About this objectA Selection of Poems, book by Elizabeth S Lucas (1801-1898), dedicated to all those who loved and esteemed her and intended for circulation amongst her relations and friends.
The Frontispiece is a photograph of 1896, showing Elizabeth and her great-grandson Lucas Gilbert Thompson, to whom she addressed a sonnet in the collection.
Many of the poems were originally published in The Friends' Quarterly Examiner, to which she was a frequent contributor. Others had not previously been published. There often have a spiritual character but also show her love of nature, especially animals, and contain descriptions of people and places.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic | Wood | Paper
Organic | Wood | Card
Measurements119 × 135 × 14 mm
Date Made1900
Period19th Century (1801-1900)
Place MadeUnited Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
