Friendship Album of of Eliza Ann Paynter (1840-1922) with Hand-cut Shadow Art Ephemera

New York, New York: Riker, Thorne & Co, 1856. Good. Toning, spotting. Water stain towards foot in gutter. Binding worn with damage to spine.. Friendship album of Eliza Ann Paynter (1840-1922) "Presented to Miss E.A. Paynter by her friend and well wisher [?] Fadden, February 22nd 1856".

4to (7.5" by 6"), approx. 100 leaves, only a couple pages filled, with ephemera loosely inserted inside cover, bound in original dark boards stamped in gold. Includes both a Presentation sentiment surrounded by an embossed gilt decorative device and a manuscript Dedication from James B. McFadden. Includes eleven additional sentiments. Includes three (3) vividly printed floral plates.

Contains numerous snippets, clipping and more. There is loosely inserted ephemera: newspaper clippings, including a poem titled "Lines Inscribed to Miss E.A.P." (a love poem); a pressed leaf inscribed in ink and dated 1873; engraved visiting card of Mrs. Alexander McClurg Drake; a handwritten invitation to Paynter, with original envelope; and nine (9) pieces of paper hand-cut to create shadow art (depicts Lincoln, Burnside, Jackson, Grant, Webster, a cat, a religious "Crown of Thorns" motif, and Pope Pius VI praying before a cross subtitled "Pio Sexto". Also includes a manuscript sentiment on a dried gingko leaf from a teacher, 1871. Eliza Ann Paynter (1840-1922) took the married name Eliza Hartley.