Edward Lear miscellaneous correspondence, 1836-1888.

Field, William Bradhurst Osgood, 1870-1949

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William Bradhurst Osgood Field (1870-1949) was a landowner, collector and philanthropist from a New York family. He was the son of William Hazard Field and Augusta Currie Bradhurst Field, and the nephew of Osgood Field, a society figure in London and Rome. William's sister, Mary Pearsall Field, was also a socialite.In 1902 he married Lila Vanderbilt Sloane Field, the great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. They divided their time between their three family properties, 645 Fifth Avenue in Ma...

Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984

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Philip Hofer (1898-1984) was a librarian, book collector, and founder and first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library at Harvard University. Hofer graduated from Harvard College and spent a few years in business. He began collecting a wide variety of printed books in 1917. By 1933 he focused on illustrated and decorated books, thus entering into a serious study of book arts. He served as curator of the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, and in...

Curtis, George William, 1824-1892

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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights. Curtis, the son of George and Mary Elizabeth (Burrill) Curtis, was born in Providence on February 24, 1824. His mother died when he was two. At six he was sent with his elder brother to school in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he remained for fi...

Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910

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William Holman Hunt was an English artist and painter. Despite his father's objections, he sought a career as an artist, and studied art at the Royal Academy, where he met Millais and Rossetti; the three of them co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Hunt's paintings are richly colored and highly detailed; many have religious or moralistic connotations. He made several journeys to the Middle East, and painted scenes of Jerusalem. He was extremely popular with the general public. ...

Byrom, Thomas

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Hamill and Parker

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Mansfield, ...

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Title: Earl of British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x0001ff ...

Wilkie Collins

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Eliza Drewitts

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Nora Creina Blanche (Napier) Bruce, baroness Aberdare

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Elkin Mathews Ltd.

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Miss Mundella

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John Gould

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William H. Robinson, Ltd.

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Henry Catt

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John Ruskin

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Henry Willett

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Dutton, S.

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Fanny (Coombe) Willett

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Goodspeed's Book Shop.

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Wyatt, W. J. (Walter James)

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Epithet: Captain; writing from Rome British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000314 Epithet: of Add MS 40880 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000126 ...

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st baron Aberdare

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Elkins Mathews Ltd.

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Hubert Congreve.

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Mrs. Ford

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Lear, Edward, 1812-1888

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English painter and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 61 Promenade des Anglais [Nice], to Lady Duncan, 1865 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129778 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) : Cairo, Cannes, Paris, San Remo, and Botzen, to Mrs. (later Lady) Digby Wyatt, 1866 Dec. 30-1871 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598498 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Villa Tennyson, San Remo, to Wilkie [Col...

Thomas George Baring ear of Northbrook

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Kirkpatrick, John William, 1942-

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