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032-002102769

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Add MS 46716

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SPEYER CORRESPONDENCE

Non-musical correspondence and papers of Edward Speyer (d. 1934), amateur of music and art, viz.:- (1) Miscellaneous autograph letters from Arthur James Balfour (1st Earl of Balfour 1922), Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bart., M.P., George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, (chiefly relating to the production of the latter's book The Life and Times of Georg Joachim Goschen ... 1903 ), William Holman Hunt, Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Bart. (f. 3b), William Barclay Squire, William Butler Yeats, arranged alphabetically, together with the menu of a dinner given by Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Bart., on 17 Feb. 1904, endorsed with his signature and those of the guests ( f. 24 ). ff. 1-24b;- (2) Correspondence, mainly addressed to E. Speyer, arranged alphabetically, relating to his proposal, made in The Times of 9 Mar. 1914, for the building of an annex to the National Gallery to house the cartoons of Raphael, Mantegna, and Leonardo da Vinci from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Hampton Court Palace, and the Royal Academy of Arts, respectively. Among the writers are Charles Aitken, Director of the National Gallery, Laurence Binyon, Deputy-Keeper of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd Bart., George Nathaniel Curzon, Earl Curzon, Charles John Holmes ( knt. 1921), Director of the National Portrait Gallery, and Sir Edgar Vincent, K.C.M.G. ( Viscount D'Abernon 1926 ). Included at ff. 48-52b are press cuttings, and records of a question asked in the House of Commons on the same subject. ff. 25-52b. Names of writers are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. Paper; ff. 52. Quarto. 1899-1926. Presented by Edward Speyer, Esq., in 1931, together with Add. MS. 42233, and reserved until 1948.

Scope & Content:

includes:

f. 1 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Letter to E. Speyer: 1899.: Signed.
f. 2 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Letter to Sir F. Pollock: 1904.: Signed.
ff. 3b, 39 Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet; jurist: Correspondence with E. Speyer: 1904, 1913.
f. 4 Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet; PC; MP: Letter to E. Speyer: 1910.
ff. 5-20 George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen: Letters to E. Speyer: 1902-1906, n.d.
f. 12 William Holman Hunt, painter: Letter to Mr. and Mrs. E. Speyer: 1905.: Printed. Signed.
f. 22 William Barclay Squire, CVO; Deputy Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Post-card to E. Speyer: 1926.
f. 23 William Butler Yeats, poet: Letter to E. Speyer: 1917.
f. 24 Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physiologist: Menu signed by: 1904.
f. 24 Edward Clodd, banker and author: Menu signed by: 1904.
f. 24 John Collier, painter: Menu signed by: 1904.
f. 24 Herbert Thomas Herring, MB, BS, MRCS: Menu signed by: 1904.
f. 24 Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet; FRCS: Menu signed by: 1904.
f. 24 Henry Richard Tedder, FSA: Menu signed by: 1904.
f. 24 Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, KCB; FRS: Menu: 1904.: signed.
f.24 Edward Speyer, amateur of music and art: Menu signed by: 1904.
f. 25 Charles Aitken, Director, National Gallery of British Art, Millbank: Letter to R. C. Witt: 1913.
ff. 25-52 Art. Miscellaneous: Correspondence rel. to E. Speyer's proposal for a building to house the Raphael, Mantegna, and Leonardo da Vinci cartoons: 1913-1914.
f. 26 Charles Aitken, Director, National Gallery of British Art, Millbank: Letter to E. Speyer: 1913.
f. 28 Robert Laurence Binyon, CH; poet: Letter to E. Speyer: 1913.
f. 30 Maurice Walter Brockwell, writer on art: Letter to E. Speyer: 1913.
f. 31 Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd Baronet: Letter to E. Speyer: 1913.
f. 32 George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston: Letter to E. Speyer: 1913.
f.34 Roger Eliot Fry, painter and critic: Telegram to E. Speyer: 1913.
f.35b Sir Charles John Holmes, KCVO; Director, National Portrait Gallery: Letter to R. C. Witt: 1913.
f. 38 Sir Claude Phillips, Keeper of the Wallace Collection: Letter to E. Speyer: 1913.
ff. 40, 41, 43 Edward Speyer, amateur of music and art: Correspondence with B. L. Richmond: 1913.
ff. 40, 41, 43 Sir Bruce Lyttelton Richmond, Editor, 'Times Literary Supplement': Correspondence with E. Speyer: 1913.
f. 44 Edgar Vincent, Viscount D'Abernon: Letter to E. Speyer: 1913.: Typewritten. Signed.
f. 45 A. E. Wheldon: Letter to E. Speyer: 1914.
f. 47 Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth 1905; 14th Lord Windsor: Letter to E. Speyer: 1913.

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

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1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1899

End Date:

1926

Date Range:

1899-1926

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Custodial History:

Edward Speyer, amateur of music and art: Presented: in 1931.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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Names:

Aitken, Charles, Director National Gallery of British Art Millbank
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher, 1848-1930
Binyon, Robert Laurence, poet and art historian, 1869-1943
Brockwell, Maurice Walter, writer on art
Clodd, Edward, banker and author
Collier, John, painter, 1850-1934
Cook, Herbert Frederick, 3rd Baronet
Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, politician and traveller, 1859-1925
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 2nd Baronet, writer and politician, 1843-1911
Fry, Roger Eliot, painter and critic
Goschen, George Joachim, 1st Viscount Goschen, politician and financier, 1831-1907
Herring, Herbert Thomas, MB, BS, MRCS
Holmes, Charles John, KCVO, Director National Portrait Gallery
Horsley, Victor Alexander Haden, physiologist
Hunt, William Holman, painter, 1827-1910
Lankester, Edwin Ray, KCB, FRS
Phillips, Claude, Keeper of the Wallace Collection
Pollock, Frederick, 3rd Baronet, jurist, 1845-1937
Richmond, Bruce Lyttelton, Editor 'Times Literary Supplement', 1871-1964
Speyer, Edward, banker, patron of music and art, 1839-1934
Squire, William Barclay, CVO, Deputy Keeper of Printed Books British Museum
Tedder, Henry Richard, FSA; of Add MS 46716
Thompson, Henry, 1st Baronet, surgeon, 1820-1904
Vincent, Edgar, Viscount D'Abernon
Wheldon, A. E.
Windsor-Clive, Robert George, 1st Earl of Plymouth 1905, 14th Lord Windsor
Yeats, William Butler, poet, 1865-1939,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120960541