'A Gathering in Honor of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Samuel Butler'
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Programmes from an event held at The Williams Club in New York on 4 December 1935, organised by Carroll A. Wilson (seven copies).
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
View of a large stone ruin with four men standing on top and two boys standing on the ground in front, surrounded by vegetation. A wooden gate is visible to the left of the ruin.
A flight into Egypt. Gibellina. Sepr 1. 94
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Portrait of man sitting on a donkey, on a track road with hills behind. The man holds a child on his knee and an open umbrella above his head.
'A Festa on Mount Eryx', by Henry Festing Jones
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Offprints of Henry Festing Jones's article, from The Monthly Review of August 1903 (No. 35, XII, 2), pp.148-67. Two copies, both with annotations by Jones. [An additional copy, without annotations, is at VIII/40/2.]
A Family group. Poggioreale. Sep 1. 94
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Three women and two young girls sitting and standing on the doorstep of a stone building on a roughly cobbled street. One of the children is holding an amphora on her shoulder, with her arm over her head.
A donkey drinking. Norma. July 27. 93
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
View of a field with a young donkey in the centre, drinking from a pail held by a man in light-coloured clothing. The hind legs of another donkey in the right foreground. Hills behind.
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
A light-coloured cow with horns, sitting in a grassy field, looking at the camera. Trees in the background.
'A Country Sketch' and '[A Farmyard Scene]'
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Two pencil and watercolour drawings on paper, mounted together (40.5 x 56 cm). Drawings by 'natural artists', intended by Butler to illustrate 'Alps and Sanctuaries' but ultimately not reproduced in that work. Not dated.
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
View across a cobbled courtyard to brick buildings, with a door slightly ajar on the right, and an archway and another doorframe visible on the left. A cat sits on a stone trough in front of the buildings.
'A Clergyman's Doubts' and related papers
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Extracts from The Examiner, containing a series of letters written by Samuel Butler, with related correspondence.