Victorian CDV sketchbook

The book contains 92 pages, with 184 sides.
38 sides are filled with drawings, text, and photos.
Besides the album, there are 52 photos and 2 letters.

The book was printed by William Frederick Rock and Henry Rock between 1833-1843
It was a gift from Joanney Caroline Kemp to Jane Harriet Martin. Jane married William Hibbit Moore in 1849.
It was most used in 1845 and 1847, and the last page is a love letter from her husband after she passed away.
The blue photos are all from after her time: her son, the Major, must have continued to fill the album.

The Moore family lived in Woodbridge where they would spend hours on the water in their own boat. The family often
appeared in the papers. Once their boat was stolen. Another time their boat had run onto a sandbank. And after the
passing of Jane, one of her sons assaulted a police officer and went to jail for a month for it. Below is a newspaper
cutting with a story involving a donkey and Jane's son, Major Edward St Francis Moore. The Major was a collector of
fossils and objects he found in Woodbridge. He gave some pieces to museums, which in return thanked him by letter.
Jane's husband, William Hibbit Moore, was a surgeon like his father Nathaniel. Both were often mentioned in the papers.

Moore Family Tree

Links to all the pages from the book:
the book / text pages / illustrated pages / letters / CDV

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