Autograph letter initialed from Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin [manuscript], 1874 or 1875 Winter.

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Autograph letter initialed from Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin [manuscript], 1874 or 1875 Winter.

Discusses his parent's illness, writing and the weather. He writes: "One can't become a William Shakespeare on two hours a day!" Letter addressed to "My dear Colvin." Signed "R.L.S."

1 leaf ; 21 x 13 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7525596

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927

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Epithet: art critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00029d English literary and art critic; keeper, Dept. of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum; friend and editor of Robert Louis Stevenson. From the description of Letters to Elizabeth N. Fairchild [manuscript], 1896-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647996389 Sir Sidney Colvin was an art professor, critic, ...

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...

Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k0786r (person)

Epithet: art critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00029d English literary and art critic; keeper, Dept. of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum; friend and editor of Robert Louis Stevenson. From the description of Letters to Elizabeth N. Fairchild [manuscript], 1896-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647996389 Sir Sidney Colvin was an art professor, critic, ...