Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1775 - 1864
Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864), English writer, poet, and activist.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Landor papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 23
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence and other manuscripts principally relating to the financial and familial troubles of Landor's last years. Letters from his niece Elizabeth Sophia Landor to Robert Browning discuss Landor's affairs in detail and Browning's attempts to assist his friend in Florence; Landor's letters to his children Walter, Julia and Charles present his view of the family's struggles. Other correspondents include his friend and admirer Rose Paynter; Richard Monckton Milnes; and...
Dates:
1838-ca. 1880
Walter Savage Landor collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 255
Overview:
Correspondence, writings, printed material, and artwork by or relating to Walter Savage Landor. Correspondence includes 12 ALS to William Allingham, an open letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson, and 2 ALS to Frances Milton Trollope. The writings include three sets of proof-sheets for Dry Sticks, a printed copy of Gebir, Count Julian, and other poems, with copious ms. corrections, excisions, etc. Accompanying material includes three pencil portraits of Landor by William Wetmore Story.
Dates:
1775-1864
W. J. Linton Collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1387
Overview:
The collection consists of the papers of author and wood engraver W. J. Linton, including personal and professional correspondence, writings by and about Linton, drawings and prints, personal papers, and other papers covering Linton's life and work in England and the United States. The papers are primarily those inherited by his daughters Ellen Wade Linton and Margaret Linton Mather, with additions from family friends.
Dates:
1797-1937, bulk 1838-1897