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Name Landseer, Charles, painter

1. Add MS 58207

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Add MS 58207
Title:
JOHN CONRATH: autograph notebook of John Conrath, attendant at the British Museum from 1816-1837; 1815-1835. Partly French. Notebook contains list of Townley and Elgin antiquities, with diary entries concerning the British Museum and with drawings and souvenirs of visitors to the Museum. Presented by Dr L. D. R. Patten of Wareham, co. Dors., 1974. Paper; ff. ii+41. 206 x 320mm. Marbled paper cover. Contents: 1. ff. 1v-3. Copy of letter from Chevalier Canova to the Earl of Elgin relatin...
Scope & Content:
Antiquities: Art: John Conrath, attendant in the British Museum: Elgin marbles: Townley marbles: Diaries and Memoranda: Notebook rel. to British Museum, visitors, Townley marbles and Elgin marbles by John Conrath: 1815-1835: Partly Fr: Autogr. includes: ff. 1v-3; f. 40v Thomas Bruce, 7th Ear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1815-1835
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 60745

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Add MS 60745
Title:
SYDNEY SMIRKE: 286 letters from architects, artists and public figures, mostly to Sydney Smirke (b.1798, d.1877), architect of the British Museum Reading Room; 1793-1872. See also Add. 59847, 60756. Owned by F. R. Jemmett (see inside front cover). Purchased of Winifred A. Myers, Nov. 1979. Paper; ff. i+377. 201 x 325mm.
Scope & Content:
Sydney Smirke, architect: Letters to Sydney Smirke: 1793-1872. includes: f. 1 Sir Jeffrey Wyatt, afterwards Wyatville; architect: Letter to S. Smirke: 1817. f. 2 Sir Robert Smirke, architect: Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA: Letter to Sir Robert Smirke from Joseph Mallord William Turner: n.d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1793-1872
Extent:
1 item