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Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

Title: Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted prints and manuscripts relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector William Upcott.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01796/catalog View

Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1668-1866 (inclusive);, 1738-1836 (bulk).

Title: Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1668-1866 (inclusive); 1738-1836 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 6 volumes (1.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01780/catalog View

Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01783/catalog View

Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

Title: Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

A collection of single letters, documents, and manuscripts, primarily dating to the 18th century, from the collection of Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes and 1 vol. (9.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01762/catalog View

Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810. Autograph letter in third person, unsigned : [n.p.], to Dr. Taylor, [no year] Jan. 31.

Title: Autograph letter in third person, unsigned : [n.p.], to Dr. Taylor, [no year] Jan. 31.

Concerning the exhibition and sale of his painting Chiron and Achilles.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (32mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269520038 View

Samuel Johnson letters, 1731-1784.

Title: Samuel Johnson letters, 1731-1784.

Letters written by English lexicographer and poet Samuel Johnson to various correspondents.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (1.75 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00245/catalog View

Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810. Autograph letter signed : Knightsbridge, 1801 Dec. 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Knightsbridge, 1801 Dec. 30.

Copy of a letter sent to T.S. Copley, Jr., rejecting his application for a professorship.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269526943 View

Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810. Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to Sir John Macpherson, [n.d., after 1788?].

Title: Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to Sir John Macpherson, [n.d., after 1788?].

Concerning his affairs in India.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269520024 View

Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810. Letter, 1785, January 15, [London?], to Lord Edward Bentinck.

Title: Letter, 1785, January 15, [London?], to Lord Edward Bentinck.

Sends his Lordship the portrait of Lady Edward; requests that payment be made to Mr. Greenland, Attorney at Law. "... her Ladyship has never given him an opportunity of making the little alteration in the Colour of the hair ..."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122598439 View

Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens, 1708-1875, 1768-1836

Title: Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens 1708-1875 1768-1836

This collection comprises an extra-illustrated copy--with many engravings and original manuscript letters--of the second edition of John Thomas Smith's (London : Henry Colburn, 1829). Nollekens and his times, comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor: and memoirs of several contemporary artists, from the time of Roubillac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake

ArchivalResource: 2 Linear feet (6 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0010 View

Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810. Document not autograph : [London?], 1808 Jul. 21.

Title: Document not autograph : [London?], 1808 Jul. 21.

Being a receipt for payment for a frame by William Habgood, with a description of the frame with Papal Arms.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269550512 View

Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810. Autograph letter signed : Coventry St. [London], to the Rev. Thomas Carwardine, 1804 Apr. 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Coventry St. [London], to the Rev. Thomas Carwardine, 1804 Apr. 28.

Added to a copy of a letter in another hand, describing in detail his journey with Romney through France and Italy to Rome in 1773.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (fol.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269523613 View

Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01782/catalog View

Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01783/catalog View

Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810. [Travel diary], 1786 Feb - Jul.

Title: [Travel diary], 1786 Feb - Jul.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of an account of Humphry's stay in India. The author records the first time he rides an elephant; his first impressions of Lucknow, and his daily social life, including dinners, introductions to local British and Indian governors, and an elephant fight. Elsewhere, he describes his discomfort with the local practice of staining one's gums, teeth, and palms of hands. He also mentions his sittings with Indians whose portraits he is painting, including "Shaw Zada" and Asaf-ud-Daula, the nawab of Oudh.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (18 p.) ; 37 x 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177676 View

Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808. Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Charles St. [London], to Mr. Humphries [sic], n.d.

Title: Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Charles St. [London], to Mr. Humphries [sic], n.d.

Asking him to send her pieces of ivory prepared for miniature painting.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270621791 View

Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801

Title: Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items 1789-1801

To Messrs. Cadell & Davies, publishers : 1 autograph check signed : 4 Jun 1801 : (MISC 0987) : for £15.11.6 to go to George Longman; endorsed on the verso by Longman.

ArchivalResource: 5 items

http://archives.nypl.org/cps/22096 View

Heath, James, 1757-1834,. Autograph letter signed from James Heath, Russell Place, London, to Ozias Humphry [manuscript], 1802 January 4.

Title: Autograph letter signed from James Heath, Russell Place, London, to Ozias Humphry [manuscript], 1802 January 4.

