Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1827 Dec. 15.
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Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986
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Gordon N. Ray, a graduate of Indiana University, was closely associated with the life and work of William Makepeace Thackeray. His four volume edition of the Letters and private papers appeared in 1945-1946 and his two volume biography in 1954-1955. From 1963 to 1985 Ray was president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Ray was also an outstanding collector of English and French illustrated books. His collections formed the bases of two exhibitions held at the Pierpont Morgan Library that w...
Martin, John, 1789-1854
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English romantic painter, etcher and illustrator. From the description of Letter: Lindsey House Chelsea, 1849 Jan. 15. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78314354 John Martin was a popular and successful British painter and printmaker. Born at Haydon Bridge, he showed artistic ability early and was apprenticed with a coachmaker to learn heraldric painting; later, he worked with Bonifacio and Charles Musso, with whom he moved to London. Supporting himself with co...