The Exhibition has special reference to George Eliot’s residence in Coventry, and to the Coventry circle of which she was the most distinguished member.
Visitors are requested not to touch the exhibits. Copying or sketching or photographing any exhibit is prohibited.
RELICS, PORTRAITS, MANUSCRIPTS,
exhibited in
MUNIMENT ROOM.
Family Portraits and Records.
CASE 1.
1. Portrait of Robert Evans.
Lent by Canon Evans, Bedworth.
Father of G. E., and prototype of Adam Bede.
2. Diaries of Robert Evans (“Adam Bede”).
Lent by Mr. Walter P. Evans, Leamington.