He hopes that the first number of his work will meet Humphry's approbation.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230387974 View

Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812. Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801

Title: Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801

· To Messrs. Cadell & Davies, publishers : 1 autograph check signed : 4 Jun 1801 : (MISC 0987) : for £15.11.6 to go to George Longman; endorsed on the verso by Longman. · To Ozias Humphry, English miniature and portrait painter : 1 autograph letter signed : [1800] : (MISC 0986) : [no place] : begins, "This is such a miserable day that I hope you will excuse my not calling on you at the appointed hour ..." · To John Pinkerton, historian and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Dec 1789 : (MISC 0455) : from Queen Anne St. East : begins, "The Manuscripts which I bought from Mr. L. Davis contain a collection of poems by various authors, made in the time of Charles the First." With a red wax seal depicting a knight with spear and shield, and bearing the motto "Fidelis Ad Urn[am]." · To unidentified recipient[s] : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed to "Dear Sir" : 3 Feb 1789 : (MISC 0458) : [no place] : on the subject of a monument to Samuel Johnson; begins, "I find most of our committee are engaged on Sunday, and have therefore changed my day to Thursday the 9th ..."; along with a manuscript list in an unidentified hand (MISC 0456), with a heading "The Committee," listing Malone, Edmund Burke, and a few others. -- 1 autograph letter signed to "My dear Sir" : 5 Apr 1791 : (MISC 0457) : from Sackville Street, Dublin : also on the subject of a monument to Johnson; begins, "In consequence of your letter being address'd to my brother's house in the country, and returned from thence to this town, I did not receive it till this day ..."

ArchivalResource: 5 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727069871 View

Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

Title: Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted prints and manuscripts relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector William Upcott.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01796/catalog View

Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive);, 1738-1866 (bulk).

Title: Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive); 1738-1866 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 9 volumes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01781/catalog View

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Ozias Humphry, 1780 Aug. 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Ozias Humphry, 1780 Aug. 18.

Concerning a purchase related to an election that is being negotiated and the possibility of his going to Bridgwater with Fox.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270663480 View

Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858. Letters regarding art collecting, 1797-1833.

Title: Letters regarding art collecting, 1797-1833.

Select letters, several addressed to Dawson Turner, the famed antiquarian, from his large collection of correspondence. Subjects range from the collecting of coins, medals, ancient gems, and reproductive engravings to the early history of art auctions held at Christie's. Also includes a fire insurance policy (1827) for pictures belonging to His Majesty; a prospectus (1831) for William Camden Edwards' engravings of coins; and two prospectuses and a newspaper clipping about a new town, St. Leonards designed by architects James and Decimus Burton.

ArchivalResource: 22 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84547240 View

Abington, Mrs. (Frances Barton), 1737-1815,. Autograph letters signed from Mrs. Abington to Horace Walpole, Garrick, Ozias Humphrey, [George Hardinge], [John?] Bell (readdressed to the Rev. [Samuel?] Henley) and others [manuscript], 1771-1791.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Mrs. Abington to Horace Walpole, Garrick, Ozias Humphrey, [George Hardinge], [John?] Bell (readdressed to the Rev. [Samuel?] Henley) and others [manuscript], 1771-1791.

Accompanying the letter to Bell is a poem by Honorio entitled, On seeing the celebrated portrait of Mrs. Abington by Sir Joshua Reynolds ... and beginning, As late I wander'd thro' that ancient pile.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281721239 View

Morland, Henry Robert, d. 1797. Letter and account sent to Ozias Humphry, ca. 1795.

Title: Letter and account sent to Ozias Humphry, ca. 1795.

The collection comprises two undated items: one letter from Henry R. Morland about colors and other art supplies sold to the painter Ozias Humphry; and a related account listing the items and their prices.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145992478 View

Temple, John. Business and private papers, 1675-1830.

Title: Business and private papers, 1675-1830.

Correspondence, notes, receipts, and theater tickets, mainly relating to book selling and publishing as well as letters and notes written by authors, historians, politicians, and scientists.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol. (122 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/365150194 View

Wilton, Joseph, 1722-1803. Autograph letter signed : Hammersmith, to Ozias Humphry, 1784 Dec. 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Hammersmith, to Ozias Humphry, 1784 Dec. 11.

Thanking him for his offer to carry packets to Calcutta, and wishing him a safe voyage.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270587536 View