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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed : Boulogne, to Wilkie Collins, 1854 Sept. 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Boulogne, to Wilkie Collins, 1854 Sept. 26.

Mentioning [Robert] Keeley and the weather and describing his guest Vincent [Percival Cattermole]. Noting that Mary [his eldest daughter usually called Mamie] was taken very ill with English Cholera and describing her sickness. Reporting that the Theatre [in the Rue Monsigny] took fire, and mentioning mutual acquaintances, including Beaucourt [Dickens' landlord], Ellioston, "the Kernel" [Augustus Egg], Beard, and Ward. Sending kind regards.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 1/4 p.) ; 17.9 cm. + envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463303676 View

Egg, Augustus Leopold, 1816-1863. Autograph letter signed : Ivy Cottage [London], to T. Miller, no year, Jan. 15.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Ivy Cottage [London], to T. Miller, no year, Jan. 15.

Concerning one of his pictures.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270743228 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed : London, to Wilkie Collins, 1854 Apr. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Wilkie Collins, 1854 Apr. 24.

Asking him to join Dickens and "the Colonel" [Augustus Egg] for dinner the following Sunday. Noting that he has let "Beaucourt's house above the Molyneaux" for the following summer, and hopes that Collins will write the third volume of "that" book there. Mentioning Townshend, hoping that he does not have "another choral birthday."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463298787 View

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Charley [Charles Allston Collins], 1853 Nov. 13.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Charley [Charles Allston Collins], 1853 Nov. 13.

Describing remembrances of their childhood in Rome, noting that, unlike the rest of Italy, the city is unchanged. Describing his visit to Naples, and mentioning Dickens, Sir Emmerson [sic] Tennent and his family, Egg, Layard, and the Iggulden. Mentioning an incident of making eye contact with the Pope, and discussing his plans to travel to Turin by way of Venice and Verona, expecting to return to London by the 13th or 14th of December. Sending kind regards to friends at home.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 26.8 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435813263 View

Egg, Augustus, 1816-1863. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Richard Ansdell, [n.d.], "Monday Morning."

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Richard Ansdell, [n.d.], "Monday Morning."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (32mo) + with envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270878023 View

Egg, Augustus Leopold, 1816-1863. Autograph letter signed : Kensington, [London], to "My dear Collins" (Charles Allston Collins?), no year, "Thursday."

Title: Autograph letter signed : Kensington, [London], to "My dear Collins" (Charles Allston Collins?), no year, "Thursday."

Accepting a dinner invitation.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270743233 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed : London, to Mary Boyle, 1850 Sept. 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Mary Boyle, 1850 Sept. 20.

Sending her play scripts (including Elizabeth Inchbald's Animal Magnetism) and a sketch by [Daniel] Maclise; mentioning the people in the play including [John] Forster, [Mark] Lemon, [John] Leech, [Douglas] Jerrold, Georgina [Hogarth], and [Augustus] Egg; mentioning [Edward] Bulwer [Lytton]; remarking that he is working on David Copperfield.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18.9 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/465234968 View

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to his mother, Harriet Collins, [1862 Nov. 6].

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to his mother, Harriet Collins, [1862 Nov. 6].

Saying he is sorry that his mother is unwell; noting that he is scheduled to dine with [Augustus] Egg on Saturday and will stop by to see how she and Charley [Charles Allston Collins] are doing; recommending brandy and water as a treatment for illness.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm. + envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436873471 View

Egg, Augustus, 1816-1863. Autograph letter signed : London, to F.D. McCathus, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to F.D. McCathus, [n.d.].

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270878025 View

Egg, Augustus Leopold, 1816-1863. Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Ivy Cottage [London], to Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell, 1852 Apr. 26.

Title: Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Ivy Cottage [London], to Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell, 1852 Apr. 26.

Accepting a dinner invitation.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270743224 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph manuscript playbill : [Liverpool], [1847 July].

