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Add MS 42511

Record Id:

032-002003085

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002003085

MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

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Add MS 42511

Title:

LETTERS AND PAPERS OF AND RELAT1NG To HANNAH MORE, collected by Henry Herbert Wills (d. 1922) and his wife, Dame Mary Monica Cunliffe Wills, D.B.E., while resident at Hannah More's house, Barley Wood, Wrington, co. Som. Included are four autograph letters of Hannah More, written in 1788-1818, the actor (ff. 2-12), a short autograph poem entitled 'The Bazaar', 1827 (f. 16; not published in the 1829 edition of her Poems), various portraits of her and views of her houses, Cowslip Green and Barley Wood, mostly engraved (ff. 18-39), and related documents and correspondence. Paper; ff. 52. Large folio. 1788-1913. Presented by Mrs Olga Cunliffe Hopkinson to supplement the gift by her late sister, Dame M. M. C. Wills, of three letters of Hannah More, now Add. MS. 42711, ff. 50-55 b.

Scope & Content:

Hannah More, author: Papers of, and rel. to: 1788-1913.

includes:

f. 2 Hannah More, author: Letter to the Hon. Mrs F. Boscawen: 1788.
f. 5 Hannah More, author: Letter to W. Bankes: 1798.
f. 9 Hannah More, author: Letter to Mrs E. M. Garrick: 1806.
ff. 11, 13 Hannah More, author: Letter to Mrs Barker: 1818.: Autogr. and copy.
f. 15 Hannah More, author: Note to M. Whitney: 1827.: Signed.
f. 16 Hannah More, author: Poem, 'The Bazaar': 1827.: Autogr.
f. 16 Poetry ENGLISH: Hannah More, 'The Bazaar': 1827.: Autogr.
f. 17 Hannah More, author: Picture in cut-out paper work by: early 19th cent.: Signed.
ff. 17-50 passim Wrington, Somerset: Views of, and papers rel. to, Hannah More's houses, Cowslip Green and Barley Wood, in: 1820-1863, n.d.
ff. 17-50 passim Hannah More, author: Views of, and papers rel. to, her houses in Wrington, co. Som.: 1820-1863, n.d.
f. 18 Art. Portraits: Hannah More. Engr. by J. Godley after E. Bird: 1809.
f. 18 Edward Bird, painter: Portrait of Hannah More, engr. after: 1809.
f. 18 James Godby, engraver: Engraving of Hannah More, after E. Bird: 1809.
ff. 18, 20, 21 Hannah More, author: Portraits: 1809-1835.: Engr.
f. 20 Edward Scriven, engraver: Engraved portrait of Hannah More, after J. Slater: 1813.
f. 20 Joseph Slater, painter: Portrait of Hannah More, engr. after: 1813.
f. 20 Art. Portraits: Engr. by E. Scriven after J. Slater: 1813.
f. 21 Art. Portraits: Engr. by J. Jenkins after H. W. Pickersgill: 1835.
f. 21 Joseph John Jenkins, engraver and watercolour painter: Portrait of Hannah More, after H. W. Pickersgill: 1835.: Engr.
f. 21 Henry Williams Pickersgill, RA: Portrait of Hannah More, engr. after: 1835.
ff. 22, 25-27, 29-31 Art. Engravings, etc: Hannah More's houses at Cowslip Green and Barley Wood: 1820-1863, n.d.: Engr. and lithogr.
f. 23 George Stanley White, 2nd Baronet 1916: Letter to H. H. Wills: 1906.
f. 28 Alfred Joseph Alexander, of Bristol: Letter, to H. H. Wills: 1912.
f. 32 Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Pencil sketch of Hannah More's house, Barley Wood: early 19th cent.
f. 40 Thomas Phillips Cox, of Wrington: Agreement by, rel. to Barley Wood, in Wrington: 1801.: Copy.
f. 40 Thomas Britton, of Yatton, county Somerset: Agreement by, rel. to Barley Wood, in Wrington, co. Som.: 1801.: Copy.
f. 51 Henry Herbert Wills, Director of the Imperial Tobacco Co: Letter to his brother, O. Wills: 1889.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002003085

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-002003085

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1788

End Date:

1913

Date Range:

1788-1913

Era:

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Custodial History:

Henry Herbert Wills, Director of the Imperial Tobacco Co: Owned.

Mrs Olga Cunliffe Hopkinson, daughter of Sir F P Cunliffe-Owen: Presented: in 1931.

Dame Mary Monica Cunliffe Wills, DBE; wife of H H Wills: Owned.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Alexander, Alfred Joseph, of Bristol
Bird, Edward, painter
Britton, Thomas, of Yatton, county Somerset
Cox, Thomas Phillips, of Wrington
Godby, James, engraver
Hopkinson, Olga Cunliffe, Mrs; daughter of Sir F P Cunliffe-Owen
Jenkins, Joseph John, engraver and watercolour painter
More, Hannah, author
Pickersgill, Henry Williams, RA
Scriven, Edward, engraver
Slater, Joseph, painter
White, George Stanley, 2nd Baronet 1916
Wills, Henry Herbert, Director of the Imperial Tobacco Co
Wills, Mary Monica Cunliffe, DBE; wife of H H Wills

Places:

Wrington, Somerset