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Record Id:
032-003665672
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003665672
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100103169567.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89432
Title:
Collection of letters of various people including Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Edward Gordon Craig, William Blake Richmond, Philip Hermogenes Calderon and others
Scope & Content:

Collection of manuscript letters, postcards and envelopes.

Contents:

  • Letter from Matilda Betham-Edwards offering her novels to be reprinted in “your cheap railway series”. Undated.
  • Letter from Henry Russell, composer, listing some of his songs. 21 February 1871.
  • Envelope addressed to Mrs Shuter, Little Park House, Cookham. Postmarked Loughborough 22 April 1872. Containing 5 stamps and names cut from letters, including Rev. T. Atwood and T. P. Michell.
  • Letter from Stephen E Gladstone, requesting a missing receipt. 24 February 1874.
  • Letter to Miss Atwood from F. A. Langton sending a ticket to see the Instrument Galleries at the General Post Office Electric Telegraph Department. 28 July 1876.
  • Letter from Fanny Stirling, actor, to Mr Martin, requesting new material for a forthcoming tour. Undated.
  • Letter from William Black, Paston House, Brighton, to Mr Santley. Undated.
  • Letter from L. Booth, about payment of accounts and book postage. 6 Chepstow Villas, 29 September 1881.
  • Letter from John Cashel Hoey to Mr Tinsley (probably William Tinsley, publisher), about a book proposal from Australia. Kensington, 2 September [1880s?].
  • 4 letters from R. D. Blackmore to Philip Hermogenes Calderon, relating to illustrations for a novel by Blackmore, and sending him some monographs by his late uncle (Henry Hay Knight). June-July 1885.
  • Letter from R. D. Blackmore to Mr Bangard, on horticultural matters. Teddington, 19 February 1899.
  • Letter from George Du Maurier to Philip Hermogenes Calderon, about election to a society. Bayswater, 21 February 1891.
  • 2 letters from G. F. Watts to Philip Hermogenes Calderon, concerning a painting by Watts. Limnerslease, Guildford, 5 and 6 April 1892.
  • 2 letters from William Blake Richmond, artist, to Philip Hermogenes Calderon, arguing for the election of John Everett Millais as president of the Royal Academy after the death of Lord Leighton. re an election). Hammersmith, 26 January 1896, and undated.
  • Letter from G. D. Leslie to Philip [Hermogenes Calderon], about the office of president of the Royal Academy. Wallingford, 12 August 1896.
  • Lionel Brough, actor, to W. Tinsley (possibly William Tinsley, publisher), introducing Mr Langford. Percy Villa, South Lambeth, undated.
  • 9 letters and cards from Edward Gordon Craig, stage designer and publisher of The Page magazine, to William Henry Downing, bookseller and publisher, at the Chaucer Head Library, Birmingham, with some envelopes. Enclosing some designs for bookplates for Downing, K.D., Elsie, and others, and a print design for the Chaucer Head catalogue. Subjects include books on theatre and music, design and printing, a picture of Craig by Aubrey Beardsley, Shaw and songs. 1898-1903.
  • Letter from Alfred Noyes to Lady Agatha Asquith. 11 March 1925.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003665672
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003665672
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1866
End Date:
1925
Date Range:
c 1871-1925
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Former Internal References:
Deposit 11279
Source of Acquisition:
Purchased at Forum Auctions, 22 January 2020, lot 15
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, author, 1825-1900
Brough, Lionel, actor and playwright, known as 'Lal', 1836-1909
Calderon, Philip Hermogenes, artist, 1833-1898
Craig, Edward Henry Gordon, son of Ellen Terry, stage designer, 1872-1966
Downing, William Henry, bookseller and publisher, 1844-1910
Edwards, Matilda Barbara, author, 1836-1919
Hoey, John Baptist Cashel, Agent General for Victoria, CMG, journalist, 1828-1892
Leslie, George Dunlop, artist, 1835-1921
Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson, artist and novelist, 1834-1896
Noyes, Alfred, poet, 1880-1958
Richmond, William Blake, KCB, RA, 1842-1921
Russell, Henry, composer and musician, 1813-1900
Stirling, Mary Ann ('Fanny'), actor; wife of Sir C H Gregory, 1894, 1815-1895
Watts, George Frederic, painter, 1817-1904