Author:
Captain Watkin Wingfield (1803-1886), son of Rev. Rowland Wingfield (1775-1842), vicar of Ruabon [Rhiwabon], and uncle of Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833-1912), inventor of lawn tennis
Publication details:
Between circa 1812 and 1825.
Laid down on 114 quarto pages; the leaves disbound and loose. The items themselves in good condition, on aged paper. Also included is a mass of loose material (having become detached from the album's pages), including 21 colour drawings (many marked as having been drawn by Wingfield between the ages of 8 and 12), 10 black and white drawings, 10 cut-out grotesque figures (three in colour), three loose quarto Colnaghi engravings ('Wm. Fredk. King of Prussia', 1814; 'Field Marshal G. L.