Title: Autograph manuscript playbill : [Liverpool], [1847 July].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 37.7 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270870664 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed : London, to Augustus Egg, 1851 Mar. 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Augustus Egg, 1851 Mar. 8.

Discussing casting Wilkie Collins as a valet in a comedy by Bulwer [Lytton]. Dickens observes that he knew Wilkie Collins' "father very well [William Collins], and should be very glad to know him."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/464628881 View

Egg, Augustus Leopold, 1816-1863. Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, [1847-1853].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, [1847-1853].

Regretting the necessity of missing an appointment due to an earlier engagement.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 13.5 cm

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747717196 View

Letters and papers of British artists, 1774-1964.

Title: Letters and papers of British artists, 1774-1964.

The collection comprises 1360 items, mostly letters, signed by 507 British painters, illustrators, engravers, etchers, draughtsmen, lithographers and sculptors between 1774 and 1964. There are 10 letters from 1774 to 1797, and 200 from 1900 to 1964, with the bulk covering the 19th century. The most frequent subjects of the letters range from news of family and friends, health and travel, and information about work in progress. Several letters, listing titles and prices of art works, apparently accompanied works sent to exhibitions. There are also a number of autograph letters signed for collectors. The collection includes ca. 40 illustrated letters, as well as independent sketches and drawings in pencil or ink, and watercolors, signed. Also included are reproductions of art works (mostly engraved portraits of artists), press clippings of biographical notes and obituaries, dealer catalog clippings, studio portrait photographs, and even a couple of poems and some manuscript pages. A folder with 12 documents from unidentified artists, dated between 1847 and 1936, is included at the end, in box 7, file 71.

ArchivalResource: 1360 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145990018 View

Letters and papers of British artists, 1774-1964

Title: Letters and papers of British artists 1774-1964

The collection, assembled by the repository, comprises 1360 items, mostly letters signed by 507 British painters, illustrators, printmakers, draughtsmen, and sculptors. The collection includes circa 40 illustrated letters, as well as sketches, press clippings, manuscripts, and reproductions of art works. Most items date from the late 19th century.

ArchivalResource: 1360 items

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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Autograph letter signed : Lausanne, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1853 Oct. 16.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Lausanne, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1853 Oct. 16.

Announcing the arrival of his traveling party in Lausanne; describing his trip to Lausanne, including stops in Paris and Strasbourg; and giving details of the scenery in Switzerland. The letter mentions Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Charles Dickens, Augustus Egg.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21.2 cm. + envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436725763 View

Egg, Augustus Leopold, 1816-1863. Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles [?], 1852 Feb. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles [?], 1852 Feb. 24.

Discussing compiling material for the Peer's Corridor.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18.2 cm

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747716532 View

Egg, Augustus, 1816-1863. Portion of an autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to W.H. Hunt, [n.d.].

Title: Portion of an autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to W.H. Hunt, [n.d.].

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270881434 View

Egg, Augustus, 1816-1863. Autograph letters signed (3) : Bayswater, to G.D. Tomlinson, 1851 July 14, 1851 Aug. 17 and 1852 Mar. 14.

Title: Autograph letters signed (3) : Bayswater, to G.D. Tomlinson, 1851 July 14, 1851 Aug. 17 and 1852 Mar. 14.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (10 p.) ; (12mo) + two with envelopes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270878027 View

Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909. Letters, ca. 1842-1908.

Title: Letters, ca. 1842-1908.

Letters from Frith to various correspondents, including six to his publisher, Richard Bentley (1888-1893), mainly concerning the success of his autobiography (pub. 1888), his painting, and social engagements. Occasional references are made to individual paintings, works in progress, and to other contemporary British artists, including Augustus Egg. The collection includes a letter to Lord Chief Justice Coleridge (1882) regarding a sitting for "Private view day at the Royal Academy," one to John Sheepshanks (1847) concerning his art collection, and one (1872) describing his painting of Mary Queen of Scots. With two portrait photographs of Frith, aged ca. 50 and 60, the former by the studio of Elliott and Fry.

ArchivalResource: 55 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84393376 View