Woolner, Alice, 1845-1912
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Alice Woolner letter to John Frederick Lewis, between 1874 and 1876, January 26
Item — Box 1, Folder: 22
Call Number: MSS 53
Scope and Contents:
Alice Woolner's hand is difficult to decipher. She appears to be writing on behalf of Thomas Woolner to arrange a meeting with J.F. Lewis on January 29th, at the Athenaeum.
Dates:
between 1874 and 1876, January 26
Alice Woolner letter to Marian Lewis, between 1874 and 1876, March 22
Item — Box 1, Folder: 23
Call Number: MSS 53
Scope and Contents:
Woolner appears to inquire about the health of J.F. Lewis, noting "this severe weather I fear is very bad for your invalid."
Dates:
between 1874 and 1876, March 22
Thomas Woolner letter to John Frederick Lewis, 1874 November 22
Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Call Number: MSS 53
Scope and Contents:
"Nov 22 '74. My dear Mr Lewis, A letter from you comes like the sun thro' this dingy abomination called fog. It would have shocked me had I known such an idea as coming here this weather had even entered your head as a possibility. So far as I am concerned, election to R. A-ship is a point of no great consequence, as I care nothing for fancy titles, and do not like my time to be taken up by Council meetings, and A.R.A.-ship suits me very well indeed, as I get most of the fun and only a...
Dates:
1874 November 22
Thomas Woolner letter to John Frederick Lewis, 1875 January 17
Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
Call Number: MSS 53
Scope and Contents:
"Jan 17 '75. My dear Mr Lewis, It is all very well to say "do not answer this"; but I have too good a sense of my privileges to obey such an injunction. In the "Apocrypha" I remember reading in the days of my youth - "If thou knowest a wise man let thy feet wear his doorstep"; - but as I cannot do this I may help to wear out his door-knocker. Since my return from Venice my time has been wholly taken up or I should have thanked you before for your most kind...
Dates:
1875 January 17
Thomas Woolner letter to John Frederick Lewis, 1876 March 9
Item — Box 1, Folder: 19
Call Number: MSS 53
Scope and Contents:
"March 9 '76. My dear Lewis, I will be with you on Sunday somewhere about 3 P.M.- and as it will give me more time with you I will stay the night, as I suppose I can get away pretty early in the morning. - I sent your letter to my wife, who is at Hastings; she was charmed with the hopeful tone of it and desired me to give you her love. - I am up and over my head in letters as I have no wife here to carry off the press of them as usual. Ever yours, T. Woolner." Marginalia: "I saw [William]...
Dates:
1876 March 9
Thomas Woolner letter to Marian Lewis, 1876 March 11
Item — Box 1, Folder: 20
Call Number: MSS 53
Scope and Contents:
"March 11 '76. My dear Mrs Lewis, I am grieved at your sad news, and hope it is only a few days of depression you have to be anxious about. Tell him he must not think of writing unless doing so allows one to accept it as a sign of very great improvement indeed: - mind this is bona fide, and I cannot accede to any vagaries of his generous impulses. I do not at all like writing to my wife that he is worse for his last letter rejoiced her so much; and she gets so little holiday, having this...
Dates:
1876 March 11
Thomas Woolner Letters to John Frederick Lewis
Collection
Call Number: MSS 53
Abstract:
The collection comprises 15 letters from Thomas Woolner to John Frederick Lewis, written between 1874 and 1876. It also includes 5 letters from Woolner to Lewis’s wife, Marian Harper, one letter from Lewis to dealer William Vokins, and several letters from Woolner’s wife and daughter. The letters primarily concern Lewis’s declining health—he died several months after the last letter in the collection—Woolner’s admiration for Lewis’s painting, updates on the politics of the Royal Academy and...
Dates:
1863-1914, bulk 1874-1876