Autograph letter signed : London, to his wife Harriet Geddes Collins, [18]41 Aug. 10.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Autograph letter signed : London, to his wife Harriet Geddes Collins, [18]41 Aug. 10.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436294080

Complaining about the absence of his "dear love." Discussing letters received and plans for travel. Noting that Wilkie has shown him a poem, and mentioning a meeting of the committee for Sir David Wilkie's monument.

1 item (5 p.) ; 22.8 cm. + envelope.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7530556

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Collins, Harriet Geddes, 1790-1868,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zc8c6k (person)

Wife of William Collins and mother of Wilkie Collins. From the description of Autograph letter : Ramsgate, to her brother-in-law, Francis Collins, [1829 Sept. 23]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532666 ...

Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf2t6t (person)

Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) was a Scottish painter who was appointed painter in ordinary in 1830 and received a knighthood in 1836. For full details of his life and work see the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Correspondence of Sir David Wilkie, with related material, ca. 1806-1849, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Sir David Wilkie was a painter born in 1785. He was educated under John Strachan, studied in Edinburgh, 1799-1804. He came to London in...

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x352hp (person)

Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000026 Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was a British novelist, playwright, and short story author. Over his career he wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale and No Name . From the guide to the Wilkie Collins Lette...

Collins, William, 1788-1847

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p13nv (person)

Auditor general. From the description of Document signed : [London], 1647 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270889736 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 30 Porchester Terrace, to Edwin Landseer, 1834 Jun. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270514545 English painter; father of Wilkie Collins. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Sir David Wilkie, 1837 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...