Letters received, ca. 1832-1894.

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Letters received, ca. 1832-1894.

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Chiefly letters received by Elliott and Fry, 1832-1894, with some family letters, one dated 1925. Letters to Elliott and Fry are from various individuals regarding making arrangements to be photographed, finished pictures, and other business matters such as photographing works of art. Correspondents include leading political and literary figures, members of the nobility, and artists, including Edwin Landseer, Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Frederic Leighton. Included are illustrated letters from Henry Courbold, Hubert von Herkomer, and Colin Hunter. Also included is a letter from Samuel Prout, in which he discusses the quality of artists' materials, and one from S.A. Hart (1840), in which he discusses the possibility of beginning an annual exhibition in Plymouth and establishing an "artists union" there. With three letters sent by the firm to different individuals, some family correspondence, four carte-de-viste photographs by Elliott and Fry, a small group of autographs, and poems. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

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Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, baron, 1830-1896

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British painter; president of the Royal Academy of Arts. From the description of Letters from Frederic Leighton, ca. 1875-1894. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80461091 English painter. From the description of Autograph signature : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270846652 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Lucas, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270846660 From the description of Autog...

Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873

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English artist noted for his depictions of animals and as a sculptor for the lions in Trafalgar Square, London.Thomas Boys was a English engraver and artist. From the description of [Letter] 1817 Apr., St. Johns Wood [to] Thos. Boys / E. Landseer. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244252355 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "St. John's Wood" [London], to Catherine Dickens, 1856 June 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270597964 ...

Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to R.H. Grundy, [no year] "Tuesday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615711 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brixton [London], to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615728 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brixton, to an unidentified recipient, [n.d., watermark of 1825]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27061572...

Courbold, Edward Henry, 1815-1905.

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Hunter, Colin, 1841-1904.

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Fry, Clarence Edmund.

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Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849-1914

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British landscape and portrait painter, sculptor and graphic artist. Founded and directed school of art at Bushey, 1883-1904. Assumed title and prefix "von" when raised to noble rank by the Emperor of Germany in 1899. Edith Ashford came from the United States to study with him in England, and then remained there as a landscape painter. John Herkomer lived for approximately 30 years in the United States and returned to Bushey to live with his brother. From the description of Hubert vo...

Elliott, Joseph John.

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Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, 1836-1912

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Painter. From the description of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema correspondence, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449425 British painter. From the description of Papers, ca. 1877-1934. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78472594 ...

Hart, Salomon Alexander, 1806-1881.

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Elliott & Fry

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London portrait photographers Joseph John Elliott and Clarence Edmund Fry established a talbotype photography studio in Baker St. in 1863. From the description of Letters received, ca. 1832-1894. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79626125 ...