Memorandum book. Black leather boards with pencil holder and metal clasp closure, front pocket and bearing green printed label/advertisement of William Fitch, London (3 3/4 x 6 1/4 ins). Paper has marbled edges. 84 leaves mostly blank but with some sketches of animals, sea compositions, architecture and Stanfield inscriptions inc 'Auteuil' (twice) ' Tuesday May 16th 1854 6 0'clock AM/ Saturday May 20th Auteuil' 'Sovereign to Alfred Decr 22d 1855' (grandson?) a sketch of Stanfield’s close friend Daniel Maclise RA in a hat, left profile insc. 'Maclise' and references to '10 Photographs/ 2 Lithographs / 1 Titian' : 'Schetky 24 Sketches July 24th 1855' :'Greenwich 10th/ Sea Jay Lea Paine. J Chalons picture. Burchet transparency': 'Battle of Boatelen commissariat' plus sketch (?Crimea). Notes on book titles inc 'Tales for Mariners' and 'Los Gringos' both by Lt. Wise with address of Ward Lock 158 Fleet St (publisher); doodles of 'E [dwin] Landseer', the animal painter and 'S[amuel] Rogers in 2 lines' (the poet) on one sheet; the Rogers drawing repeated twice more simply elsewhere; notes of expenses on house, Shoolbreds ( well-known linen drapers in Tottenham Court Road), and at Brighton. A religious quote:
'Hold fast this short and perfect word "Forsake all and thou shalt find all" relinquish desire and thou shalt find rest-/ Chap 32'. (CS was a devout Catholic in later life). This was probably a pocket book on his French and Spanish tour 1851, some of the subjects relate; it also appears to have been one he had with him when he attended the deathbed of his eldest daughter Mary (from his first marriage) at Auteuil, near Paris, in 1854. The reference to 'Burchet transparency' relates to the stained glass window commissioned at this time by Greenwich Hospital from the Government School of Design for the east end of the Painted Hall, Stanfield being Honorary Curator of the Naval Gallery there. This was installed in about 1855, is recorded in photographs, but was later removed in 20th century restoration of the Hall.