Album of letters to David Roberts, with autographs, engraved portraits, and printed ephemera, compiled by Henry Sanford Bicknell
Scope and Contents
The album was compiled by Henry Sanford Bicknell. It includes letters to David Roberts from William Allan, Samuel Austin, Edward Hodges Baily, William Boxall, John Britton, John Burnet, Robert William Buss, Augustus Wall Callcott, George Cattermole, Alfred Edward Chalon, Henry Barnard Chalon, William Collins, Edward William Cooke, George Cooke, Charles West Cope, John Doyle, Thomas Duncan, Charles Lock Eastlake, James Elmes, William Etty, Myles Birket Foster, Andrew Geddes, Frederick Goodall, Francis Grant, Thomas Grieve, Joseph Gwilt, James Duffield Harding, Philip Hardwick, George Hayter, Solomon Alexander Hart, George Harvey, John Henning, John Rogers Herbert, Henry Howard, William John Huggins, Alexander Johnston, Samuel Joseph, William Kidd, John Prescott Knight, George Lance, Richard James Lane, John Leech, Charles Lees, Charles Robert Leslie, John Frederick Lewis, William Linton, Henry Liverseege, Samuel Lover, Horatio Macculloch, Patrick MacDowell, Robert McInnes, Daniel Maclise, Daniel Macnee, William Calder Marshall, John Martin, William Mulready, Frederick Newenham, William John Newton, John Buonarotti Papworth, Thomas Phillips, Henry William Pickersgill, William Henry Playfair, Samuel Prout, Richard Redgrave, Ramsay Richard Reinagle, Edward Villiers Rippingille, Richard Rothwell, John Christian Schetky, George Gilbert Scott, Martin Arthur Shee, William Simpson, Clarkson Stanfield, Robert Thorburn, William Tite, Charles Turner, J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Uwins, Edward Matthew Ward, Henry Weekes, Richard Westmacott, David Wilkie, James Francis Williams, Chares Heath Wilson, and William Wyon.
Dates
- circa 1813-circa 1864
Creator
- Bicknell, Henry Sanford, 1818-1880 (Compiler)
- Allan, William, 1782-1850
- Austin, Samuel, 1796-1834
- Baily, Edward Hodges, 1788-1867
- Boxall, William, Sir, 1800-1879
- Britton, John, 1771-1857
- Burnet, John, 1784-1868
- Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875
- Callcott, Augustus Wall, 1779-1844
- Cattermole, George, 1800-1868
- Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860
- Collins, William, 1788-1847
- Cooke, Edward William, 1811-1880
- Cooke, George, 1781-1834
- Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890
- Doyle, John, 1797-1868
- Duncan, Thomas, 1807-1845
- Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865
- Elmes, James, 1782-1862
- Etty, William, 1787-1849
- Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899
- Geddes, Andrew, 1783-1844
- Goodall, Frederick, 1822-1904
- Grant, Francis, Sir, 1803-1878
- Grieve, Thomas, 1799-1882
- Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863
- Harding, James Duffield, 1798-1863
- Hardwick, Philip, 1792-1870
- Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871
- Hart, Solomon Alexander, 1806-1881
- Harvey, George, 1806-1876
- Henning, John, 1771-1851
- Herbert, John Rogers, 1810-1890
- Howard, Henry, 1769-1847
- Huggins, William John, 1781-1845
- Johnston, Alexander, 1815-1891
- Joseph, Samuel
- Kidd, William, 1790?-1863
- Knight, John Prescott, 1803-1881
- Lance, George, 1802-1864
- Lane, Richard James, 1800-1872
- Leech, John, 1817-1864
- Lees, Charles, 1800-1880
- Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1804-1876
- Linton, William, 1791-1876
- Liverseege, Henry, 1803-1832
- Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868
- Macculloch, Horatio, 1805-1867
- MacDowell, Patrick
- McInnes, Robert, 1801-1886
- Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870
- Macnee, Daniel
- Marshall, William Calder, 1813-1894
- Martin, John, 1789-1854
- Mulready, William, 1786-1863
- Newenham, Frederick
- Newton, William John, Sir, 1785-1869
- Papworth, John Buonarotti, 1775-1847
- Phillips, Thomas, 1770-1845
- Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875
- Playfair, W. H. (William Henry), 1790-1857
- Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852
- Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888
- Reinagle, Ramsay R. (Ramsay Richard), 1775-1862
- Rippingille, Edward Villiers, 1798?-1859
- Rothwell, Richard, 1800-1868
- Schetky, John Christian, 1778-1874
- Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878
- Shee, Martin Archer
- Simpson, William, 1823-1899
- Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793-1867
- Thorburn, Robert, 1818-1885
- Tite, William, 1798-1873
- Turner, Charles, 1774-1857
- Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
- Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857
- Ward, Edward Matthew, 1816-1879
- Weekes, Henry, 1807-1877
- Westmacott, Richard, Sir
- Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841
- Williams, James Francis
- Wilson, Charles H. (Charles Heath), 1809-1882
- Wyon, William, 1795-1851
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Extent
2 Linear Feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Biographical / Historical
David Roberts (1796-1864) was a prolific painter of architectural and topographical subjects, in oil and watercolor. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of a shoemaker, and began his career as a house painter and scene painter, establishing his reputation in the latter field after a move to Drury Lane Theatre, in London. Much of his later work ensued from sketches Roberts made during tours of France, Spain, and the Middle East.
- Title
- Guide to the Album of letters to David Roberts, with autographs, engraved portraits, and printed ephemera, compiled by Henry Sanford Bicknell
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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