Autograph File, I, 1730-1978.

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Autograph File, I, 1730-1978.

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Abstract

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.

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1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6384559

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Ireland, Alexander, 1810-1894

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Alexander Ireland (1810–1894) was a Scottish journalist, man of letters, and bibliophile, notable as a biographer of Ralph Waldo Emerson as well as a friend of Emerson and other literary celebrities, including Leigh Hunt and Thomas Carlyle, and the geologist and scientific speculator Robert Chambers. His own most popular book was The Book-Lover's Enchiridion, published under a pseudonym in 1882. Ireland was born at Edinburgh on 9 May 1810; his father was a businessman. As a young man he had a...

Aldrich, Talbot Bailey, 1868-1957

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Son of Thomas Bailey Aldrich who was a New Hampshire-born author and poet. His mother was Mary Elizabeth "Lillian" Woodman....

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American theologian and author. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on April 4, 1810, James Freeman Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Parker Hull, though he was raised by his grandfather James Freeman, minister at King's Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston Latin School, and later graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and Harvard Divinity School in 1833. Ordained into the Unitarian church he first became...

Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847

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Alexander Hill Everett was a distinguished early American diplomat, writer, and man of letters. He entered Harvard at the age of twelve, and apprenticed at the law office of John Quincy Adams. He served in a variety of notable diplomatic posts, and contributed to the evolution of American culture and literary tradition. His emphasis was to encourage writers to look beyond the Anglo-Saxon tradition for their themes and inspiration. From the description of Alexander Hill Ev...

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894

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Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, and his oratorical skills were noted by the Democratic Party. However, his abolitionist views fitted him better for the nascent Republican Party, through which he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Massachusetts ...

Freeman, Arthur

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Cornelius Mathews

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London

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John F. Brown & Bros.

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Theophilus Pickering

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Joel Tyler Headley?

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Cornelius Conway Felton

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Inglis, Robert

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Epithet: of Linmill by Falkirk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00028b Robert Inglis was a contemporary of Jane, Lady Franklin (1792-1875) wife of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) From the guide to the Robert Inglis collection, 1854, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Second Congregational Church

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Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), 1876-

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Frederick Myers Dearborn (1876-1960), who formed this collection, was a dermatologist of New York City. From the description of Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana : Part III: The Civil War and the Union, 1804-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84192475 From the description of Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana : Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCa...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Ireland, Alleyne, 1871-1951

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B. G. Cuvier

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Fletcher? Harper

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Inglis, Robert Harry, Sir, 1786-1855

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Manchester and [London], to various correspondents, 1833 Aug. 27-1854 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270859724 Politician and author. From the description of Letters, 1848-1850. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 24560927 English art critic and social critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "My dear Sir" [John Ruskin?], ...

Bradfield

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Thomas Aspinwall

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E. J. Wendell

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Irons, James Campbell

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Annie (Adams) Fields

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Hutchinson, Israel

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Mrs. Charles L. Slattery.

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Ingham, Samuel D. (Samuel Delucenna), 1779-1860

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Ingham served as Secretary of the Treasury, 1829-1831, under Pres. Andrew Jackson; staunch supporter of the Second Bank of the United States; helped develop inland canal navigation, railroad transportation, anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania; died, 1860, in Trenton, N.J. From the description of Substance of a conversation with Samuel D. Ingham, 1831 Mar. 22. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30713434 Samuel D. Ingham was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvan...

Hannah Parsons

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Potter, William J. (William James), 1829?-1893

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William James Potter received his A.B. from Harvard in 1854. From the description of Themes and forensics, 1850-1854. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072838 From the description of Mathematical papers, 1850-1854. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072842 ...

Papantonio, Michael

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Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931,

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Composed 1886. First performance Paris, 5 March 1887. Société Nationale de Musique. Dedicated to Émile Lemoine.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sarabanda and menuet : for string orchestra and piano / V. d'Indy. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50245007 French composer, teacher, theorist, and writer on music. From the description of [Scherzo from the Symphony in A major, arranged for two pianos]. [1872?] (Unknown)...

William James.

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William W. Randall

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Gerard Murrell

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Prof. John Clive

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Isabel, Empress, consort of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1539

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Wife of Charles V. From the description of Autograph signature to letter : Avila, to Lope Hurtado de Mendoza, ambassador to Portugal, 1531 Jun. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269548630 From the description of Autograph signature to letter : Madrid, to the Duke del Infantado, 1530 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269548617 ...

Ives, George Burnham, 1856-1930

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Anderson, Robert, 1930-

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Epithet: of Add MS 36164 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x000396 Robert Anderson was born circa 1818 at Fettercairn, Kincardineshire. He was educated at the Academy of Montrose and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Entering the Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon in 1838, he served off the coast of Syria and in the East India and China station, advancing to the rank of surgeon. He joined t...

First church of Gloucester

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Edgar Irving

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Tate Wilkinson

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Winslow, Donald F.

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A. Parker

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Barbara Newman Kravitz

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Elliot Stock

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Samuel Henshaw.

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Miss Sally Fairchild

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Col. Thomas Aspinwall

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João III, king of Portugal

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Francis Granger

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Lucy Larcom

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James Redpath

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George Carey Foster

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Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835

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English forger of Shakespeare manuscripts. From the description of Autograph forgery in the form of an autograph receipt signed by William Shakespeare : [London], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269518423 English forger. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. Colepeper, 1825 July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269528697 William Henry Ireland, English writer and literary forger. From the description of W...

