Letters, ca. 1842-1908.

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Letters, ca. 1842-1908.

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Letters from Frith to various correspondents, including six to his publisher, Richard Bentley (1888-1893), mainly concerning the success of his autobiography (pub. 1888), his painting, and social engagements. Occasional references are made to individual paintings, works in progress, and to other contemporary British artists, including Augustus Egg. The collection includes a letter to Lord Chief Justice Coleridge (1882) regarding a sitting for "Private view day at the Royal Academy," one to John Sheepshanks (1847) concerning his art collection, and one (1872) describing his painting of Mary Queen of Scots. With two portrait photographs of Frith, aged ca. 50 and 60, the former by the studio of Elliott and Fry.

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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 ...

Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871

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Richard Bentley was a London publisher, first with Colburn and Bentley, later with Bentley and Sons. Bentley published many of England's most popular writers, including Dickens, Thackeray, Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli, and Mrs. Henry Wood. He also published important English editions of American authors such as Poe and Cooper. From the description of Richard Bentley letter to J. LeSouëf, 1833 Nov. 18. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 58802263 ...

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...

Egg, Augustus Léopold 1816-1863

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, [1847-1853]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747717196 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ivy Cottage [London], to T. Miller, no year, Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270743228 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Kensington, [London], to "My dear Collins" (Charles Allston Collins?), no year, "Thursday." (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Sheepshanks, John (English collector, 1787-1863)

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Epithet: of Add MS 37967 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0000ed English art amateur. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Blackheath, to Mr. Roberts, 1840 June 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662311 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Rudolph Weigel, bookseller, Leipzig, 1836 Mar. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663378 From ...

Coleridge, John Duke Coleridge, Baron, 1820-1894

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Lord Chief Justice of England; guest of the New York Bar Association in 1883. From the description of Letter to the honorable [J. Byers?], 1883 August [31?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 63885279 John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge, English judge and politician. He was the eldest son of John Taylor Coleridge, English judge, and the great-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. From the description of John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleri...