Anna Swanwick papers, 1851-1897, n.d.

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Anna Swanwick papers, 1851-1897, n.d.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36730963

The collection contains Swanwick's obituary, two rent receipts (1857 and 1861), and twenty-eight letters. Swanwick writes three letters to Pearl Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes), ca. 1851, accepting and declining invitations, and discussing sermons and preachers they both admire. She writes eight letters to Thompson Yates, undated, enlisting his assistance for her favorite charities, including the Fine Art Gallery in South London, issuing and accepting invitations, consoling him for his mother's illness, and encouraging his work among "the masses." She writes two letters to Mrs. [Marion Edith Waugh] Holman Hunt, undated, accepting and declining invitations; to "dear sir," no date, approving of his course of lectures on Goethe's Faust. She writes to Lady [Lydia North] Paget, undated, inviting her and her husband Sir James Paget to dinner; to "dear sir," undated, about paying her rent; and to Mr. Richmond, undated, about his promise to visit. She writes three detailed letters, Cumberland Terrace, Regents Park, 20 Dec., 8 Jan., and 21 Jan. [n.y.] to an unnamed woman about Goethe's Faust which she translated. To Lady Eastlake, 16 Mar. [n.y.], she sends a volume printed by her sister in thanks for their friendship and looks forward to Eastlake's Rafael studies. To Mrs. Thompson, 6 May [n.y.], she sends her at-home hours and requests the address of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff. To Miss Buss, 22 June, [n.y.], inviting her to dinner with Prof. and Mrs. Adams to discuss women's higher education. To Miss Lyell, 24 Dec. [1897], that she enjoyed reading Miss Horner's book on greek vases.

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Yates, Thompson,

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Swanwick, Anna, 1813-1899

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Anna Swanwick was a British author and translator of German works. From the description of Anna Swanwick papers, 1851-1897, n.d. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36730963 English scholar, author and poet. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Bath, to Prof. Knight, 1892 Nov. 17-1892 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580413 From the description of Autograph letters (4) signed : Regents Park n. w., to...

Eastlake, Elizabeth, 1809-1893

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English author and art critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Lady Rawlinson, 1864 Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742854 Lady Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake was an English essayist and translator, who published "Five Great Painters" (1883) and other works. Her husband was Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), director of the National Gallery, 1855-1865. From the description of Letters, 1866-1869 [manuscript]. WorldCat record...

Horner, Susan, -1900

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Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Anglo-American novelist and dramatist. Pearl Craigie wrote under the pseudonym John Oliver Hobbes. From the guide to the Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Papers, 1896-1904, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie was an Anglo-American novelist, dramatist and lecturer. She wrote under the pseudonym John Oliver Hobbes. From the description of Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie collection of papers, 187...

Paget, Lydia North, Lady, d. 1895,

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Grant Duff, Mountstuart E. (Mountstuart Elphinstone), Sir, 1829-1906

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Author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea Embankment, to Prof. Knight, 1900 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269567223 Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff was an English statesman and writer who served as Governor of Madras, India, 1881-1886. From the description of Mountstuart Grant Duff letter to J.W. Parker, 1860 Oct. 7. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50616677 ...

Hunt, Edith Holman, 1847-1931,

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Fine Art Gallery (London, England)

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