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[Rosebud page in Sarah Schenck autograph album, 1826–1842]

[A Napoleon memorial page in Elizabeth Aders’ autograph album, 1811–1874]

[“A general Beautifier,” in a friendship album belonging to E. Boyes, circa 1835–1848]

[Page from hairwork album, 1840s]

[“Map of Matrimony” in the Julia Powys commonplace book, ca. 1819–1820]

[“Hagar” in a Scriptural Album with Floral Illustrations: manuscript, 1844–1845]

[“Forget me not”: page in Miss Catharine Lowe’s album, 1827–1841]

[“To Miss Annie Paxton, who drest as a fairy, stood upon a leaf of the Victoria Regina, Chatsworth, 1849,” in the Blanche Paxton Album on William Makepeace Thackeray]

[A mock-advertisement in the Floral Album: Album of Olive N. Hannum, 1839–1848]

[A floral offering in Miss Gilman’s Album, manuscript, 1822–1823]

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