Identity area
Reference code
Butler/Section 8 (VIII)/2/6/2
Unique identifier
GB 275 Butler/Section 8 (VIII)/2/6/2
Title
Press cutting of a drawn portrait of Samuel Butler
Date(s)
- 1902 (Circa; the cutting is undated.) (Creation)
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1 sheet paper
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Press cutting featuring a reproduction of the drawing by J. Miles Verrall of Swannanoa, entitled 'The Late Samuel Butler: A Pencil Snapshot'. Jones notes: 'Butler had a photographic reproduction of the original on his mantelpiece. He kept it there till about 1897 when it was so yellow & dirty that he destroyed it. If I remember right it was done at Mentone in 1869-1870 & there may be something about the long haired boy in one of his letters, but it is not in the Memoir'.