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Robertson, Christina (Saunders), Mrs. james, fl. 1823-1844. Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Harley St. [London], to Mr. Howard, no year.

Title: Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Harley St. [London], to Mr. Howard, no year.

Sending a list of pictures for exhibition.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270655388 View

Howard, Henry, 1769-1847. Autograph letters signed (2) : London, to A. Cooper, 1823 Apr. 25 and 1830 July 19.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2) : London, to A. Cooper, 1823 Apr. 25 and 1830 July 19.

Saying that the subject of the sketch he has sent is "the old story of Cupid stung by a bee"; and informing him of an upcoming visit by His Majesty to the exhibition.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270880425 View

Society of Dilettanti drawings, prints, and letters, 1806-1880

Title: Society of Dilettanti drawings, prints, and letters 1806-1880

A collection reflecting the publishing work of the Society of Dilettanti, an English group that promoted the study of ancient sculpture and architecture, primarily that of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Drawings and printed proofs relate to three of the Society's major publications: ; ; and . Specimens of Antient [sic] Sculpture, Aegyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities of Ionia Unedited antiquities of Attica

ArchivalResource: 28.64 linear feet; (14 boxes)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3x0nf1r5 View

Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846. Benjamin Robert Haydon manuscript material : 14 items, 1815-1843

Title: Benjamin Robert Haydon manuscript material : 14 items, 1815-1843

· Autograph account (fragment?), Complaints against Sir Martin Shee and the Royal Academy : [w/m = 1831] : (MISC 1841) : 7 p. in ink; perhaps part of a letter; includes drawing of four animal hooves on p. 7. · To Edward DuBois, writer : 9 autograph letters signed : -- [ca. 1827] : (MISC 1842) : discussing patrons who have done effective good through comissions to native artists. -- 31 Jan 1829 : (MISC 1836) : a diatribe on the state of art and patronage; including, "No artist, has so thoroughly investigated the principles of the human figure in England as myself." -- [Feb 1830?] : (MISC 1845) : regarding the raffling of his paintings, "Punch" and "Eucles". Along with an aquatint after his painting, "Napoleon at St. Helena," engraved for the Electric Museum by John Sartain. -- 1 Mar 1830 : (MISC 1835) : begins, "A thousand thanks--never again say a word about the Academy--I have done with it. -- 22 Apr 1830 : (MISC 1837) : saying he does not want to come on Sunday if artists will be present. -- [post-1831, Jun 21] : (MISC 1844) : begins, "I have finished Napoleon for Sir Robt Peel--and I think you will like it ...". Along with a crayon sketch of three seated men, signed by Haydon. -- 24 Jul 1831 : (MISC 1839) : including a request that DuBois praise his Napoleon when it is finished. -- 29 Aug 1831 : (MISC 1838) : begins, "I like your article yesterday very much. But it is not right to query any man's dialect--Seguier's want of education is his misfortune ..."; also, "My next comic picture shall be a Cockney Steamer." -- [23 Mar 1837?] : (MISC 1843) : including, "Will you lend me for engraving the study of Mrs. Haydon as Ariadne ..." · To Dr. Elliston, his physician : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 May 1833 : (MISC 3780) : offering to paint his portrait in lieu of a fee. · To Sir Henry Howard, secretary of the Royal Academy : 1 autograph note signed : 2 ?Jul 1843 : (MISC 1840) : requesting Howard deliver Haydon's "picture" of Saragossa "to the Bearer." · To Leigh Hunt, writer and critic : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date; 1815, before Oct] : (H'ANA 0068) : telling Hunt of his affection for him; begins, "I send you the Examiner and hope it will interest you ..." · To "Dear Sir" [Mr. Rigby?] : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Jun 1837 : (MISC 1868) : begins, "Pray is the desire of the committee to have me lecture to them as strong as before my misfortunes?"

ArchivalResource: 14 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301811581 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

Crome, John Bernay, 1794-1842. Autograph letter signed : Yarmouth, to Henry Howard, Secretary of the Royal Academy, 1839 Apr. 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Yarmouth, to Henry Howard, Secretary of the Royal Academy, 1839 Apr. 8.

Forwarding his "Scene in the faubourd of Rouen" for the approaching exhibition, and giving a price on it of 30 guineas.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270531598 View

Joseph Severn papers, 1821-1899.

Title: Joseph Severn papers, 1821-1899.

Correspondence, primarily concerning the poet John Keats, as well as compositions of English poet and painter Joseph Severn.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00753/catalog View

Howard, Henry, 1769-1847. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Sir Thomas, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Sir Thomas, [n.d.].

Saying that the name of a Sardinian ambassador for whom there is no invitation appears in the red book.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (16mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270880420 View

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Papers, ca. 1822-1845.

Title: Papers, ca. 1822-1845.

Collection includes four letters by Turner, one letter received, a small portrait of Turner, a signed fragment of a letter, with two manuscript fragments and two press clippings relating to him.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81481856 View

Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871. Personal and family papers, 1808-1879.

Title: Personal and family papers, 1808-1879.

Collection consists of letters received by Hayter, chiefly of a professional nature, with letters from Sir George Hayter and three passports; and correspondence of his father, Charles, and letters received by his son, Angelo Collen Hayter.

ArchivalResource: 161 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77895185 View

Rothwell, Richard, 1800-1868. Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Portland Place [London], to Henry Howard, [no year].

Title: Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Portland Place [London], to Henry Howard, [no year].

