.
CASE 3.
4. Portrait of George Eliot, with portrait of her father, Robert Evans.
_Lent by National Portrait Gallery_.
Drawn in 1842 by Mrs. Charles Bray.
CASE. 4.
5. Portrait of George Eliot, 1850, fr. painting by M. D'Albert.
_Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper_, _Kenilworth_.
6. George Eliot's portrait (after Sir F. Burton).
_Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper_, _Kenilworth_.
G. E.'s. gift to Mrs. Bray
6a. Pencil drawing from shadow thrown by cast of G. Eliot, by Miss Sara
S. Hennell. Presented by Mr. Warwick Draper.
WALL BOOK CASE 1.
6b. Oil painting of Miss Everard, G. Eliot's aunt.
Lent by Canon Evans.
Caricutured as Aunt Glegg (_Mill on the Floss_).
Holographs.
CASE 5.
10. Holograph letters of George Eliot.
_Lent by Mr. A. E. Fridlander_.
See typewritten copies exhibited.
11. Holograph letter to Mrs. Bray.
_Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper_, _Kenilworth_.
Written Sept., 1876, after she returned from abroad; describing some part
of the journey.
CASE 6.
12. Holograph letters.
_Lent by Mr. Frederic Harrison_, _Bath_.
Two of the letters are on Positivist affairs; three refer to the legal
advice given to G. E. by Mr. Harrison in constructing the plot of _Felix
Holt_ (_George Eliot's Life_, by Cross, v. 3: 258); the last letter was
written during her mourning for G. H. Lewes.
CASE 7.
15. Favourite airs copied by G. Eliot.
_Lent by Miss Evans_, _Leamington_.
Holographic throughout.
16. Receipt given by G. E. in connection with her father's will.
Lent by Mr. W. P. Evans, Leamington.
Association Items and Books.
18. Statuette of Christ, after Thorwaldsen.
_Lent by Mrs. Herbert Draper_.
At one time belonged to G. E., and is associated with her translation of
Strauss, Life of Jesus.
19. Ring worn by George Eliot in memory of her mother.
_Lent by Miss Evans_, _Leamington_.
Inscribed inside, "In memory of Christiana Evans."
20. Portrait of Mr. Edward Simms, G. Eliot's music master.
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