Found 2 collections related to Art%20patrons%20--%20Great%20Britain%20--%2018th%20century%20--%20Correspondence

Richard Boyle, third Earl of Burlington, architect, collector, and patron of the arts. Most of Burlington's completed architectural designs were for town or country houses and were executed for his fellow aristocrats and members of his family. To "my dear Bryan" : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Nov 1739 (MISC 0436), mentions finding several curious "anticaglia moderna" in two old trunks. less

Horatio [Horace] Walpole, fourth earl of Orford, English author, politician, and patron of the arts. · To George Augustus Selwyn, wit and politician : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Sunday night" [1757?] : (MISC 0133) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Strawberry hill : begins, "I wrote to you this morning in answer to your obliging letter, but my lady Townshend tells me that you are likely to go out of town tomorrow . . . ." -- 1 autograph note unsigned : "Monday evening" [circa 1784?] : (MISC 0132) : 1 page (singel sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I wish you would call on me any time tomorrow between twelve two: I have got the two copies of Mad. du Deffand's picture . . . .". less