Letter to Elizabeth Vassall Fox, baroness Holland, 1835 Jan 6.

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Letter to Elizabeth Vassall Fox, baroness Holland, 1835 Jan 6.

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letter from Wilkie asking Lady Holland to accept his gift of "two small and imperfect sketches, made from recollection, on my way back from Falmouth, of the two Portraits by Vandyke, of the Earl of Warwick and the Earl of Holland." He explains that the portraits will interest Lady Holland for "having been painted in Holland House." The letter is accompanied by the two watercolor sketches mentioned in the letter, which are signed and dated 1834.

1 item (1 p. in 1 gaylord) ; 19 x 11 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Holland, Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady, 1770-1845

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Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841

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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...

Holland family.

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Irish-American family of Newark and East Orange, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1882-1930. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954708 ...