RUSSIA. EPPS, William M, tutor to the Russian Imperial family. Collection relating to Mr W M Epps, tutor to the Imperial family, including 2 photographs, sketches, New Years cards and poems signed by Princess Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia. Creation dates: Circa 1910 - 1914
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich. Autograph Manuscript of a poem signed ('A Pushkin'). The poem begins 'Blazhen kto znayet naslazhdenie' ('Happy is he who can feel the pleasure'). Sotheby's, LO7409, 28 Nov 2007, Lot 106. Creation dates: [Circa 1830]
TURGENEV, Ivan Sergeevich. Autograph working manuscript draft, comprising 'A formal list of the characters in the new short story', being the beginnings of a story apparently never written. Creation dates: May 1867
NICHOLAS II, Czar of Russia. Letter Signed to Ferdinand, Prince Regent (later Tsar) of Bulgaria, regarding events in Macedonia. Bonhams, 16761, 24 March 2009, Lot 45. Creation dates: Oct 1902
GOGOL, NIKOLAI VASILIEVICH (1809-52). Autograph letter signed, probably to the Russian poet Nikolai Mikhailovitch Iazykov. Creation date: 24 June [1845?]
Scope: Music manuscripts and papers of the Royal Philharmonic Society. Date range: c 1792-1990 Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by the British Library in 2002. Related material: Printed music from the library of the Royal Philharmonic Society is on loan to the British Library and is ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Royal Philharmonic Society Archive RPS MSS 272-417. Official papers, etc., of the Royal Philharmonic Society; 1813-1968, n.d. Formerly British Library Loan 48. The Society was founded in London in 1813, and granted the prefix ‘Royal’ in 1912. The larger part of the archive was placed on loan in 1962 and, where the arrangement allowed, added to on a number of subsequent occasions. When the final additions were made, in 1990, a terminal date of 1960 was set, though because of the format of so...
‘Original letters’; 1813-1955, n.d. The principal part of the series, surviving from the Society’s archive since its inception, had been gathered together and arranged by 1910. Subsequently select later letters were inserted into the series, and the whole bound into these volumes on their incorporation as a loan in the British Museum. A small number of draft letters from the Society is included, placed in order with the letters from the addressee. The letters are arranged in alphabetical o...