Letter: 1839 Apr. 26, 27 Belgrave Place [Pimlico, London] to David Laing, Signet Library, Edinburgh / Allan Cunningham. 1839.

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Letter: 1839 Apr. 26, 27 Belgrave Place [Pimlico, London] to David Laing, Signet Library, Edinburgh / Allan Cunningham. 1839.

Discusses the life and work of his friend the engraver Robert Cromek.

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Cromek, R. H. (Robert Hartley), 1770-1812

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Robert Hartley Cromek, English engraver and literary entrepreneur. A business dispute with William Blake ca. 1805-8 initaiated a series of conflicts between the two men that would negatively impact Cromek's reputation. From the description of Robert Hartley Cromek manuscript material : 1 item, 1808. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 154235669 English engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1810 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842

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Allan Cunningham was a Scottish author. Trained as a stonemason, he made a name for himself by passing off his own poetry as a collection of traditional Scottish ballads. As a professional man of letters, he had diverse interests, writing plays, novels, short stories, collecting and editing anthologies, and writing biographies and other nonfiction, but was probably most successful as a poet. From the description of Allan Cunningham letters, 1825-1839. (Pennsylvania State University L...