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Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916. Collection of autograph letters, ca. 1822-ca. 1902.

Title: Collection of autograph letters, ca. 1822-ca. 1902.

An edition of William Powell Frith's 'Autobiography and Reminiscences', with 'Further Reminiscences' in 9 v. extra-illustrated with ca. 160 autograph letters plus ca. 400 engravings, prints, newspaper clippings, postcards, broadsides and photographs. Letters (including seven from Frith) are from artist contemporaries of Frith's (painters, engravers, etc.) and talk about work in progress, the business of the Royal Academy or furnish biographical information. The letters (and corresponding photographs and illustrative materials) are bound-in where individuals are mentioned in the text; the index, occasionally, can be used to locate these. Other letters are from notable authors, actors, clergymen and politicians; some are addressed to Ernest Gambart. Individuals represented in the collection include E.A. Sothern, Joseph Nollekens [with pencil sketch], William Etty, Thomas Faed, Paul Delaroche, E.J. Poynter, Cardinal Manning, J.E. Millais, S.L. Fildes, Lady Burdette-Coutts, Shirley Brooks, John Doran, W.H. Hunt, Henrietta Ward, L. Alma Tadema, Edmund Yates, G.A. Sala, Mrs. S.C. Hall, J. Toole, Charles Barry, Clarkson Stanfield, James Ward, Sir George Hayter, Sir A.W. Callcott (to Copley Fielding), W. Calder Marshall, George Barrett, Adelaide A. Proctor, E.W. Cooke, Francis Chantrey, Thomas Woolner, Samuel Cousins, David Cox, Sir Frederic Leighton, Amelia B. Edwards, M.E. Braddon, Harry Furniss, F.C. Burnand, Madge Kendal, and Adelina Patti.

ArchivalResource: ca. 160 items.

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Fielding, Antony Vandyke Copley, 1787-1855. Letters, 1831-1854.

Title: Letters, 1831-1854.

Collection consists of letters by Fielding, including: 1831 March 8, to "My Dear Sir" - acknowledging receipt of money; 1840 April 6, to a Mr. Clarke - arranging an appointment to view his pictures; 1849 April 9, to Lord Lansdown - inviting him to view recently finished pictures; 1853 April 4, Portland Place, to "My Dear Sir" - arranging an appointment to view his pictures; 1854 Feb. 13, The Athenaum, to Chambers Hall; 1854 Feb. 24, Landsdown Place, to "My dear Madam" (Landback?), Wales - relating inability to visit due to the health of his wife.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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Ward, Edward Matthew, 1816-1879. Letters and drawings, ca. 1853-1863.

Title: Letters and drawings, ca. 1853-1863.

Ward's letters (mostly undated) are to various correspondents, inc. Copley Fielding, Abraham Cooper, David Roberts, Edward William Cooke, George Augustus Sala and Samuel Carter Hall, mostly regarding commissions, sales of his paintings, and reviews of his work and that of his wife, Henrietta Mary Ada Ward. Three personal letters from his wife are also included. With some mention of contemporary British artists, including Charles Bell Birch and Marcus Stone. Also included in the collection are three pen & ink drawings (1863), two of which are of figures in historical costume, and one of a mother and child.

ArchivalResource: 23 items.

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