Thomas Green letters to John Mitford, 1812 Jan 17 - 1824 Dec 17.

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Thomas Green letters to John Mitford, 1812 Jan 17 - 1824 Dec 17.

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Collection of 58 letters from Thomas Green to John Mitford, which primarily discuss literature, painting, and collecting. Green offers his opinions of the letters of Anna Seward; Nathan Drake's Shakespeare and his times; and other publications; as well as asks about the progress of Mitford's own biography of Thomas Gray. He asks Mitford's advice about buying paintings, including several by Hans Holbein; discusses other paintings and art object he as acquired; and shares news of other collectors. The collection also includes a printed title page of Henry Reveley's Notices illustrative of the drawings and sketches of some of the most distinguished masters in all the principal schools of design, accompanied by letters discussing that publication.

1 box (103 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8024847

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Green, Thomas, 1769-1825

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Thomas Green (1769-1825) was a writer. His most well-known work is Diary of a Lover of Literature, first published in 1810, though his friend John Mitford of Benhall also printed additional portions of it between 1834 and 1843 in the Gentleman's Magazine. Green also published pamphlets on such diverse subjects as the Aeneid, political justice, and art. He died at Ipswich on 6 January 1825. From the description of Thomas Green letters to John Mitford, 1812 Jan 17 - 1824 Dec 17. (Unkno...

Reveley, H. W. (Henry Willey), 1788-1875

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Engineer. Arrived in W.A. in 1829 on the "Parmelia". Appointed Government Civil Engineer. Constructed the Round House, Fremantle, first Government House, Perth, Perth Courthouse and mill. From the description of Letters and petition. 1833-1852. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222064233 Reveley was born in England and arrived on the Parmelia from Cape Town, June 1829. He was a government engineer of the construction of the first barracks, Government and Fremantle g...

Drake, Nathan, 1766-1836

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Seward, Anna, 1742-1809

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English poet. From the description of Conclusion of an autograph letter signed with postscript : Lichfield, to Robert Fellowes, [1804] Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664731 Anna Seward was born in Eyam, Derbyshire, and resided in Lichfield, England from age thirteen until her death. In addition to her career as a poet, she carried on a voluminous correspondence with many literary figures. From the description of Papers, 1781-1807. (Harvard University)...

Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543

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Mitford, John, 1781-1859

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