Allan Cunningham Papers, 1815-1841

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Allan Cunningham Papers, 1815-1841

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The bulk of thiscollection is comprised of correspondence to and from art historian AllanCunningham. The correspondence largley concerns matters connected withCunningham's numerous publishing projects, including his , which appeared between 1829 and 1833. Also included in thecollection are three Mss. poems--one perhaps by the Rev. J. Judkins and two byCunningham. Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842

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Allan Cunningham was a Scottish author. Trained as a stonemason, he made a name for himself by passing off his own poetry as a collection of traditional Scottish ballads. As a professional man of letters, he had diverse interests, writing plays, novels, short stories, collecting and editing anthologies, and writing biographies and other nonfiction, but was probably most successful as a poet. From the description of Allan Cunningham letters, 1825-1839. (Pennsylvania State University L...