Album amicorum of Anna Christina Cooke (1809-1870?), daughter of the Rotterdam painter Willem Erkelens Cooke (1778-1851).

Preserved in a glazed paper enveloppe kept in a contemp. gilt box covered with gilt reddish brown velvet (titled "Album"), flat spine (sl. rubbed). In good condition.

Nice girl album with some 23 contributions in Dutch, French or English on loose sheets (some c. 12 x 21 cm, others smaller), a number of them decorated with embroidered flowers etc. First inscription "In het album van onze teder beminde dochter A.C. Cooke", dated "1834" and signed "W. Erkelens Cooke" and "Hendrina ten Brummeler". Some names: Louise Quarles van Ufford (Haarlem 1815-1871), Ann Ives Browne, Van der Wallen, Kok Ankersmit, Pelt, Van Doorn, Carlebur, Buytendijk. Inscriptions from i.a. Rotterdam, Apeldoorn and Elburg.
Added (by the owner): Hendrik Tollens, Uitroep bij eene inzameling ten behoeve der cholera-lyders = 8-line Dutch poem printed on glazed paper within a gilt decorative border; together with the explanatory leaflet (September 1853) by the publisher H. Nijgh.