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Etty, William, 1787-1849. William Etty correspondence, 1807-1849, undated.

Title: William Etty correspondence, 1807-1849, undated.

William Etty's correspondence concerns the British painter's work, his social engagements and other matters. Letters sent by William Etty are addressed to various correspondents, including undated letters to the painters Thomas Uwins and Sir Martin Archer Shee and a letter dated 1845 to John Varley. Included is a letter to Robert Bolton (1826) in which Etty comments on his pursuit of fame and choice of subject matter. In a letter to Richard Coles (1847), Etty provides detailed information on his Joan of Arc paintings, including the source of inspiration for the works and comments on the research he conducted in France. He also remarks that all his large paintings were intended to impart a moral lesson and elaborates on the message contained in several of his most important works. Letters received are primarily from British artists, such as Sir Francis Chantrey, C. R. Leslie, Shee, Sir Charles Barry, Daniel Maclise, A. W. Pugin, Sir Charles Eastlake, Benjamin West, John Constable, David Wilkie, Clarkson Stanfield, William Mulready and Sir Thomas Lawrence. Many of the letters are of a fairly routine nature but Leslie's (1844) praises Etty's work in fresco; Eastlake's (1849) compliments Etty on a recent exhibition; and Lawrence's (1807) comments on his own portrait painting. Pencil sketches of female nudes, apparently by Etty, appear on the letters from Stanfield and Mulready. The clippings comprise a tearsheet from Picture Post and an obituary. Included with the archive are seven items of miscellaneous correspondence, including a letter dated 1853 by a second William Etty and correspondence from other British artists, such as letters by the painters Richard Redgrave and John Dearman, which appear to bear no relation to Etty.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77815481 View

Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888. Letter to Henry Sharpe. Dorking. 1852 Aug. 13.

Title: Letter to Henry Sharpe. Dorking. 1852 Aug. 13.

Concerning the shipment of two drawings to Sharpe.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/148536271 View

Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888,. Autograph letter signed from Richard Redgrave, London, to W.S. Williams, Esq. [manuscript], 1866? July 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Richard Redgrave, London, to W.S. Williams, Esq. [manuscript], 1866? July 19.

Redgrave has looked at the Shakespeare portrait, and he believes Mr. Baverstock "is right in not working the restorations taken off, as the removal would probably take away some of the Shakespearean characteristics which may have been added to a portrait somewhat similar in characteristics to give likeness." Letter marked "private." Address on letter: 18 Hyde Park Gate South, Kensington. Signed Richd. Redgrave.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503004274 View

Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888. Autograph letters signed (2) : London, to J.H. Robinson, 1855 Feb. 14 and [no year] June 11.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2) : London, to J.H. Robinson, 1855 Feb. 14 and [no year] June 11.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 p.) ; (8vo and 12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270851978 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

Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865. Charles Lock Eastlake letters and portrait, 1846-1864.

Title: Charles Lock Eastlake letters and portrait, 1846-1864.

The collection contains three letters and an engraved portrait of Eastlake. Eastlake writes to Mrs. [Anna] Jameson, 29 July, year unknown [between 1831 and 1860?], answering her inquiry about pictures of saints; to My Dear Sir [Richard Redgrave], 28 Jan. 1846, telling him there will be a meeting of the Fine Arts Commission; and to My Dear Sir [John Bell, sculptor], 12 Dec. 1864, about the Queen's meeting with the sculptors who will work on the Prince Consort's Memorial [Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria]. The engraved portrait of Eastlake (28 x 19 cm.) was engraved by D.J. Pound from a photograph by John Watkins and is undated.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/106480742 View

Thompson, John, 1785-1866. Letters received, 1825-1851.

Title: Letters received, 1825-1851.

Mostly single letters to Thompson (and to his partner J. van Voorst), from painters, illustrators, and architects, primarily relating to the reproduction of their work. Letters refer to the examination of proofs, the delivery of drawings for reproduction, subjects for illustrations commissioned, and occasionally other professional matters. Of particular interest are single letters of Edmund Sharpe on engraving techniques, Charles Joseph Hubbell on his claims to the invention of lithotint, and John Pye on a case before the Artists' Benevolent Fund. Other letters of some content include those of Robert Smirke, E. H. Corbould, William Simson, David Roberts' collaborator William Brockedon, Thomas Sidney Cooper, John Calcott Horsley, Richard Redgrave, Edwin Landseer, and the engraver William Harvey. With two letters of Thompson to his children, 1849, on social matters.

ArchivalResource: ca. 50 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83912768 View

Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888. Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.].

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270851973 View

Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888. Letters, 1853-1872.

Title: Letters, 1853-1872.

Collection includes letters to Charles Hargitt, H. Graves, John Callcott Horsley, William Bemrose, Salomon Alexander Hart and others. In a letter to a Mrs. Bell (1856 Sept. 3), Redgrave gives detailed instructions on the art of oil painting and provides a list of suitable colors; Redgrave includes sketches in the text showing the lay-out of his palette and profiles of recommended brushes. A letter to John Callcott Horsley (1865 Feb. 10) asks for information on Augustus Wall Callcott to be included in a history of the British Academy. A separate sheet lists his painting "The Midwood Shade" which is to be included in William Michael Rossetti's American Exhibition of British Art.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81888881 View

Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888. Autograph document signed, 1848 July 25.

Title: Autograph document signed, 1848 July 25.

Instructing the recipient to deliver his pictures to Mr. Crocker.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270616484 View

Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888. Autograph letter signed : London, to Manby, 1850 July 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Manby, 1850 July 28.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270851963 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

Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours (Great Britain). Letters received, ca. 1862, by Henry Warren, President.

Title: Letters received, ca. 1862, by Henry Warren, President.

Letters include those from John Absolon, Aaron Penley, and Frederick Taylor, mostly concerning Society business and the 1862 exhibition. A letter from Richard Redgrave introduces Lord Lennox. With a letter from Warren to a Miss. Martin identifying a number of Society members.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78617238 View

Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865. Correspondence of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake and family, 1833-1896.

Title: Correspondence of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake and family, 1833-1896.

The collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Charles Eastlake with various individuals, including many British artists, mostly regarding his work for the Fine Arts Commission (established to provide for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament), together with some correspondence of his wife and several letters of his nephew. The collection also includes prints and miscellaneous biographical information. With two letters of Robert Inglis to John Zephaniah Bell and a letter of Harold J. Stanley to Henry Mogford.

ArchivalResource: 172 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80460845 View

Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888. Autograph letter signed : London, to E.W. Cooke, 1864 Dec. 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to E.W. Cooke, 1864 Dec. 30.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270851968 View