Thomas Buchanan Read letters and portraits, 1848-1872.

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Thomas Buchanan Read letters and portraits, 1848-1872.

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The collection consists of eleven items, including eight handwritten letters, two portraits of Read, and a portrait of Mary Agnew Taylor painted by Read. The letters include: to Miss Lynch, 13 Feb. 1848, acknowledging but declining an invitation to a social function; to Mr. Drake, 9 Nov. 1863, thanking him for the opportunity to read his speeches on the subject of Missouri politics; to Mrs. Robert M. Hooper, 13 May 1864, enclosing several autographs in response to her request, and suggesting which card photographs of himself were best. Also, three letters to R.H. Stoddard:undated, asking him to collect paintings Read was having shipped from Europe on The Erie; undated, informing him that he had arrived in New York but was leaving for Philadelphia shortly; and 12 Mar. 1872, explaining why he hasn't written; to Leigh Hunt, undated, proposing that Read and Bayard Taylor call upon Hunt at his convenience; to Elizabeth Oaksmith, postmarked 2 Oct., scheduling a time for Read to paint her portrait. Also, a photographic portrait of Read, and a signed copy of a painted portrait of Read at work on a portrait. Also, a posthumous portrait painted by Read of Mary Agnew Taylor, the deceased wife of his friend Bayard Taylor, in an oval gilt frame. The portrait hangs in the Allison-Shelley Collection room.

11 items.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872

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Thomas Buchanan Read, American poet. From the description of Material relating to Thomas Buchanan Read's poem "Sheridan's ride," 1860-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81915003 From the description of Material relating to Thomas Buchanan Read's poem "Sheridan's ride," 1860-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702164946 American poet, painter, and sculptor. From the description of Sheridan's ride : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed, [1865 or...

Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903

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American poet. From the description of Manuscript letter : Mattapoisett, to Lafcadio Hearn, 1885 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 635599094 Army officer. From the description of Abraham Lincoln : poem, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 748677748 Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), author, poet, editor, and literary critic, was born in Hingham, Mass., one of three children of sea captain Reuben Stoddard (1800-1827) and Sophia Gurney Stoddard (18...

Agnew, Mary, -1850

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Mary Agnew was a Quaker and author Bayard Taylor's first wife. After a long engagement, they were married on 24 October 1850, and Mary died in December from a longstanding condition, probably tuberculosis. From the description of Mary Agnew letters, 1847-1848. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49523621 ...

Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859

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English essayist and poet. From the description of [Letters] / Leigh Hunt. [1848-1856] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 234302986 From the description of Criticism on female beauty : notes, ca. 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510755 Leigh Hunt moved from Chelsea to Kensington in 1840. From the description of Leigh Hunt, letter : Kensington, England : Autograph note signed, [1840?] Nov. 22. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record...

Drake, Charles D. (Charles Daniel), 1811-1892

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