baldwin
I Zingari
George Robert Canning Harris
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Manchester
William Philip Molyneux
William Gilbert Grace
Vanity Fair

Subject

baseball, poetry, MCC Centenary, Canterbury Cricket Week, driving clubs, Horse Racing

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

French, German, English

Size

1 volume

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