Richard Westmacott manuscript material

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origination

{"value"=>"Westmacott, Richard, 1799-1872", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Richard Westmacott manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1836-1850", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1836/1850"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Mar 1835 : (BLES 6.525a) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Wilton Place : begins, \"I hoped to have done myself the pleasure of calling in Seymour Place last night to make my enquiries after your Ladyship's health . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : \"Wednesday\" : (BLES 6.526a) : 2 pages (double sheet) + excised envelope address panel : [no place] : begins, \"I hasten to apologize -- Sir David was right, and I, of course, wromg . . .\"; envelope with red wax seal with image of a duck or goose. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 2 May 1836 : (BLES 6.526b) : from 21 Wilton Place : begins, \"I have been so worried, about some matters with which I need not trouble your Ladyship . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter, third person : [no date] : (BLES 6.527a) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 21 Wilton Place : enclosing \"a copy of the lines by Mrs. Hemans he spoke of last evg\" [enclosure not present]. -- Mounted in volume 6 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p><p>· To [?John] Cawood [the steam engine manufacturer?] : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Nov 1850 : (MISC 3211) : 2 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from 21 Wilton Place : concerning a statue of Sir Robert Peel; begins, \"I have to thank you for your prompt & kind answer to my letter . . . .\".</p><p>· To Richard Robert Madden, author and colonial administrator : 1 autograph letter, third person : 21 May 1855 : (BLES 6.525b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from London, Norfolk Square : expressing \"his regret that, owing partly to Mr. W.'s absence from town & other accidents, a letter from Dr. M., requesting to be assisted with letters &c., for a 2nd edition of the Memoirs of Lady Blessington, has not soomer been acknowledged.\" -- Mounted in volume 6 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p><p>· To Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer : 2 items : -- 1 autograph closing and signature (fragment) : [no date] : (SHEE 0043b) : 1 page (partial sheet) : [no place] : reads in full, \"With compts to / Lady Shee / From very truly / yrs / Rich Westmacott.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Feb 1849 : (SHEE 0119) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from 21 Wilton Place : begins, \"Although you will, no doubt, have been made acquainted officially, with the result of the ballot on the 10th . . . .\" -- Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Richard Westmacott (the younger), English sculptor.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1836

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1836

date_end

1850

date_inclusive_start

1836

date_inclusive_end

1850

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8 items

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{"value"=>"Richard Westmacott manuscript material, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Richard Westmacott (the younger), English sculptor. &#xB7; To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Mar 1835 : (BLES 6.525a) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Wilton Place : begins, \"I hoped to have done myself the pleasure of calling in Seymour Place last night to make my enquiries after your Ladyship's health . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : \"Wednesday\" : (BLES 6.526a) : 2 pages (double sheet) + excised envelope address panel : [no place] : begins, \"I hasten to apologize -- Sir David was right, and I, of course, wromg . . .\"; envelope with red wax seal with image of a duck or goose. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 2 May 1836 : (BLES 6.526b) : from 21 Wilton Place : begins, \"I have been so worried, about some matters with which I need not trouble your Ladyship . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter, third person : [no date] : (BLES 6.527a) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 21 Wilton Place : enclosing \"a copy of the lines by Mrs. Hemans he spoke of last evg\" [enclosure not present]. -- Mounted in volume 6 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.", "generated"=>true}

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