Drawings and letters, ca. 1855-1867.

Great Britain. Parliament

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The Ashantee (also spelled Ashanti) Invasion of Britain's Gold Coast protectorates began in December 1872. British forces responded with their own expedition and invasion of the Ashantee nation in January 1874, resulting in the Battle of Amoaful and the destruction of Kumasi. From the description of British Parliamentary papers on the Ashantee Invasion, 1873-1877. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 586073390 With the execution of Charles I on January 30, 1649, th...

Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902

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Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850

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Portrait painter. From the description of Letter : London, to unknown correspondent, 1830 Feb. 26. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28274934 Irish painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cavendish Square [London], to Henry Fuseli, 1824 July 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662407 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Cavendish Square [London], to Sir William Addington, 1800 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879

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Historian. From the description of Letters 1845-1876. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 702669699 Dixon was born on June 30, 1821 at Great Ancoats in Manchester, England; wrote a five-act tragedy, The Azamoglan, which was privately printed; editor of Cheltenham Journal, 1846; called to bar in London, 1854, but never practiced law; contributor to the Athenaeum and the Daily News; wrote Life of William Penn (1851); editor of the Athenaeum, 1853-69; traveled widely and ...

Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635

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French painter and engraver portraying war scenes, genre sketches, dwarf performers, comedians (zanies) and religious themes. From the description of Triumph of the Virgin or Small Thesis : frontispiece , 1625. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863486 French painter and engraver portraying war scenes, genre sketches, dwarf performers, comedians (zanies) and religious scenes. From the description of Siege of St.-Martin-de-Ré : etching. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894

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English orientalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Moses [Montefiore], 1865 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595926 Francis T. Buckland, an English naturalist and the son of geographer William Buckland, worked mainly as an ichthyologist but also published articles on paleontology and the history of geology. From the guide to the Francis Trevelyan Buckland letters, 1863-1872, 1863-1872, (American Philosophical Society)...

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...

Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909

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William Powell Frith was a popular and successful Victorian painter. His early talent was nourished by his working-class father, and he was educated at Sass's Art School and the Royal Academy. His early paintings were generally derived from classical or literary themes; in later life, he painted contemporary Victorian compositions that proved to be highly popular, and remain interesting as images of the age. He also published articles critical of the Neo-Raphaelites. From the descrip...

Great Britain. Royal Fine Art Commission

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Roberts, David, 1796-1864

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1858 June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270852342 Scottish painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mornington Place [London], to Robert Jennings, [no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655360 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fitzroy St. [London], to "my dear Andrew", 1857 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870

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Daniel Maclise, Irish painter and illustrator. From the description of Daniel Maclise manuscript material : 1 item, 1863 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727063681 From the guide to the Daniel Maclise manuscript material : 1 item, 1863, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Dickens was a British novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. From the guide to the Charles Dic...