Robert Ker Porter manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Pforz MS", "type"=>"local_call"}

origination

{"value"=>"Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Robert Ker Porter manuscript material"}

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note

{"value"=>"<p>Also held by the Pforzheimer Collection are 80 letters addressed to Robert Ker Porter, some bearing his autograph notations, filed among the Jane Porter papers</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To Sir Francis Burdett, politician : 1 letter third person (transcript) : [composed 28 Apr 1842; copy date unknown] : (PORT 42.04.28) : from St. Petersburg : begins, \"Though a personal stranger to Sir Francis Burdett, Sir Robert Ker Porter has the honour to address him in consequence if a request . . .\"; in the hand of Jane Porter. Filed among the Jane Porter papers.</p><p>· To John Harris, of Harris & Pearse, framemakers : 1 autograph letter signed : 12/24 [i.e., 24] Aug 1823 : (MISC 2577) : 1 page (double sheet) : from St. Petersburg : begins, \"Will you be good enough to deliver to my friend Sir James Stuart or to any one he may send - with a with a written order I have forwarded to him - the sketches you have of mine of the Seige [sic] of Acre.\".</p><p>· To Edward Magrath, secretary of the Athenaeum Club : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Aug 1830 : (MISC 2576) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Caracas : begins, \"I have already acknowledges to you officially (in the accompanying letter) my elation as a member of the Athenaeum . . . .\".</p><p>· To Elias Mocatta, merchant : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Apr 1830 : (MISC 2697) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Foreign Office : begins, \"I have to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 26th . . . .\".</p><p>· To Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Sep 1832 : (SHEE 0034) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Caracas : begins, \"Allow me to most cordially recommend to your protection and attention, my young friend Mr Henry Woods . . . .\" Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee autograph album.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Sir Robert Ker Porter, English painter, writer, and diplomat.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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5 items

prefercite

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

abstract

{"value"=>"Sir Robert Ker Porter, English painter, writer, and diplomat. &#xB7; To Sir Francis Burdett, politician : 1 letter third person (transcript) : [composed 28 Apr 1842; copy date unknown] : (PORT 42.04.28) : from St. Petersburg : begins, \"Though a personal stranger to Sir Francis Burdett, Sir Robert Ker Porter has the honour to address him in consequence if a request . . .\"; in the hand of Jane Porter. Filed among the Jane Porter papers.", "generated"=>true}

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