Letter and portrait of Thomas De Quincey [manuscript], 1821.

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Letter and portrait of Thomas De Quincey [manuscript], 1821.

Letter, 1821 December 27, from Thomas De Quincey to an unknown recipient [possibly a J. A. Hessey], concerns his illness, difficulties of arranging for a man to come and pack his books, and arrangements for his travel from London. There is also a print of a portrait of De Quincey by Jacques Reich.

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University of Virginia. Library

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De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0002d6 De Quincey was an English essayist and critic. From the description of Compositions, 1818-185-. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80714484 From the guide to the Compositions, 1818-185-?., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English Romantic author Thomas De Quincey was a brilliant cl...

Reich, Jacques, 1852-1923

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Jacques Reich (1852-1923) was an American portrait etcher, born in Hungary. He created portraits for Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography and Scribner's Cyclopedia of Painters and Painting. In the 1890s, he began etching on copper and published portraits of 14 American and English authors, poets, and artists, and a series of 25 Famous Americans. From the description of Jacques Reich engravings, 1890-1911. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072373 ...