Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley
Lady Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Stuart-Wortley was an English poet and writer, best known for her Travels in the United States, etc. During 1849 and 1850. She was editor of The Keepsake volumes for 1837 and 1840.
Portrait by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr (1779–1856), after Sir Francis Grant (1803–1878)
The Keepsake was an English literary annual which ran from 1828 to 1857, published each Christmas from 1827 to 1856, for perusal during the year of the title. Like other literary annuals, The Keepsake was an anthology of short fiction, poetry, essays, and engraved illustrations. It was a gift book designed to appeal to young women, and was distinctive for its binding of scarlet dress silk and the quality of its illustrations. Although the literature in The Keepsake and other annuals is often regarded as second-rate, many of the contributors to The Keepsake are canonical authors of the Romantic period.
The Keepsake for MDCCCXXIX (1829) – frontispiece, which repeats publisher data from the title page
The Seashore. Cornwall engraving by William Miller after R. P. Bonington, published in The Keepsake for MDCCCXXXI (1831)