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Add MS 89389
- Record Id:
- 032-003459024
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003459024
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100084197430.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89389
- Title:
- Papers relating to the publication of William Morgan Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’ (1828)
- Scope & Content:
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Papers, correspondence and draft material of the Rev. William Morgan Kinsey (1788–1851) relating to the research, writing and publication of his book ‘Portugal Illustrated’ (1828), which is understood to be the first English-language overview of that country.
The archive comprises material arising from various stages of the project. It includes Kinsey’s autograph fair copy of the manuscript, along with correspondence involving Kinsey’s patron, his illustrators, engravers, printers, distributors and his social contemporaries. The archive also contains draft material and draft illustrations, papers and receipts from Kinsey’s original field-trip to Portugal, copies of press reviews of the book, and related financial memoranda.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003459024", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 89389: Papers relating to the publication of William Morgan Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’ (1828)" },{ "id" : "036-004526332", "parent" : "032-003459024", "text" : "Add MS 89389/1: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: correspondence relating to publication" },{ "id" : "040-004526334", "parent" : "036-004526332", "text" : "Add MS 89389/1/1: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: correspondence relating to publication, A- to B-" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004534550", "parent" : "036-004526332", "text" : "Add MS 89389/1/2: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: correspondence relating to publication, C-" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004526335", "parent" : "036-004526332", "text" : "Add MS 89389/1/3: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: correspondence relating to publication, G- to H-" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004534555", "parent" : "036-004526332", "text" : "Add MS 89389/1/4: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: correspondence relating to publication, I- to N-" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004526518", "parent" : "036-004526332", "text" : "Add MS 89389/1/5: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: correspondence relating to publication, P- to Si-" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004526517", "parent" : "036-004526332", "text" : "Add MS 89389/1/6: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: correspondence relating to publication, Joseph Skelton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004534609", "parent" : "036-004526332", "text" : "Add MS 89389/1/7: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: correspondence relating to publication, Sp- to W-." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004533892", "parent" : "032-003459024", "text" : "Add MS 89389/2: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: field-notes, draft material and press-cuttings" },{ "id" : "040-004534583", "parent" : "036-004533892", "text" : "Add MS 89389/2/1: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: passport for Kinsey’s trip to Portugal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537549", "parent" : "036-004533892", "text" : "Add MS 89389/2/2: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: receipts and accounts for Portuguese field-trip" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004534606", "parent" : "036-004533892", "text" : "Add MS 89389/2/3: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: field-notes, drafts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004534586", "parent" : "036-004533892", "text" : "Add MS 89389/2/4: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: notes, drafts of illustrations, sheet music" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004534582", "parent" : "036-004533892", "text" : "Add MS 89389/2/5: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: manuscript draft material" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004534580", "parent" : "036-004533892", "text" : "Add MS 89389/2/6: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: printed proofs of preliminaries" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004526336", "parent" : "036-004533892", "text" : "Add MS 89389/2/7: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: newspaper cuttings" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004526337", "parent" : "032-003459024", "text" : "Add MS 89389/3: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: autograph manuscript" },{ "id" : "040-004526338", "parent" : "036-004526337", "text" : "Add MS 89389/3/1: William Morgan Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: autograph manuscript, letters 1–5." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004528906", "parent" : "036-004526337", "text" : "Add MS 89389/3/2: William Morgan Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: autograph manuscript, letters 6–10." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004528907", "parent" : "036-004526337", "text" : "Add MS 89389/3/3: William Morgan Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: autograph manuscript, letters 11–14." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004528910", "parent" : "036-004526337", "text" : "Add MS 89389/3/4: William Morgan Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: autograph manuscript, letters 15–18." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004526339", "parent" : "036-004526337", "text" : "Add MS 89389/3/5: William Morgan Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: original wrapping of autograph manuscript" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004537532", "parent" : "032-003459024", "text" : "Add MS 89389/4: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: financial documentation" },{ "id" : "040-004526340", "parent" : "036-004537532", "text" : "Add MS 89389/4/1: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: financial documentation" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537550", "parent" : "036-004537532", "text" : "Add MS 89389/4/2: William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: accounts and receipts with Treuttel & Würtz" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003459024
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 89389/1 : William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: correspondence relating to publication
Add MS 89389/2 : William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: field-notes, draft material and press-cuttings
Add MS 89389/3 : William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: autograph manuscript
Add MS 89389/4 : William Kinsey, ‘Portugal Illustrated’: financial documentation
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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21 files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin
Portuguese
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1831
- Date Range:
- 1827-1833
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- The papers were formerly among the papers of the Harington family (Kinsey was the grandson of Sir James Harington, 7th Baronet, of Ridlington) before being sold at auction.
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 11102
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Richard Ford Books, Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, 28 March 2018.
- Arrangement:
- The archive has been arranged broadly by category or subject, and then chronologically, except for the correspondent which is arranged by sender’s surname.
- Publications:
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The British Library holds copies of several editions of ‘Portugal Illustrated’:
- William Morgan Kinsey, ‘Portugal illustrated; in a series of letters, embellished with a Map, Plates of Coins, etc.’ (London : Treuttel, Würtz, and Richter, 1828). British Library shelf-mark 568.f.25.
- William Morgan Kinsey, ‘Portugal illustrated; in a series of letters, embellished with a Map, Plates of Coins, etc.’ (2nd edition), (London, 1829). British Library shelfmark 10160. f.23.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Kinsey, William Morgan, cleric and traveller, 1788-1851,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066676274