Martin Archer Shee autograph album

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origination

{"value"=>"Shee, Eliza Archer", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"compiler"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Martin Archer Shee autograph album"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1531-1903", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1531/1903"}

physdesc

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{"value"=>"Pforz BND-MSS (Shee)", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Album of autograph letters, letter fragments, and cut away signatures, many of which are addressed to the English portrait painter and writer Martin Archer Shee. Apparantly partially compiled by Shee's daughter, Eliza Jane, the album represents the hands of hundreds of nineteenth-century British artists, writers, politicians, and royalty, as well as a number of notable continental Europeans of the period. The bulk of the manuscripts date from the first half of the nineteenth century. The earliest manuscript is a 1531 document on vellum signed by Francis I of France; the latest is a 1903 letter from British Army Genreal Archibald Hunter, to Shee's great-grandson, also named Martin Archer Shee (1873-1935).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1531

date_inclusive_end

1903

keydate

1531

abstract

{"value"=>" Album of autograph letters, letter fragments, and cut away signatures, many of which are addressed to the English portrait painter and writer Martin Archer Shee. Apparantly partially compiled by Shee's daughter, Eliza Jane, the album represents the hands of hundreds of nineteenth-century British artists, writers, politicians, and royalty, as well as a number of notable continental Europeans of the period. The bulk of the manuscripts date from the first half of the nineteenth century. The earliest manuscript is a 1531 document on vellum signed by Francis I of France; the latest is a 1903 letter from British Army Genreal Archibald Hunter, to Shee's great-grandson, also named Martin Archer Shee (1873-1935).", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 volume (350 items), 29 cm; 1 volume (350 items), 29 cm

date_start

1531

date_end

1903

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