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032-002058190

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032-002058190

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Add MS 38831

Title:

CORRESPONDENCE of Henry Wallis, R.W.S., Secretary of the International Committee for the Preservation of the Basilica of St. Mark's, Venice; l879-1882. The Committee was appointed at a meeting of the Society of Arts, 31 May, 1880, to keep a watchful eye on the restorations in progress at St. Mark's, and to influence Italian opinion in regard to them by friendly representations. The letters are mainly acceptances of membership of the Committee by artists and others interested in art in the various European countries. The writers' names are given in the Index. Prospectuses in English (f. 99) and French (f. 163), and minutes of meetings in the hand of William Morris (ff. 134, 159) are included. Paper; ff. 164. Folio. XIX cent.

Scope & Content:

Venice: Correspondence of H. Wallis, Sec. of the Committee for the Preservation of St. Mark's: 1879-1882.

Samuel Gideon Frederic Perry, Vicar of Tottington, county Lancashire: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.

Architecture: Correspondence of H. Wallis, Sec. of the International Committee for preserving St. Mark's, Venice: 1879-1882.

Henry Wallis, R WS: Correspondence as Sec. of Committee for the preservation of St. Mark's, Venice: 1879-1882.

includes:

f. 1 Angelo Alessandri: Letter to H. Wallis: 1879.
ff. 2, 29 Wilhelm von Bode, Director of the Royal Museums, Berlin: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.
ff. 3, 75, 82 Charles Eliot Norton, American author: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.
ff. 5, 26, 30 Dr Carl Brun, of Zurich: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
f. 7 Sir John Gilbert, painter: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 8 James Plaisted Wilde, Baron Penzance: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
ff. 10-154 Charles Yriarte, Inspecteur des Beaux Arts: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880-1881.: Fr.
ff. 11, 110 James Russell Lowell, American author and diplomatist: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.
ff. 12-153 passim Conte A- P- Zorzi, Secretary of the Museo Civico-Correr, Venice: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880-1881.: Ital. and Fr.
f. 13 Paul Armand Challemel-Lacour, French Ambassador in England: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
f. 16 John Wharlton Bunney: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 19 Agnes Poynter, wife of Sir E J Poynter, PRA: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 20 George Edmund Street, RA; architect: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 23 Henry Charles Hardinge, 3rd Viscount Hardinge: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
ff. 24, 45 Carel Vosmaer: Letters to H.Wallis: 1880.
ff. 34, 52 William Ralston Shedden Ralston: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.
ff. 36, 59, 162 William Morris, poet and artist: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880, n.d.
f. 38 Sir Frederic William Burton, Director, National Gallery: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 40 Frank Dillon, painter: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 42 Carl von Luetzow, Editor of the 'Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst.': Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Germ.
f. 44 Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, RA: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 46 Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, French painter: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
ff. 47, 74 Charles Garnier, Membre de 1'Institut: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
f. 48 Édouard Charton, Membre de 1'Institut: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
f. 49 Charles Vergé, Membre de l'Institut: Letter to H. Wallis, and visiting card: 1880.: Fr.
f. 51 Dr Willem Pleyte, of the Museum of Antiquities, Leyden: Letter, to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 54 Professor Rudolf von Eitelberger von Edelberg, Director of the Vienna Museum: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Germ.
f. 58 Professor Dr Gaetano Sangiorgio: Inscription of presentation to H. Wallis: 1880.: Ital.
ff. 62,67,72,90,106,115,117 Adolphe Irenée Guillon, painter: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
ff. 65, 127 Ivan Tourguéneff, Russian novelist: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880, 1881.
ff.71 Stroude family: Descent from Furneaux: 16th cent.
f. 73 Jean Jacques Henner, painter: Letter to A. Guillon: 1880.: Fr.
ff. 79, 84 Conrad Leemans, Director of the Museum of Antiquities at Leiden: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 80 Dr Moritz Thausing, Director of the Albertina, Vienna: Letter to H.Wallis: 1880.: Germ.
f. 85 Ricardo de Navarrete: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
f. 86 Dr Johann Rudolf Rahn, Professor at Zurich University: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Germ.
f. 87 Comm. Bartolomeo Cecchetti, Direttore dell' Archivio di Stato, ai Frari, Venice: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.: Ital.
f. 88 August Wolf, German painter: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Germ.
ff. 92, 139 Francesco Azzurri, President of the Accademia Romana di S Luca: Letters to H. Wallis: 1880, 1881.: Ital.
f. 94 Anthony John Mundella, MP, Vice-President of Council for Education: Letter to W. Morris: 1880.: Copy.
f. 96 Dr Theodor Elze: Visiting card: 1880.
f. 96 Luigi Mion: Visiting card: 1880.
f. 96 Ernesto Levorati: Visiting card: 1880.
f. 96 Guglielmo Ciardi, painter: Visiting-card: 1880.
f. 96 Silvio Giulio Rotta, Italian painter: Visiting card: 1880.
f. 99 b Gerold Meyer von Kronau, Professor of History at Zurich: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
f. 100 Henry Edward Doyle, d 1892 Director of the National Gallery of Ireland: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 101 Jean Léon Gérôme, French painter: Letter to H.Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
f. 102 Jean Paul Laurens, French, painter: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
ff. 105, 109 Juliette Adam, Editor of the' Nouvelle Revue': Letters to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
f. 108 Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.
f. 113 François Louis Français: Letter to H. Wallis: 1880.: Fr.
f. 119 Jules Breton, painter: Letter to A. Guillon: 1880.: Fr.
f. 123 Chevalier Vladislav de Zielinski: Letter to H. Wallis: 1881.: Fr.
ff. 134, 159 William Morris, poet and artist: Minutes of Committee for preservation of St. Mark's, Venice, written by: 1881, 1882.
f. 135 Guglielmo Botti: Letter to G. E. Street: 1881.: Ital.
f. 142 César Daly, Editor of the ' Revue générale de l'Architecture.': Letter to H. Wallis: 1881.
f. 144 Louis de Tage, Director of the Academy of Fine Arts, Louvain: Letter to L. Alma-Tadema: 1881.: Fr.
f. 145 Tito Vespasiano Paravicini, Italian architect: Letter to H. Wallis: 1881.
ff. 146, 150 Ferdinand Van der Haeghen, University Librarian, Ghent: Lettersto L. Alma-Tadema and H. Wallis: 1881.: Fr. and Engl.
f. 157 b William Scott, of Venice: Letter to H. Wallis: 1881.
f. 158 George Edmund Street, RA; architect: Funeral card for his burial in Westminster Abbey: 1881.
f. 160 G- Arlet: Letter to H. Wallis: 1882.
f. 164 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter: Letter to H. Wallis: n.d.: Fr.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

