A commercially produced autograph album, each page with red and blue borders. Mostly blank pages but some have illustrations with blank spaces for autographs. Album contains signatures, verses and original illustrations, some signed. Some illustrations pasted in. Autographs include surnames: Caen; Smyth; Sherriff; Kidman; Crawford; Morgan; Hays; White; Winters; Walde; Haines; Shettle; Martin; Waller; Figgins; Earle, and Dyke. Some autographs are only initials.
Scrapbook title:
Ella Kidman Album
Creator:
Kidman, Ella
Dates of creation:
1897-1930
Format-Extent:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour); 20 x 16 x 2 cm
Full scrapbook description:
This friendship autograph album was owned by Ella Kidman (1880-?), and was created in England. The contents of the album include ink and pencil drawings by Kidman, often depicting flowers or plants. These drawings also often feature deliberately blank spaces and compartments for the addition of signatures and inscriptions. Artwork, inscriptions, and autographs from Kidman’s friends and family are collected in the album. The album features many inkblot signatures. Notably, Ella Kidman’s autograph album matches the one owned by her older sister, Lilian. The sisters’ respective albums have many similarities, suggesting that they may have worked collaboratively on their custom designs. Additionally, Ella and Lilian Kidman had mutual friends, and their albums contain similar entries from their shared connections. The albums itself is commercially made and was given to Ella Kidman as a Christmas gift in 1897.
Scrapbook category:
Autograph album
Language:
eng
Fonds / collection title:
Kidman family fonds
Fonds / collection identifier:
SC624
Fonds / collection creator:
Kidman family: Henry Oscar Kidman, Lilian L. Kidman, and Ella Kidman