Sending two pictures for exhibition.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (16mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270657972 View

Autograph File, H

Title: Autograph File, H

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet (22 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01431/catalog View

Howard, Henry, 1769-1847. Autograph letter signed : Newman St. [London], to Sir William Beechey, 1813 Feb. 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Newman St. [London], to Sir William Beechey, 1813 Feb. 17.

Concerning some engravings refused by the Council.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269532530 View

Howard, Henry, 1769-1847. Autograph letter signed : London, to J.C. Denham, 1838 July 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to J.C. Denham, 1838 July 26.

Promising him a ticket for a Royal Academy dinner.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270880424 View

Howard, Henry, 1769-1847. Printed card of admission signed : [London?], 1814 Feb. 21.

Title: Printed card of admission signed : [London?], 1814 Feb. 21.

Admitting J.F. Williams to a lecture at the Royal Academy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (48mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269553863 View

Howard, Henry, 1769-1847. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to William Hayley, 1800 Apr. 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to William Hayley, 1800 Apr. 10.

Apologizing for not attending to his commissions due to an inflammation of the eye, and reviewing his various projects; giving his opinion of Mr. Cumberland: "he is a very ingenious man, but grasps perhaps too many objects at once--some of his designs I think excellent--his doctrine of the harmony of lines seems very just--but he is surely not entitled to the credit of having discovered what has always been practised by good artists."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270880416 View

Society of Dilettanti (London, England). Society of Dilettanti drawings, prints, and letters, 1806-1880.

Title: Society of Dilettanti drawings, prints, and letters, 1806-1880.

A collection of drawings and prints reflecting the Society of Dilettanti's work in recording and publishing ancient sculpture and architecture, primarily of Greece. The main portion comprises drawings and printed proofs for three publications: Specimens of antient sculpture, Aegyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman; Antiquities of Ionia; and The unedited antiquities of Attica. Also included are letters by the archaeologist, topographer, and member of the Society, William Gell, written mainly during his travels to Greece and Asia Minor. Series I comprises 253 drawings and prints executed in preparation for Specimens of antient sculpture, including 20 drawings for plates that are not part of the final publication. The objects came from the private collections of several members of the Society, mainly Richard Payne Knight and Charles Townley. The first volume was published in 1809, the second volume did not appear until 1835 when most of the sculpture previously in private collections was placed in the British Museum. The prints are proofs for plates in the second volume, with several proofs for a plate frequently present. The presence of multiple proofs with various annotations provides a glimpse into the process of selecting and captioning of plates. Most of the prints are stipple engravings; most of the drawings are wash drawings. The surviving drawings and proofs for the second volume show how much of the work was completed before Knight's death in 1824. Series II contains 14 drawings and two printed proofs for Antiquities of Ionia, including ten wash and ink drawings and two etchings for plates in part III, and two engravings for plates in part IV. The plates depict views of the ancient cities Knidos [Cnidus] and Patara, and sculpture fragments found at Priene. Series III consists of ten architectural drawings, including nine drawings for The unedited antiquities of Attica. Six of the drawings are for plates in chapter II on Eleusis: Propylaea, two are for plates in chapter III Eleusis: inner vestibules, and one is for a plate in chapter VI Rhamnus: Temple of Nemesis. Also present is an additional drawing of the floor-plan of the Temple of Jupiter Olympius at Agrigentum for an unknown publication. Series IV includes six letters by the English archaeologist, traveler and topographer Sir William Gell (1777-1836) addressed to Sir Henry Englefield, Secretary of the Society, written during the 1812-1813 expedition to Greece and Asia Minor. Gell writes about archaeological work at Eleusis and Corinth, mentions drawings he made at these sites, and comments on the newly discovered Aeginetan sculptures. The letters are illustrated with small sketches. An additional letter by Gell was written in 1834 from Naples to Lady Blessington in London about their common literary interests. Also present are five bank drafts by Gell, dated 1806-1809.

ArchivalResource: 28.64 linear ft. (14 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123429849 View

Royal Academy of Arts records, 1827-1907.

Title: Royal Academy of Arts records, 1827-1907.

Collection consists primarily of letters received by the Royal Academy from artists and collectors, together with related correspondence, concerning submissions for exhibitions, 1827-1841 and Old Masters Exhibitions 1870-1873 and 1881. Most of the correspondence relates to the exhibition of 1827 and the Old Masters Exhibitions of 1870-1873. The letters frequently contain descriptions of the works submitted or information pertaining to their provenance, transportation and care. The collection assumes added significance as more than half of the unsolicited Old Master paintings were refused by the Academy. Included are minutes of committee meetings (1869) relating to the first of the Old Master Exhibitions in 1870 which contain a statement of purpose for the exhibition. Also included are copies of the catalogs for the Old Masters Exhibitions of 1870-1873 and 1881.

ArchivalResource: 1.8 lin. ft.

http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21136670360001551 View

Beechey, William, Sir, 1753-1839. Letters, ca. 1798-1834.

Title: Letters, ca. 1798-1834.

Bound vol. primarily containing letters of Beechey, with two letters of other family members, engravings of portraits of Beechey and of his works, and published items relating to him. With 3 separate letters of Beechey.

ArchivalResource: ca. 25 letters, in 1 v. + 3 additional letters.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145983804 View

Howard, Henry, 1769-1847. Autograph letter signed : London, to W. Jerdan, 1817 Apr. 29.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to W. Jerdan, 1817 Apr. 29.

Regretting that he can not provide a ticket to a private view of a Royal Academy exhibition.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270880418 View