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1 item

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Languages:

English
French
German
Italian

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1879

End Date:

1882

Date Range:

1879-1882

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Names:

Adam, Juliette, née Lambert; author and publisher, 1836-1936
Alessandri, Angelo
Arlet, G-
Azzurri, Francesco, President of the Accademia Romana di S Luca
Bode, Wilhelm, Director of the Royal Museums, Berlin
Botti, Guglielmo
Breton, Jules, painter
Brun, Carl, Dr; of Zurich
Bunney, John Wharlton
Burton, Frederic William, Director National Gallery
Cecchetti, Comm. Bartolomeo, Direttore dell' Archivio di Stato, ai Frari, Venice
Challemel-Lacour, Paul Armand, French Ambassador in England
Charton, Édouard, Membre de 1'Institut
Ciardi, Guglielmo, painter
Courtney, Leonard Henry, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith
Daly, César Denis, architect and editor, 1811-1894
Dillon, Frank, painter, fl 1880
Doyle, Henry Edward, artist and gallery director, 1827-1892
Eitelberger von Edelberg, Rudolf, Professor; Director of the Vienna Museum
Elze, Theodor, Dr
Français, François Louis
Garnier, Charles, Membre de 1'Institut
Gilbert, John, painter
Guillon, Adolphe Irenée, painter
Gérôme, Jean-Léon, painter and sculptor, 1824-1904
Hardinge, Henry Charles, 3rd Viscount Hardinge
Henner,, Jean Jacques, painter
Laurens, Jean Paul, French, painter
Leemans, Conrad, Director of the Museum of Antiquities at Leiden
Levorati, Ernesto
Lowell, James Russell, American author and diplomatist
Luetzow, Carl, Editor of the 'Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst.'
Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, French painter
Meyer von Kronau, Gerold, Professor of History at Zurich
Mion, Luigi
Morris, William, designer, author, and visionary socialist, 1834-1896
Mundella, Anthony John, MP, Vice-President of Council for Education
Navarrete, Ricardo
Norton, Charles Eliot, American author
Paravicini, Tito Vespasiano, Italian architect
Perry, Samuel Gideon Frederic, Vicar of Tottington Lancashire
Pleyte, Willem, Dr; of the Museum of Antiquities, Leyden
Poynter, Agnes, wife of Sir E J Poynter, PRA
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre, French painter
Rahn, Johann Rudolf, Dr; Professor at Zurich University
Ralston, William Ralston Shedden, of Add MS 38831
Rotta, Silvio Giulio, Italian painter
Sangiorgio, Gaetano, Professor Dr
Scott, William, of Venice
Street, George Edmund, RA, architect
Stroude, Family
Tadema, Lawrence, Knight, born Lorenz Alma Tadema; painter, 1836-1912
Tage, Louis, Director of the Academy of Fine Arts, Louvain
Thausing, Moritz, Dr; Director of the Albertina, Vienna
Tourguéneff, Ivan, Russian novelist
Van der Haeghen, Ferdinand, University Librarian, Ghent
Vergé, Charles, Membre de l'Institut
Vosmaer, Carel
Wallis, Henry, R WS
Wilde, James Plaisted, Baron Penzance
Wolf, August, German painter
Yriarte, Charles, Inspecteur des Beaux Arts
Zielinski, Vladislav, Chevalier
Zorzi, A- P-, Conte; Secretary of the Museo Civico-Correr, Venice

Places:

Venice, Italy