(1) Daguerreotypes [4] portraits of AF Low, 1840s [fragile] (2) Framed [damaged], photograph of Alexander Fairweather Low, with his sons, Alexander Graham Low, James Chabot Low and Charles Watson Low at Niagara Falls, 5 May 1865 (3) Collodion plate, of man, child and two ladies, annotated ‘AFL & ? Could be with Charles Watson Law c 1867’ and ‘Ladies ? AFL’s sisters Anne (widowed) & Jessie?’ (4) Mounted portrait of AF Low, [c1869] (5) Photocards [16] of AF Low portraits, 1869, 1872 (6) Framed [damaged] portrait of elderly man, Alexander Fairweather Low, 1890s (7) Mounted portraits [with copies] of Alexander Fairweather Low, 1890s (8) AF Low holding a child, annotated as Philip Victor Low, with other family in the background, 1897 (9) Carriage annotated as standing outside AF Low’s house, nd (10) AF Low's grave at Kensal Rise cemetery, nd
(1) Letter to ‘My Dear Uncle’ from Anne Lunan enquiring of her aunt’s health and describing her own ill-health, 1886, (2) Receipts [2] relating to Anne’s estate, 1889 (3) Burial receipts [3] of Dundee Western Cemetery to AG Low for lair no 137, 1890-1891
(1) Studio portraits [4] of MR West in uniform wearing his hat c1880 (2) Studio portraits [3] of MR West in uniform holding his hat c1880 (3) Studio portraits [2] of MR West in uniform, head and shoulders c1880 (4) MR West in uniform on horseback, c1880 (5) MR West in uniform with Indian gentlemen, c1894 [damaged]
(1) Photocard portraits [4] of Mary Ann, 1869-1872 (2) Miniature of Mary AJ Low, [damaged] c1870 (3) Family photographs [2] [poor condition] of Alex F, Mary Ann and Annie Low, with children Alex H Low and Harriet M Low, 1893 (4) Photograph of elderly lady, Mary Ann, c1894
(1) Visiting cards ‘Mr M R West, Royal Artillery’, nd (2) Army & Navy Provision Market life member ticket for Capt. M R West, nd (3) Visiting card ‘Major M Richard, West Royal Horse Artillery’, nd (4) Extract of orders [2] to Lieutenant RM West to deploy, ‘Nagpore’ India, 1868 (5) News cutting noting the promotion of Major MR West to the rank of Lieutenant -Colonel, 1888 (6) News cutting noting the return of Col West to Portsmouth, commanding time-served and injured servicemen and their families, 1894 (7) Notes [2] confirming West’s resignation from the Junior United Service Club, 1896
(1) ‘Glenfarne Hall, 1884’ [Country residence of Sir Edward Harland believed to have been painted by his niece Annie Halley] (2) Annie Halley, sketchbooks [3] of drawings and watercolours, featuring landscapes, seascapes and buildings across Britain, 1885-1895 (3) Bundle of watercolour paintings of landscapes, nd
(1) Carbon copies of Jessie Paris’ will, 1886, with list of stocks and associated letters from AG Low, 1894-1895 (2) Receipt for Jessie’s headstone, 1888, with Dundee Cemetery Company regulations, 1891 (3) Extract decree appointing AG Low as Jessie Low’s executor, 1894 (4) Executor financial statement with completed Inland Revenue legacy forms [2], 1895 (5) Draft letter and notes concerning receipt of legacy, nd with receipt for payment of monies from Jessie’s estate, 1895 (6) Letter to AG Low from OJ Gibson announcing the death of his mother, Isabella Gibson, 1896, with modern family tree and note showing her as Jessie’s step-daughter (7) Print-out of 1860 certificate of marriage between George Paris and Jessie Low, 2007
(1) In Memoriam cards with letter of condolence to Mr Low on his daughter’s death, 1885 (2) Letters to Alick from his father, AF Low, containing family news and enquiries as well as other matters, including travel advice on Alex’s return to the UK, references to business matters including Ceylon tea plantation, shares and dividends, and James’ travels, 1886-1897 (3) Postcard from Alick to his father from Gudvangen, 1891 (4) Letter to Senor Don Alexander F Low, London from Miguel Gutierree, 1892 [Spanish] (5) Letters [2] regarding AF Low’s retirement from the board of the Cuba Submarine Telegraph Company, 1895 (6) Letter from Robinson & Stannard Solicitors to A Low Esq clarifying legal terms in a will, 1895
Written by Jean Perrin and signed by the author’s son, Francis Perrin, and by Prof Jean Langevin, son of Prof Paul Langevin. With signed explanation of signatures by Dr Riley
(1) Passport for Alexander F Low, ‘accompanied by his wife, daughter and son, travelling on the continent with a maid servant’, 1865 [Damaged - stuck down on board] (2) Itinerary [2pp] of ‘AFL & Mary Low tour to Switzerland 1/8/1876-19/9/1876 via Paris, Strasbourg’, 1876 (3) ‘In Memoriam’, order of burial of the dead for Alexander Fairweather Low, 1898
(1) Copy will of Alexander Fairweather Low, 1897 (2) Probate of the will of Alexander Fairweather Low deceased, stamped by companies in which he invested, 1898 (3) News cutting of recent wills, listing AF Low’s personal estate at £282,860, 1898 (4) List of stocks and shares, nd (5) Bank book in account of the sons of Alex F Low, AG, James C and Charles W Low, 1898- 1908 (6) Receipt for payment by the executors for money due the Inland Revenue, 1898 (7) Bundle of Junior Athenaeum Club shares, 1888, transferred to AG Low, his executor, 1899 (8) Letter acknowledging receipt of statement on the division of the estate, 1899