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3431. Egerton MS 3807

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3807
Title:
EDWARD LEAR: letter to Mrs Mary Ann Blake, 24 July 1874, with a full-length caricatured sketch of himself in ink on the second leaf: 'this accurate portrait of what I have become at 62 aet.'. Purchased from Michael Chalmers-Hunt, Esq., 18 Sept. 1984. Paper; ff. 2. 188 x 118mm.
Scope & Content:
Art. Portraits: Mary Ann Blake: Edward Lear, artist and author: Letter with self-portrait to Mary Ann Blake from Edward Lear: 1874.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1874
Extent:
1 item

3432. Egerton MS 3808

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3808
Title:
WILLIAM COBBETT: letters from Cobbett and his sons, William, John Morgan and James Paul Cobbett, mostly addressed to John Akerman and his son, John Yonge Akerman; 1827-1835. John Yonge Akerman, numismatist and antiquary, was Cobbett's private secretary during part of this time. Only three brief notes, 1829-1832 (ff. 15, 26-28), appear to have been written by Cobbett snr Including an account, 19 June 1935 (ff. 33-34), of Cobbett's death, funeral and executorship arrangements, and (f. 23) a dr...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-14v, 17, 19-23v, 29-32 William Cobbett, jnr: John Akerman, alias Ackermann; of St Mary Newington: Letters to John Akerman from W. Cobbett jnr: 1827-1832.ff. 15, 26 John Yonge Akerman, numismatist: William Cobbett, essayist and politician: Letters to J. Y. Akerman(?) from William...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1835
Extent:
1 item

3433. Egerton MS 3809

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3809
Title:
PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK: letters, accounts and papers relating to the household and estate of Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne, put together following his death intestate on 28 Oct. 1708; 1686-1712, n.d. Partly copies. Including estimates of his personal estate, and inventories, accounts, etc., relating to plate, coins and medals, jewels, weapons, horses and carriages. Some of the documents were printed in HMC, Townshend MSS, pp. 201-205, and the collection now includes (ff. ...
Scope & Content:
Jewels and Plate: Accounts: Inventories: Accounts and inventories rel. to estate of Pr. George of Denmark: 1686-1712, n.d. Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington: England; Royal Household: Anne of England; Prince George of Denmark: Letters, accounts and papers rel. to household and estate of Pr. G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1686-1712
Extent:
1 item

3434. Egerton MS 3811

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3811
Title:
MARCHIONESS OF NORTHAMPTON: valor and extent of the lands of Anne Parr, née Bourchier, suo jure Baroness Bourchier, 1st wife of William Parr, Marquess of Northampton, in cos. Essex, Suff. and Hertf.; 1571. Latin. See G.E.C., Peerage, IX, p. 672, note (b). With the beginning of a typewritten summary. Phillipps MS. 10199. Purchased from A. J. H. Reeve, Nov. 1984. Paper; ff. vi+10. Roll, cut up and bound in grey paper over boards. 325 x 240m.
Scope & Content:
County of Essex: County of Suffolk: Anne Parr, Baroness Bourchier; née Bourchier; wife of William, Marquess of Northampton: County of Hertford: Valor and extent of lands of Marchioness of Northampton in cos. Essex, Suff., and Hertf.: 1571: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1571
Extent:
1 item

3435. Egerton MS 3812

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3812
Title:
LEONARD CHARLES WYON: pocket-book of L. C. Wyon (1826-1891), chief engraver at the Mint, relating to his commissions for coins, medals, etc., and to his personal affairs; 1853-1890. Including a work diary, lists and accounts relating to punches and to works commissioned and delivered, notes relating to personal finances and the contents of his wine cellar, and lists of addresses. Supplementing Wyon's diary at Add. 59617. See Sotheby's sale cat., 6-7 Dec. 1984, lot 414. Purchased from John Dr...
Scope & Content:
Accounts: Leonard Charles Wyon, chief engraver at the Mint: Numismatics: Mint: Pocket-book rel. to medal commissions, etc., of Leonard Charles Wyon: 1853-1890.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853-1890
Extent:
1 item

3436. Egerton MS 3813

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3813
Title:
Scope & Content:
HAWKINS PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 70). Letters and papers of Edward Hawkins the elder (d.1816) and his wife Ellen née Hodgson; 1775-1817. Mainly financial but including letters from Robert Raikes and Sir Thomas Lawrence. This material seems to have been retained by Edward Hawkins the younger when sett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1775-1817
Extent:
1 item

3437. Egerton MS 3813-3820

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3813-3820
Title:
HAWKINS PAPERS: letters and papers of the Hawkins family, and principally of Edward Hawkins the younger (b.1780, d.1867), F.R.S., F.S.A., numismatist and Keeper of Antiquities, British Museum; 1775-1964. Partly printed. Partly drafts and copies. Partly French. The collection also includes Eg. Charters 8853-8858. The Department of Coins and Medals of the British Museum also possesses papers of Edward Hawkins the younger. For genealogies of the Hawkins and Rohde families see Burke's Landed Gen...
Scope & Content:
Hawkins family; of Macclesfield and Neath: Papers of Hawkins, family: 1775-1964: Partly Fr: Partly printed. Partly drafts and copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1775-1964
Extent:
8 items

3438. Egerton MS 3814

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3814
Title:
Scope & Content:
HAWKINS PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 90). Correspondence with his wife Eliza née Rohde (m.1806) with related letters etc.; 1800-1810. Partly drafts. Eliza Hawkins, née Rohde; wife of E Hawkins the younger: Correspondence between E. Hawkins the younger and his wife Eliza: 1800-1810. includes: f. 26 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1810
Extent:
1 item

3439. Egerton MS 3814-3817

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3814-3817
Title:
HAWKINS PAPERS. Vols. II-V. Letters and papers of Edward Hawkins the younger; 1798-1860, n.d. Four volumes in seven parts.
Scope & Content:
Edward Hawkins, the younger; FRS; FSA; Keeper of Antiquities, British Museum; d.1867: Numismatics: Letters and papers of Edward Hawkins: 1798-1860, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1798-1860
Extent:
4 items

3440. Egerton MS 3815

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3815
Title:
Scope & Content:
HAWKINS PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 134). General correspondence; 1798-1860, n.d. Partly printed. Partly copies. Partly French. Among the correspondents are Philip Bliss, John William Burgon, John Frederic Daniell, Edward Edwards, Sir Henry Ellis, Josiah Forshall, Robert Jamieson, John Kemble, Sir Edw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1798-1860
Extent:
1 item

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