Mrs G. M. Moulton

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Philip Hofer

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Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867

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French artist. From the description of Ingres correspondence and manuscripts, 1814-1869. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77946494 French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Mervaux, 1850 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269533886 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to his fiancée, Julie Forestier, 1806 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269534218 From the ...

Indian Queen Boarding House (Boston)

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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...

Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899

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Ingersoll: unmarried lawyer in Peoria, Ill. From the description of Letter : Peoria, Ill., to Miss Han Selby, Smithland, Ky., 1859 Sept. 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 41986349 Ingersoll: lawyer, author, lecturer, well-known proponent of agnosticism. Hackley (1837-1905): businessman & philanthropist from Muskegon, Mich. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], to Mr. [Charles Henry?] Hackley, 1897 July 21. (Abraham L...

Scribners

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Ingraham, Joseph, 1762-1800

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Joseph Ingraham, formerly mate on the Columbia, was put in command of the brigantine Hope of Boston on a trading voyage to the northwest coast. From the description of Voyage of the brigantine Hope : from Boston to the northwest coast of America / /by Joseph Ingraham. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702688961 Navigator, trader, and explorer. From the description of Joseph Ingraham journal, 1790-1792. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068995 ...

W. B. O. Field

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Mrs. Parsons Plummer

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Charles Lanman

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Eugenio Napoleone di Francia Vice-Re.

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Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005

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Sponsored by Stanford University, the English Department, the Creative Writing Program, the Stanford Humanities Center, the Stanford Library, and the Library Associates. From the description of A symposium on his poetry and his place in American letters : recording, 2005 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864090 David Shaff was at Yale at this time; he wrote and edited poetry. From the description of Letters to David O. Schaff, 1962-1965. (Unknown). WorldC...

William Hone

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John H. C. Campbell

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Irving, Sir Henry, 1838-1905.

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Irving, Peter, 1771-1838

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Ingersoll, Charles R.

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Ingersoll, Ebon C. (Ebon Clark), 1831-1879

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Illinois legislator, U.S representative and brother of Robert G. Ingersoll. Ebon signed a mortgage and a note for swamp land in Saline County that could be bought very cheaply. He apparently never paid for it. From the description of Papers, 1856-1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54484881 ...

Tilton, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marguerite), 1913-

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Professor of English, Barnard College, 1959-1979, scholar of American literature, editor & authority on Ralph W. Emerson. Columbia University Ph.D., 1947. From the guide to the Eleanor M. Tilton Papers, 1770-1991, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Professor of English, Barnard College, 1959-1979, scholar of American literature, editor & authority on Ralph W. Emerson. Columbia University Ph.D., 1947. ...

Stetson, John B.

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A. Artinian

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Ingraham, J.H. (Joseph Holt), 1809-1860

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American clergyman and novelist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7) : Baltimore, to Fletcher Harper, 1857 Mar. 17-1858 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269546420 From the description of Papers of J.H. Ingraham [manuscript], 1841-1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812348 ...

Miss Helen Cam

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Indiana, Robert, 1928-2018

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Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark, September 13, 1928, New Castle, Indiana–died May 19, 2018, Vinalhaven, Maine), American artist associated with the pop art movement. His "LOVE" print, first created for the Museum of Modern Art's Christmas card in 1965, was the basis for his 1970 Love sculpture and the widely distributed 1973 United States Postal Service "LOVE" stamp. He created works in media including paper, silk screen, and Cor-ten steel....

Freiherr Woldemar von Löwenstern

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Ingelow, Jean, 1820-1897

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English poet and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : All Saints, Lewes, to Arthur Sullivan, 1868 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125503 Jean Ingelow was an English poet and novelist. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007454 Jean Ingelow, English poet and writer. From the description of Jean Ingelow manuscript material : 2 items [ca. 1880's-1890's] (New York Pub...

Charles Gould

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Henry Eckford

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Iwakura, Tomomi, 1825-1883

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Ellery Sedgwick.

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James George Stopford, 5th earl of Courtown

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Irwin, Jared.

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Sarony, ...

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Mrs. Flora Livingston

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Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry Northcote, earl of, 1818-1887

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British politician who served successively as a private secretary to William Gladstone, a Member of Parliament,a finance advisor to Benjamin Disraeli, secretary of state to India, chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Foreign Secretary. He was created Earl of Iddesleigh in 1885. From the description of Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh papers, 1831-1887. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64060425 British politician ...

Christopher Bradshaw

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Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821

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Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) was a British actress, novelist, and dramatist. From the description of Hamlet, ca.1805? (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80027720 Elizabeth Inchbald, English writer and actress. From the description of Elizabeth Inchabald manuscript material : 5 items, 1799-1809 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 436880525 English actress, novelist, and dramatist. Fr...

Lea and Blanchard

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Livingston, Luther Samuel

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Eugène de Beauharnais.

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Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909

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William Powell Frith was a popular and successful Victorian painter. His early talent was nourished by his working-class father, and he was educated at Sass's Art School and the Royal Academy. His early paintings were generally derived from classical or literary themes; in later life, he painted contemporary Victorian compositions that proved to be highly popular, and remain interesting as images of the age. He also published articles critical of the Neo-Raphaelites. From the descrip...

Autograph File, I, 1730-1978.

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