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Claire L. letter to Victor Hugo
no date
She says that she is sad to hear that Hugo cannot see her and asks her to come to his place instead. She replies that she cannot go out or see him at the Luxembourg Palace. She adds that they could ho...
Letters from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, with related material.
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
1823-1836
Comprises 2 autograph letters from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, the first to C.W. Woflynbaum(?) dated 9 December 1823, the second to an unidentified recipient dated 7 May 1836, and a printed portrait of 'J....
Letter from Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, with related material.
Norfolk, Bernard Edward Howard
1836
1 autograph letter from the 12th Duke of Norfolk to J. Muskett dated 20 March 1836 (with a transcript), 1 accompanying stamped-addressed envelope, 1 press-cutting containing brief biographical details...
Letters from Charles John Kean and his wife Ellen (née Tree), with related material.
Kean, Charles John
c.1836-1863
Comprises 2 autograph letters, one from Charles Kean to Robert Keeley dated 3 November 1855, and the other from Ellen Tree to William Tilt dated 16 February 1836, 3 portraits of Charles Kean, printed ...
Collection of letters and notes relating to Eugene Aram, chiefly by Norrison Cavendish Scatcherd, together with a manuscript poem on the life and death of Eugene Aram by Thomas Gent.
Scatcherd, Norrison Cavendish
1759-1873
Comprises: (1) 12 autograph letters from Norrison Scatcherd to Jacob Edmondson between 27 May 1834 and 10 October 1838; 1 letter from Jacob Wood to J.S. Edmondson dated 26 February 1836; 1 letter from...
Letters from the Duke of Wellington, with related material.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
1828-1890
Comprises: (1) 8 letters, including 4 from the 1st Duke of Wellington, 1 to George Greathead undated, 1 to Lady Lincoln dated 12 May 1845, with a note by Henry Bicknell attached (for both of which the...
Letter from John Bannister, with related material.
Bannister, John (1760-1836)
1808-1825
Comprises 1 autograph letter from Bannister to Charles [Kemble] dated 31 December 1825 (with a transcript), 2 prints of John Bannister, 1 of which is dated 1 June 1808, the other extracted from the La...
Correspondence of Sir David Wilkie, with related material
Wilkie, Sir David (1785-1841)
c.1806-1849
Comprises a collection of Wilkie's correspondence with several persons, notably Thomas Macdonald, dated ca. 1806-1849, together with many engravings taken from original pictures painted by Wilkie, pri...
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of Sir George Biddell Airy.
Airy, George Biddell
1879
Comprises 2 autograph letters by Sir George Airy dated 14 April and 18 November 1879 (with transcripts), an engraved portrait of him signed and dated by 'T.H. Maguire 1852', his autograph signature, a...
Letter from Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, with related material.
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence
1876-1921
Comprises an autograph letter from Alma-Tadema to William H. Booth (with transcript), an engraved portrait of him extracted from the Illustrated London News for 6 May 1876, and a press-cutting concern...
Three letters from George Bennett to Jabez Hogg, with related material.
Bennett, George
1865-1883
Comprises 3 autograph letters from Bennett to Jabez Hogg dated 16 February 1865-29 October 1883 (with transcripts), together with a stamped-addressed envelope for the latter, 1 portrait photograph of ...
Letters from members of the Cavendish family, with related material.
Cavendish family
1871-1882
Comprises 2 autograph letters, one from Richard Cavendish, the other from R.H. Hobart on behalf of Spencer Compton Cavendish (with transcripts), 1 stamped-addressed envelope, 1 photograph of 'His Grac...