Papers, 1821-1899.

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Papers, 1821-1899.

Includes letters from Charles Lock Eastlake, James Thomas Fields, Harry Buxton Forman, William Ewart Gladstone, Seymour Stocker Kirkup, John Ruskin, among other correspondents, many of which concern the poet, John Keats. There are autograph letters to Elizabeth (Montgomerie) Severn and Walter Severn from various correspondents as well as a manuscript letter in the hand of Charles Armitage Brown from John Keats to Frances Mary (Keats) Llanos GutieĢrrez. There are many illustrated letters including a letter with drawings in watercolor by Arthur Severn, and a drawing in ink copied by Walter Severn of proposed design for the graves of John Keats and Joseph Severn. Compositions include unsigned autograph manuscripts of Severn's works as well as an unsigned autograph manuscript of proposed inscription for tomb of Joseph Severn by Sir Vincent Eyre, and a manuscript fragment of On Fingal's cave by John Keats, among other items.

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8247552

Houghton Library

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Keats, John, 1795-1821

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John Keats was an English poet and literary critic. John Keats, English poet, was born in London, England, on 29 or 31 Oct. 1795. He died of tuberculosis in Italy on 23 Feb. 1821. In 1810, Keats was articled to a surgeon, T. Hammond, in Edmonton for five years. The contract was broken in 1814 or 1815. He then continued his study of surgery in London, entering Guy's Hospital on 2 Oct. 1815. In 1816, Keats became a dresser at Guy's and on 25 July 1816 passed his licentiate at Apothecaries' H...

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Severn, Walter, 1830-1904

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Severn, Joseph, 1793-1879

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Artist and friend of John Keats. From the description of Letter : Pimlico, to W. Wyon, [18--] Mar. 8. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28295849 Severn was an English painter and friend of the poet John Keats. Elizabeth (Montgomerie) Severn was his wife and Walter Severn was his son. From the description of Papers, 1821-1899. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80562990 From the guide to the Joseph Severn papers, 1821-1899., (Houghton Librar...

Severn, Arthur, 1842-1931

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English artist; married Ruskin's ward. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to W. Brown, 1915 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662345 English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Henry] Pilleau, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663240 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Brantwood, Coniston?], to Mr. Bale [of Cassell and Co.], [1890?]. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...

Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865

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Eastlake family: Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, painter, secretary of the Fine Art Commission, president of the Royal Academy of Arts, director of the National Gallery; his wife, Elizabeth, authoress, art historian; and his nephew, Charles Locke Eastlake, author, keeper of the National Gallery. From the description of Correspondence of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake and family, 1833-1896. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80460845 English painter and keeper of the Natio...

Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917

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The controversial bibliographer Harry Buxton Forman was best known for his work on Shelley, Keats, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as well as for collaborating with Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937) in the creation of numerous literary forgeries. From the description of Harry Buxton Forman volumes, ca. 1892-1907. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 82181516 Harry Buxton Forman, English bibliographer and forger. He wrote a great deal of critical and bibliographic literary...

Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

Eyre, Vincent, Sir, 1811-1881

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Keats, Fanny, 1803-1889

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Fanny Keats Llanos was the younger sister of the poet John Keats. In 1826, Fanny married the Spanish poet Valentin Maria Llanos y Guieterrez. From the description of Papers, 1818-1889 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79463896 From the guide to the Papers, 1819-1889 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Kirkup, Seymour Stocker, 1788-1880

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000292 Seymour Stocker Kirkup, English painter and antiquarian. From the description of Seymour Stocker Kirkup manuscript material : 10 items, 1823-1877 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 518381001 Epithet: artist, d1880 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Severn, Elizabeth

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