GB 0114 MS0283 - Owen, Lady Caroline: Commonplace book

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GB 0114 MS0283 c 1790-1835 Collection (fonds) 1 box Owen , Lady , Caroline Amelia , 1801-1873 , nee Clift , wife of Sir Richard Owen

Lady Caroline Amelia Owen was born in 1801. She was the daughter of William Clift, Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Richard Owen began work at the Museum as Assistant Conservator in 1827. He became friends with Clift's son, William Home Clift, and also became engaged to Caroline Clift in 1827. Mrs Clift refused to give her permission for the two to marry until Owen was earning an adequate income. They were married on Owen's birthday in 1835. Their only child, William, was born in 1837 but committed suicide at the age of 48. Caroline Owen died in 1873.

The provenance of this material is not known.

Papers of Lady Caroline Amelia Owen, c 1790-1835, comprising a letter from Joanna Baillie, 1831, including a transcript of a sonnet by William Wordsworth; a watercolour sketch of Keeper's House, Hyde Park, c 1790; a watercolour of execution dock, by William Clift, 1816; a pen and ink sketch of the opening of the theatre at the Royal College of Surgeons, by William Clift; a sketch of Caroline Clift by her father; a pencil portrait of Eugenius Roche, by William Home Clift, 1824; a printed caricature of Richard Owen lecturing, by Richard Doyle; a volume titled Select Sentences or a Collection of Moral Precepts by John Gregor, 1792; a pencil drawing of three pigs by 'R H'; a pen and ink sketch showing Oxford Street with placards referring to Owen's researches, by Robert Lee; an unfinished watercolour titled 'Sketch of church and castle, Lancaster, from my mother's house (the procession of the judges was to have filled the foreground)', by Richard Owen, 1835; a volume of French verse titled Envoi a Caroline by Eugenius Roche, 1829; a flyer for Mr Mears' Benefit at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 25 Jun 1839; and a list of 'books consulted in the progress of the catalogue of the Gallery'.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

By written appointment only.

At the discretion of the librarian.

English and French

Papers of Sir Richard Owen (GB0114/MS0025); and William Clift (GB0114/MS0007).

The British Library: A play The Fortress of Metz, or The Miser's Oath by Caroline Amelia Owen, 1835 (ADD 34409).

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Oct 2008 Baillie , Joanna , 1762-1851 , poet and dramatist Clift , William , 1775-1849 , museum curator and scientific illustrator Clift , William Home , 1803-1832 , museum curator Drawings England Europe Fine arts Illustrations Lancashire Lancaster Literary forms and genres Literature Owen , Lady , Caroline Amelia , 1801-1873 , nee Clift , wife of Sir Richard Owen Owen , Sir , Richard , 1804-1892 , Knight , comparative anatomist and palaeontologist Painting Poetry Sketches UK Visual materials Watercolour painting Western Europe London

The provenance of this material is not known.

Papers of Lady Caroline Amelia Owen, c 1790-1835, comprising a letter from Joanna Baillie, 1831, including a transcript of a sonnet by William Wordsworth; a watercolour sketch of Keeper's House, Hyde Park, c 1790; a watercolour of execution dock, by William Clift, 1816; a pen and ink sketch of the opening of the theatre at the Royal College of Surgeons, by William Clift; a sketch of Caroline Clift by her father; a pencil portrait of Eugenius Roche, by William Home Clift, 1824; a printed caricature of Richard Owen lecturing, by Richard Doyle; a volume titled Select Sentences or a Collection of Moral Precepts by John Gregor, 1792; a pencil drawing of three pigs by 'R H'; a pen and ink sketch showing Oxford Street with placards referring to Owen's researches, by Robert Lee; an unfinished watercolour titled 'Sketch of church and castle, Lancaster, from my mother's house (the procession of the judges was to have filled the foreground)', by Richard Owen, 1835; a volume of French verse titled Envoi a Caroline by Eugenius Roche, 1829; a flyer for Mr Mears' Benefit at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 25 Jun 1839; and a list of 'books consulted in the progress of the catalogue of the Gallery'.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

By written appointment only.

At the discretion of the librarian.

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• latin

English and French

Papers of Sir Richard Owen (GB0114/MS0025); and William Clift (GB0114/MS0007).

The British Library: A play The Fortress of Metz, or The Miser's Oath by Caroline Amelia Owen, 1835 (ADD 34409).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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