Letters, ca. 1813-1839.

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Letters, ca. 1813-1839.

Collection includes a detailed 2 p. letter to Sir Charles Flint (1833) concerning the commission for a monument to Sir Ralph Woodward in Trinidad; four letters to George Cooke (ca. 1817-1819) relating to engravings; and a letter to Lord Conyngham (1839) regarding a bust of Queen Victoria Chantrey is executing; a draft of a monument inscription in memory of Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats (1834?); a letter to Edward Blore mentioning J. M. W. Turner, chairman of the Artists General Benevolent fund (1827); and an engraved portrait of Chantrey (1822).

32 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8236148

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Londesborough, Albert Denison, Baron, 1805-1860

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Albert Denison Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, British politician and diplomat. From 1816 to 1849 he was known as Lord Albert Conyngham. From the description of Albert Denison, Baron Londesborough manuscript material : 3 items, ca. mid 1830's (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 608251785 From the guide to the Albert Denison, Baron Londesborough manuscript material : 3 items, ca. mid 1830's, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley ...

Cooke, G. (George), 1793-1849

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George Cooke typified the ambitious American painter of the early nineteenth century. He began his artistic career as a self-taught itinerant painter in northern Virginia; in 1826 he went to Europe. His exposure to the old masters of the Renaissance and baroque periods encouraged him to try his hand at history painting and landscapes while continuing to derive his livelihood from portraiture. His best-known painting is, "Interior of St. Peters Rome," in the Chapel of the University of Georgia. ...

Flint, Charles, Sir.

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Blore, Edward, 1787-1879

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Epithet: architect and artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000281 English architect and artist. From the description of Letters, 1819, 1860. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81610008 Edward Blore (1787-1879), architect and artist, was born at Derby on 13 September 1787. He developed a wide practice as an architect, and became special architect to King William IV a...

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851

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J.M.W. Turner was an English artist and member of the Royal Academy. From the description of Brighton Cricket Ground [art original] [ca. 1824?]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 58463878 Nationality: English. From the description of Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water [electronic resource]. 1840. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute). WorldCat record id: 222503272 British painter. Fr...

Woodward, Ralph

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Chantrey, Francis, Sir, 1781-1841

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter in third person not signed : Belgrave Place [London], to an unidentified lady, n.d. [before 1835]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621807 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Belgrave Place [London], to John William Vaughan, 1821 July 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622047 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Edwin Landseer, 1836 Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...