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Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark

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Call Number: MSS 39
Abstract:

The collection comprises correspondence from the artistic partners, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, to the art historian Kenneth Clark and his wife, Elizabeth “Jane” (née Martin).

Dates: ca. 1920-ca.1969

Edward Burne-Jones Letters to Cormell Price

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Call Number: MSS 45
Abstract: This collection comprises 16 items, including 15 letters from Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones and Cormell Price and 1 autograph envelope from Burne-Jones addressed to Price. The correspondence was written over the course of a decade, between 1852 and 1862. The letters are indicative of Burne-Jones and Price’s long and close friendship and are very affectionate and personal in nature. The letters are rich in detail, with Burne-Jones sharing news of mutual friends, his Oxford lessons, his social...
Dates: 1852-1862

Edward Burne-Jones Letters to John Ruskin

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Call Number: MSS 56
Abstract:

The collection comprises letters from Edward Burne-Jones to John Ruskin, written from 1862 to ca. 1889.

Dates: 1862-ca. 1889

Philip Hermogenes Calderon correspondence from John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton

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Call Number: MSS 3
Abstract:

This collection includes letters sent by John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton to Philip Hermogenes Calderon from 1886 to 1896.

Dates: 1886-1896

Charles Robert Leslie Collection

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Call Number: MSS 15
Abstract:

The collection comprises sketchbooks, writings, and correspondence by Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) and his family.

Dates: circa 1812-1900

Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence

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Call Number: MSS 84
Abstract:

The collection comprises correspondence by British artists, collected by Paul Mellon.

Dates: 1767-1917

Paul Nash Letters to Mercia Oakley

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Call Number: MSS 24
Abstract:

This collection comprises letters from Paul Nash to Mercia Oakley, written from 1909 to 1918.

Dates: 1909-1951, bulk 1909-1912

Letters to Richard Redgrave

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Call Number: MSS 22
Abstract:

The archive comprises approximately 400 autograph letters, from upwards of 120 correspondents, addressed to Richard Redgrave (1804-1888).

Dates: circa 1840-circa 1880

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to Ellen Heaton

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Call Number: MSS 47
Abstract: The collection comprises 57 letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Ellen Heaton written from 1855 to 1875 (the bulk from 1855 to 1864). The letters primarily pertain to works by Rossetti, including a number of his works commissioned by Heaton. Works referenced include: Beata Beatrix, Beloved, Bethlehem Gate, Dante’s dream at the time of the death of Beatrice, ...
Dates: 1855-1875

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to William Houghton Clabburn

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Call Number: MSS 31
Abstract: The collection comprises 11 letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William H. Clabburn written from 1863 to 1865. The last of these is addressed to Clabburn's wife, Hannah Louisa. The letters are accompanied by 8 envelopes addressed to Clabburn by Rossetti. Rossetti’s letters primarily relate to Clabburn’s commission of an oil replica of Rossetti’s Mary Magdalen at the door of Simon the Pharisee. The correspondence records in detail Rossetti’s artistic process...
Dates: 1863-1865

John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton

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Call Number: MSS 46
Abstract:

The collection comprises letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton, written from 1855 to 1864.

Dates: 1850-1864, bulk 1855-1864

Matthew Shepperson archive

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Call Number: MSS 32
Abstract:

The collection comprises manuscript material concerning Matthew Shepperson, portrait copyist, art instructor to elite lords and ladies, and collector of portraits

Dates: 1810-1869

Joseph Southall archive

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Call Number: MSS 80
Abstract:

The collection comprises 14 autograph letters from Joseph Southall to Laurence Hodson; a catalog of paintings by Southall; and three additional lists of works by Southall.

Dates: 1898-1910

Thomas Woolner Letters to John Frederick Lewis

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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